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Its the advertising printing all over the Preppy that makes it look cheap which is a real shame as its a great writing pen that handles the platinum carbon inks and De Atramentis Document inks that I use for art projects without any fuss.

In times of yore my Preppy has been subjected to various solvents which have either melted the plastic or left it cloudy. Recently I tried out acetone free nail polish remover. It takes several rubs but removed printing from the Preppy without affecting the plastic and even removed the nib size designation from the cap.

Brand used was Superdrug own brand. Photo attached of stealth preppy with fully dressed ones awating

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Hi Amory

 

I too prefer my Preppies without the advertising and found a Wikihow video which described how to remove it. I used an Ametican DEET product but the Superdrug acetone free nail polish remover sounds more accessible. Thanks for the posting, I'll try it out on my next purchase though I think the newer versions of the Preppie have more branding on them.

 

Have you tried the other tips out? I've got some felt tips and some highlighter tips to vary the pens with. I've only tried out the highlighter tip so far but had fun using it to get a rough italic style as well as a highlighter. Great little inexpensive pen.

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Hi purplecate

I would imagine that any brand of acetone free would do the job, that was the one that was on 3for2 offer.

Originally I only intend buying one of the 4 side nail buffers which I use for nib polishing.

 

Have not had a chance to try the other tips out yet, will have to keep a lookout for the felt tip, it sounds fun.

 

Presently I use Wing Sung 3008s for wider lines as they accept the Lamy 1.1, 1.5 & 1.9 nibs I have. Ink flow on these is better than Lamy feeds which I find have difficulties in supplying enough ink. Amory

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Hi Amory

 

Got my tips from Jetpens as I was doing an order anyway. I think Cultpens have the highlighter tips but not sure about the others. They're all interchangeable with the fountain pen nib.

 

Interesting to hear about the Lamy nibs fitting the Wing Sungs. I tried a couple of these Chinese pens but not had much joy until the Wing Sung 601A I got a couple of days ago. It's a Parker 51 lookalike but with this hooped nib - hard to describe. I was curious so ordered one and was pleasantly surprised how good the EF nib was. My choice for italic lines are the Pilot Plumix - especially as I can swop the nibs onto my Pilot Metro. I'm also eyeing up the Pilot Parallel pens with those strange plates rather than nibs.... I'm supposed to be saving up for a next level pen but keep finding inexpensive ones to investigate!

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Don't use 100% acetone - dilute it with water or ethanol. 100% acetone is too strong.

With diluted acetone you will need a bit more rubbing but the cleaned barrel has much higher transparency.

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Don't use 100% acetone - dilute it with water or ethanol. 100% acetone is too strong.

With diluted acetone you will need a bit more rubbing but the cleaned barrel has much higher transparency.

That is why I wrote ACETONE FREE meaning nail polish remover which does not contain any acetone.

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You can use acetone - just not 100%.

 

And what is in non-acetone nail polish remover? Most probably ethyl acetate diluted with alcohol or water.

Same kind of mixture.

 

THF can also be used if diluted to 10%. It is much stronger than acetone or ethyl acetate.

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I used some acetone-free nail polish remover from our local supermarket. It worked fine. I used a rough cloth to rub all away.

But I'd never do that with my lovely Hello Kitty Limited Edition Preppy which I finally got. :)

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