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I have a 12k GF Parker "51" cap that has some brassing on it. Is there a way to polish this out? Any certain polishes that are good for this task?

 

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

Bob

 

 

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Bob, are you sure that is brassing... it looks more like some staining to me...

I reecommend the Sunshine Cloth that Richard Binder sells. I have used it on the gold fittings on all my pens and it really brings up a fantastic shine and has taken away what I thought was brassing and found out was staining.

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Actually, you are right, it is more like staining. So I am definately going to try the cloth you mentioned. Hopefully I will have my cap back to it's original luster.

 

Thanks again,

 

Bob

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I called a couple local Jewlers to find a Polishing Cloth. None carried the Sunshine brand but I did buy a similar product.

 

Needless to say it did not get rid of any of the stains. It did give the cap a nice shine, but the stains are still there.

 

Are all polishing cloths similar? Is the Sunshine brand any different that it might remove the stains?

 

The Jewler I talked to said he could polish the Cap on his polishing wheel for $20. Does that sound like a good price to get this done?

 

Thanks again.

 

Bob

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I called a couple local Jewlers to find a Polishing Cloth. None carried the Sunshine brand but I did buy a similar product.

 

Needless to say it did not get rid of any of the stains. It did give the cap a nice shine, but the stains are still there.

 

Are all polishing cloths similar? Is the Sunshine brand any different that it might remove the stains?

 

The Jewler I talked to said he could polish the Cap on his polishing wheel for $20. Does that sound like a good price to get this done?

 

Thanks again.

 

Bob

Either the rouge cloth in our catalog or a light treatment with the Tryphon pen polish will work. Your cap should go back to looking like new. Go easy with the rouge cloth/pen polish and stop as soon as the stains are removed.

 

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I called a couple local Jewlers to find a Polishing Cloth. None carried the Sunshine brand but I did buy a similar product.

 

Needless to say it did not get rid of any of the stains. It did give the cap a nice shine, but the stains are still there.

 

Are all polishing cloths similar? Is the Sunshine brand any different that it might remove the stains?

 

The Jewler I talked to said he could polish the Cap on his polishing wheel for $20. Does that sound like a good price to get this done?

 

Thanks again.

 

Bob

Either the rouge cloth in our catalog or a light treatment with the Tryphon pen polish will work. Your cap should go back to looking like new. Go easy with the rouge cloth/pen polish and stop as soon as the stains are removed.

 

Tryphon Pen Care Catalog

Is a Rouge cloth different from a Jewlers cloth? If so, I will definately be ordering the Rough cloth, plus I would like to try the Pen Polish. I think I will try to remove the stains befoe I turn it over to the Jewler to polish them out.

 

Here is a pic of the cloth I bought at the Jewlers.

 

 

Thanks again

 

Bob

 

 

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I called a couple local Jewlers to find a Polishing Cloth. None carried the Sunshine brand but I did buy a similar product.

 

Needless to say it did not get rid of any of the stains. It did give the cap a nice shine, but the stains are still there.

 

Are all polishing cloths similar? Is the Sunshine brand any different that it might remove the stains?

 

The Jewler I talked to said he could polish the Cap on his polishing wheel for $20. Does that sound like a good price to get this done?

 

Thanks again.

 

Bob

Either the rouge cloth in our catalog or a light treatment with the Tryphon pen polish will work. Your cap should go back to looking like new. Go easy with the rouge cloth/pen polish and stop as soon as the stains are removed.

 

Tryphon Pen Care Catalog

Is a Rouge cloth different from a Jewlers cloth? If so, I will definately be ordering the Rough cloth, plus I would like to try the Pen Polish. I think I will try to remove the stains befoe I turn it over to the Jewler to polish them out.

 

Here is a pic of the cloth I bought at the Jewlers.

 

 

Thanks again

 

Bob

 

 

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b243/bobioden/Cloth.jpg

What you have in the picture is a silver polishing cloth. We also sell it, for ..polishing silver pens.

The rouge cloth is more aggressive: go easy at first.

You may try the polish instead: again, be careful, there are polishes that will remove plating very quickly. Tryphon pen polish should work very well on your cap. Your cap is gold filled, so it should respond very well to careful polishing.

Good luck!

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