How To Clean White Lamy Safari Pens?

[Dr. Massey]

I have a white safari and I spilt private reserve invincible ink on it. It is smudged on the white lid and also the upper body. Things I have tried:

 

1) soaking in Dawn dish soap and water for 2 hours

 

2) Mr. Awesome cleaner

 

3) Orange hand cleaner and degreaser

 

4)Some sort of hand grease cleaner my mom had for tough laundry stains.

[kg4wrm]

Try Simple Green mixed with water 1:1. If that doesn't work perhaps you could try some spray oven cleaner.

[Dr. Massey]

Try Simple Green mixed with water 1:1. If that doesn't work perhaps you could try some spray oven cleaner.

 

 

hey, thanks! I'll give that a shot. Just out of curiosity where do you typically find your simple green in carolina? Does walmart carry that type of stuff?

 

Also, is there any rep or "thanks" on this site I can give out? I appreciate your time and effort.

[kg4wrm]

Walmart sells Simple Green.

Another option to try is brake fluid, but keep it out of your feed.

[K. Cakes]

What about a Magic Eraser? I have a feeling that would work well, but it make hurt the finish.

[flight878]

I had a stained yellow Lamy Safari. I used to Brasso metal polish to remove the stains. The microscratches were gone too. The pen body looked pretty much brand new. Some elbow grease will be needed though: I put a small amount of Brasso on a paper towel and polished and polished and polished until... the stains were gone--the like-new scratch-free look was a bonus.

 

However, I am told the formulation and packaging of Brasso has changed--I still have the old metal bottle that was probably purchased more than 10 years ago. I don't remember in which forum, I think it was a thread on FPN, there were users saying the new formulation's abrasive ingredients imparted more scratches into ABS plastic. Just an FYI...

[kg4wrm]

I wonder if car compound would work on a Lamy? It probably would. I've used car compound on a plastic bumper with great success.

[subbes]

Before you grab your car compound, I'd see if you have any simichrome. Lots of history on FPN of simichrome use, and less of car compound; I'm not one to suggest striking a new trail when it comes to cleaning yer fancy writin' utensils.

 

Magic Eraser might work on the ABS plastic, but I most recently used it to impart a matte finish to a shiny plastic Pilot 78G, which is probably not the effect you'd want.

[Pentulant]

I would not try the MagicEraser on the pen - too abrasive.

 

I would try a little bleach mixed with water applied with a QTip over the stain - don't let it sit long at all - rinse very well.

[notbob]

I have a white safari and I spilt private reserve invincible ink on it. It is smudged on the white lid and also the upper body. Things I have tried:

 

1) soaking in Dawn dish soap and water for 2 hours

 

2) Mr. Awesome cleaner

 

3) Orange hand cleaner and degreaser

 

4)Some sort of hand grease cleaner my mom had for tough laundry stains.

 

Most of these are degreasers. Unless there were some lubricants or surfactants in the ink, probably won't work.

 

I'd try 409, Simple Green (auto parts store), or diluted bleach soak (remove nib and converter), in that order. I use oven cleaner on a lotta things, but it's a degreaser and will probably have little effect on ink stains. Also, be aware, oven cleaner will heavily corrode anything containing aluminum and chlorine will attack stainless steel.

[lucaskellis]

I have a similar problem though not very noticeable. I use some Monteverde California Teal in my Ahab but didnt clean off my hands well enough and a few tiny specks of it got onto my Visconti Brunelleschi as well as some specs of black ink. Nothink drastic just isolated specks. I tried a little bit of bleach on a qtip but that didnt solve it. Would a micro abrasive rub away the ink?

[Mike 59]

For a very 'safe' option, might be worth trying toothpaste.