Cleaning a gold pen

[Guest JohanO]

Hi,

 

I bought myself a nice gold plated Parker Arrow from the 1980’s. There was still blue ink in the pen, but I’m soaking and flushing it thoroughly. But can I safely lay the barrel and cap in water to clean it; does this damage the gold? Can I buy something to polish the pen a bit, or are there cheaper ways to let the pen shine even more? The pen has an aereometric converter; will repeatedly filling and emptying the converter suffice?

 

I intend to review this pen shortly.

 

Thank you all….

[Psyktek]

Questions in order:

 

1. Yes

2. No

3. Yes. Fabulustre polishing cloth if no severe scratches. If you want to polish out the scratches, then a MicroMesh hobby kit.

4. yes. After the converter is clean, use it to draw clean water through the nib and expel. Repeat until water runs clear.

 

Enjoy the pen!

[Guest JohanO]

Thanks! I'll give it a try!