Anderson Pens Micro-gloss Polish - Which First?

[rfenter]

I have a couple of bottles of micro-gloss pen polish from Anderson, sadly defunct. I don't have the instructions. One bottle is marked # 1, the other # 5. Do you know how to use them? Thanks!

[Mechanical]

@rfenter, sorry I've never used this, but does this Anderson blog post help?

https://blog.andersonpens.com/zen-and-the-art-of-pen-polishing-micro-mesh/

[rfenter]

Thank you so much! Fascinating article which I'm glad to be pointed towards. However, my product from Anderson is two smallish bottles of what looks like cream. Thanks for the article. 

[LoveBigPensAndCannotLie]

I dab on a little bit of water on the pen body, then put a little bit of Micro-Gloss on a soft cotton cloth, and go to town on the plastic with until the pen looks shiny. You need very little, like a small pea sized amount. Basically a drop or two max. You may need to reapply a little bit of water, and move to a dry piece of the cloth to prevent streaking.

 

AFAIK, the #5 stands for 5 microns and the #1 stands for 1 micron, meaning that the #5 is more abrasive. For pens that really need it you will need to do the #5 first, and then repeat the process with the #1. Shake both before using, I've seen separation with the #5 formula in particular. If the pen isn't too beat up I'd recommend just skipping directly to the #1 so you don't take off too much material.

 

It's good stuff although I don't recommend using it on hard rubber/ebonite pens. In my experience hard rubber is slightly porous so it gets stuck in the material (especially if it's chased/patterned rubber), and in addition to that, Micro Gloss is water based so it'll probably discolor it.

[rfenter]

What a wonderful reply! Helpful, illuminating, and clear. Thanks so much!

[Prof Drew]

I know this is a bit old, but I'm happy to share that the people behind Anderson Pen are back at Cardinal Pens and sell Micro-gloss

https://cardinalpens.com/repair-supplies/?page=7

[PAKMAN]

Yes so glad they are back as Cardinal pens!

 

[inkstainedruth]

I got the privilege of meeting them at an early pen show I was at.  Lisa Anderson is a hoot!  She's very sort of "mousy" looking but the stuff that comes out of her mouth is HILARIOUS (and often *quite* snarky ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth