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Hi fellow FPN-er, Any one have problem with Platinum 3776 century's gold plating? It started to corrode after 1 to 2 months, I had 3 of them and they all had the same problem. Couldn't find any info as to why it happen. I only clean my pen with soft cloth and plain water.

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Unfortunately this plating deterioration and development of spots is pretty normal on the 3776 IME.

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Unfortunately this plating deterioration and development of spots is pretty normal on the 3776 IME.

Gosh, I would expect afew years before deterioration. By this rate, all the plating will be gone within 1 year.

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I live by the sea in Mumbai, so I used to blame the weather. My pilots are pristine. Lower end sailors also exhibit some spots.

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I live by the sea in Mumbai, so I used to blame the weather. My pilots are pristine. Lower end sailors also exhibit some spots.

Me in Malaysia, my first suspect was the extreme temperature change between my air-conditioned office and my room(20° to 34°c). Then I realise only gold plating are affected, all my chrome plating are still good.Interestingly both my 70's Sheaffer gold filled imperials did not have this issue.

I blame it on modern gold plating. Just wish I can prevent/delay further deterioration.

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I have just noticed this today on my bourgogne 3776 after using for 2 months of everyday carry for work.

 

 

That's exactly how my Platinum started to deteriorate, from there it will get worse very quickly.

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love the pen so much and i have some more 3776 models in different colours that i havent used as much, that thankfully have the trims still intact but from now on i think i shall avoid gold plated trims.

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love the pen so much and i have some more 3776 models in different colours that i havent used as much, that thankfully have the trims still intact but from now on i think i shall avoid gold plated trims.

Do you have any rhodium or chrome plated 3776 to compare with? If gold plate is proven to be inferior, I will get my next 3776 in other plating.

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I only own one Platinum 3776 Century pen and it has gold trim. In my almost 4-6 months of usage, I have never had this issue and I do regularly clean my pens with soap, water and a micro-fiber cloth. Your best bet is probably to have that plated by a jeweler or send it off to FPnibs.com who I believe offer plating services for a very reasonable cost.

This fact opens up endless possibilities. You could buy a Platinum 3776 Century with gold trim for around 70 USD from J Subculture and then have FPnibs plate the trims in rhodium.

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Do you have any rhodium or chrome plated 3776 to compare with? If gold plate is proven to be inferior, I will get my next 3776 in other plating.

 

no sorry i only have the gold plated models for now, i was thinking about getting the chartres blue next time in rhodium trim due to this

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i have also come across this thread on reddit about the plating loss, looks like somthing to look forward to :)

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/8014yj/did_any_of_your_guys_platinum_3776_gray_out_like/

Wow, that is the future of my bourgogne red. Can you imagine red with a grey clip? Ugly it will be, especially when the cap band is still in gold.

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Wow, that is the future of my bourgogne red. Can you imagine red with a grey clip? Ugly it will be, especially when the cap band is still in gold.

 

yes i am not looking forward to that day, shall look rather ugly but then it is my work pen so i am not as bothered,now i am paranoid about my chartres blue with the gold trims! my next 3776 will definalty be in rhodium trims but that will be a long time from now as i have bought to many pens this year, i should of spent the extra in the first place on the rhodium version...

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I only own one Platinum 3776 Century pen and it has gold trim. In my almost 4-6 months of usage, I have never had this issue and I do regularly clean my pens with soap, water and a micro-fiber cloth. Your best bet is probably to have that plated by a jeweler or send it off to FPnibs.com who I believe offer plating services for a very reasonable cost.

This fact opens up endless possibilities. You could buy a Platinum 3776 Century with gold trim for around 70 USD from J Subculture and then have FPnibs plate the trims in rhodium.

Not working for me, I live in Asia, the shipping alone will cost me another 3776 compared to getting it directly from Japan. Thanks for your input tho.

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I've had my burgundy 3776 with gold plating for three years. It's in constant use and there have been no issues with the plating.

Regards,

Eachan

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I've had my burgundy 3776 with gold plating for three years. It's in constant use and there have been no issues with the plating.

Regards,

Eachan

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yes i am not looking forward to that day, shall look rather ugly but then it is my work pen so i am not as bothered,now i am paranoid about my chartres blue with the gold trims! my next 3776 will definalty be in rodium trims but that will be a long time from now as i have bought to many pens this year, i should of spent the extra in the first place on the rodium version...

Ain't we all brought too many pens.

+1 on rhodium trim, at least it won't be so obvious if it happens to deteriorate.:)

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I've had my burgundy 3776 with gold plating for three years. It's in constant use and there have been no issues with the plating.

Regards,

Eachan

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