Sailor Realo Disassembly And Cleaning

[akustyk]

I have a Sailor Realo with a stained ink window. I am hesitating if I should tell you the whole story, as the stain happened in the process of getting the pen repaired. The repair shop said they would not clean the pen, so I decided not to deal with them anymore and clean it myself.

 

I took the pen apart because I could not get the stain off through regular cleaning (pen flush, water). I am attaching a picture of the stain. I tried using a soft pen brush, no joy. I tried an ultrasonic cleaner, and it didn't work, either. The stain really bothers me.

 

What would you recommend that I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[hari317]

what was the repair? did it involve the ink view window?

[akustyk]

what was the repair? did it involve the ink view window?

No, the repair was for the nib that got slightly bent from the fall. They must have let the ink used to dip the pen, dry up without rinsing.

[mhosea]

If the ink is just dried, the ultrasonic should have helped more. Looks a little like shellac, though I hope that resemblance is coincidental. At any rate, I think my next move would be to buy some Rapido-Eze and try that. You can swab at it and soak it, though Rapido-Eze is kind of expensive, so you want to find just the right size container to soak it in.

[JACK,]

How did you (akustyk) take apart this pen? I would love to know....

THANK YOU, JACK.