Removing Gold Plating On Kaigelu 316

[PolarMoonman]

So I am going to order a Kaigelu 316 Charcoal fountain pen. It's got gold plating on it, and I want to remove it as efficiently and carefully as possible. I have these:

 

 

Would these be the best thing to remove the gold plating from the pen and nib?

Or does anyone have a better suggestion?

 

 

 

 

 

[Flounder]

I'd try brasso first, less likely to scratch up the steel.

[kirchh]

Those look like scouring pads or potscrubbers. They will scratch the hell out of a plastic pen.

 

Try a jewelry polishing cloth.

 

--Daniel

[PolarMoonman]

Those look like scouring pads or potscrubbers. They will scratch the hell out of a plastic pen.

 

Try a jewelry polishing cloth.

 

--Daniel

 

I have had some success previously with using them on an older pen, I was just curious whether there was a chemical process that would be better....

[kirchh]

 

I have had some success previously with using them on an older pen, I was just curious whether there was a chemical process that would be better....

Nope.

 

--Daniel

[PolarMoonman]

okay will give the Brasso and polishing cloth a try

Thanks for the advice

[kirchh]

Note that after the plating is off, the exposed metal on the trim will oxidize and discolor.

 

--Daniel

[PolarMoonman]

Note that after the plating is off, the exposed metal on the trim will oxidize and discolor.

 

--Daniel

Is there any way to prevent this when plating is gone?

[FarmBoy]

Is there any way to prevent this when plating is gone?

You could plate it with a platinum group metal.

 

Why do you want to remove the gold plating?

 

Why not have someone plate over the gold with a shiny metal like Platinum if you want a white metal look?

[fountainpagan]

a neutral metal varnish can help protecting the exposed metal.

[rochester21]

Unless you have experience, you`il ruin the pen. Kirchh may very well be right, some chinese pens will oxidize(except the nib) if you dare to tamper with the plating, as i found out- the hard way.

Edited March 2, 2015 by rochester21

[PolarMoonman]

You could plate it with a platinum group metal.

 

Why do you want to remove the gold plating?

 

Why not have someone plate over the gold with a shiny metal like Platinum if you want a white metal look?

 

I guess I don't think a $20 pen warrants Platinum plating.

I want to do it for aesthetic reasons I have always preferred silver over gold.

[Gloucesterman]

If it has a #6 nib you could probably replace it with a silver colored steel nib from Goulet Pens or I think Anderson Pens also sells #6 replacements.

 

In the short run it may be simpler and less expensive. If it's a #5 nib check out the Noodler replacement nibs (also at Goulet) they are $2.00 each I think.

 

Be sure to let us know things work out.

[kirchh]

 

I guess I don't think a $20 pen warrants Platinum plating.

I want to do it for aesthetic reasons I have always preferred silver over gold.

Are you sure it's silver-colored under the gold?

 

--Daniel

[wastelanded]

Breathe hard on it and rub with a cloth, the plating will come off easily enough.

[Flounder]

Looking through a loupe, the metal under the plating on one of my K316's is gunmetal coloured, at least at the gold ring on the section that abutts the barrel.

[deepak23]

Breathe hard on it and rub with a cloth, the plating will come off easily enough.

:-D