Polishing Platinum Plating On Mb Pen

[Raymondmb]

As some of you may have seen in my other post, I recently picked up a used platinum plated solitaire and love it!

 

http://www.montblanc...ball-38247.aspx

 

It does have a few scratches though, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend how to get them out?

 

Could a cape cod polishing cloth be used or is the platinum plating only very tun and I could risk rubbing it off?

 

Many thanks

[GTOZack]

call me weird but have u considered those scratch off car paint paste thing? someone would have to imput their ideas, i dont trust myself with that kind if idea

[CS388]

call me weird but have u considered those scratch off car paint paste thing? someone would have to imput their ideas, i dont trust myself with that kind if idea

 

If it's anything like the equivalent pastes in the UK (T-Cut. Rubbing compound etc), then it's pretty abrasive stuff.

I'd go VERY easy with it, if at all.

 

I have used it myself (on resin pens)(gently and sparingly) and it does work.

But I've also used it on cars and seen it eat through paint.

 

Raymondmb: Saw your other post (glad the pen is genuine).

Personally, I wouldn't be too worried about a few scratches, the pen looks good.

It's up to you, of course, but bear in mind that all 'scratch removal products' have an abrasive element, that's how they work. The way they polish out a scratch is to remove the plating to the depth of the scratch.

 

Good luck.

[Raymondmb]

Cheers guys, yeah I won't be going anywhere near it with T-CUT as it could tear straight through the platinum plating if its thin, I may stick to cape cod polishing cloths designed for jewellery scratches and be very gentle (there nothing deep, just a minor few surface marks)

 

Thanks again for the help

[Inkling13]

Any polishing is removing material, and plating is only a few atoms thick at worse, a few more atoms thicker at best. There isn't any way to add more plating after, especially if the pen can't be disassembled like a MB, so I wouldn't polish it... you will just scratch the newly polished suface and feel the need to polish more.