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I purchased a "lot" of pens from ebay, some keepers, and some junk.

 

This section had a nasty gouge right around the center...I wonder who used a pair of pliers to try and disassemble their poor pen...

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/iamkingarthur/photo12.jpg

 

I went after it with some abrasive cloths. Started with about 200 grit, and finished up with 12,000 grit. I'll get after it with some polishing compound later, but it looks pretty darn good now.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/iamkingarthur/photo22.jpg

 

 

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Nice work! :thumbup:

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Paul

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I feel your pain.

 

I just finished polishing the oxidization off an old SJ HR section. What a FPIA!

 

I will say though, there's no more better tool to get in where the section lip is than the edge of a human finger.

 

Plus it's a dang fail, no fail test. It's either not brown anymore or it still is.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl.

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That's great!

 

I sanded one down today that had pliers teeth and it got rid of most of the issue, but the section almost completely lost its luster.

 

Were you able to bring it back to its original shine?

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Were you able to bring it back to its original shine?

 

Yes.

 

I know a little about polishing.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I have written Bruce's polishing regime into the little notebook that goes everywhere with me. It's that good.

 

Your notebook is that big?!

 

Anyway, nice repair job OP.

 

Glenn

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If you don't want to use something like Simichrome (which is hard to find in Canada unless you go on-line) try a nail buffing product such as Revlon's Crazy Shine pad. I think Shoppers Drug Mart sells them. One side is coloured and it's a bit more abrasive then the white side which polishes, well, like crazy. Good luck.

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A decade ago, a very famous pen restorer used heat to "pop out" the pliers marks on the section of a very hard to find Wahl Eversharp of mine. Worked like a charm! I'm sure he polished the result a little bit, but the section didn't get measurably reduced in diameter, and the marks were completely gone!

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