Best Way To Clean Tarnish From A Nakaya Gold Nib?

[RPB]

Hi all

Whats the best way of cleaning the tarnish from a Nakaya Gold nib? I know I am asking a crazy simple question but do you just get one of them polishing clothes on it or what? lol.

The pen is from 2014 and I am the only owner of it. It has been full of tsuki-yo ink mainly with small changes to try other Pilot inks.

It has been flushed out and I must admit I never thought what I was using whilst doing so, i,e, I flushed it with UK tap water.

No chemicals have been used on it at all for anything.

Thanks for any help folks, I appreciate it

Regards,

Richard.

[Chrissy]

Jewellery or silver polishing cloth. Don't rub too hard.

[Honeybadgers]

What Chrissy said. I have polished some ancient waterman nibs that had tarnished a bit with my wife's polishing cloths.

[Chrissy]

I think Ron Zorn might use a Sunshine cloth, and I have those too. Whether they are exactly the same sort of cloths as jewellery or silver cloths I'm not sure. I guess a silver cloth might be slightly more harsh on gold than the others.

[Bo Bo Olson]

There are a difference between gold and silver or any other metal polishing cloths. There are combo cloths that do many types of metal, each in it's own triangle.

If one buys a gold polishing cloth....that's good for the rest of your life. Gold don't tarnish much.

[Precise]

I always test polishing cloths and papers on a bit of shiny metal, such as a coin battery. I rub, then look for fine scratches under magnification. If I see no scratches, I proceed.

 

Alan

[Mr_PFM]

I second the Sunshine Cloth recommendation. Indy-pen-dance has them for sale.