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Refinishing A Brass-Bodied Pen


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Need some help / advise / ideas.. I have a couple of Chinese Pens , a Huashilia 3000 and a Bookworm (not sure but I think might also be made by Huashilia) that both have finish problems. Both have brass bodies covered by some type of black paint and possibly a clear finish over the paint (also, not sure about the clear finish part).Both are great writing pens but both have started to have the black finish begin to show tiny "bubbling" and flaking off. Anyone ever have a go at refinishing on of these? I was considering sanding, repainting and dipping in a clear lacquer. As cheap as they were, and considering how bad they look now, I figure I've got nothing to loose. Any thoughts?

 

To the moderators, I'm going to post this in both the Chinese and the general repair forums. Hope that's ok. ;-)

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Have a look at: 270133-the-project-carenes-together and the original work in progress thread

 

Force has done a really nice paint job on some Waterman Carenes.

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