Oxidation around the Stamp?
- Thread starter WorthyStewart
- Start date
SmokingPipes.com Updates
Watch for Updates Twice a Week
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
Site Sponsors
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
If I read it right, the stamp is that of Loewe & Company. I would leave it alone lest you degrade it further.
Yeah sorry. I did write that a bit weird. Basically I was wondering when it comes to risking losing nomenclature and or hard edges is it better to leave some of the browning or try and get rid of it and risk losing either or
Forums member georged would the the one to consult as to how best to remove the stem oxidation without materially affecting the Loewe & Company stamp.
Not much that can be done if you're talking about the little metal plate. The rondelle.
If the green goes as deep as the plate is thick, even a magic wand would do you no good. Poof! Oxidation gone, and the plate would fall off.
If you're talking about STAMP impressions on a stem---like a Dunhill reg # on their early models---a paste of Comet kitchen cleanser powder (lots of bleach in it) pressed into the characters and left for a while, then rinse & repeat a few times, will usually blacken the characters.
You could try that ^^^^ on the rubber around the rondelle, come to think of it. Worth a try. Might lighten the green enough to be noticeable.
If the green goes as deep as the plate is thick, even a magic wand would do you no good. Poof! Oxidation gone, and the plate would fall off.
If you're talking about STAMP impressions on a stem---like a Dunhill reg # on their early models---a paste of Comet kitchen cleanser powder (lots of bleach in it) pressed into the characters and left for a while, then rinse & repeat a few times, will usually blacken the characters.
You could try that ^^^^ on the rubber around the rondelle, come to think of it. Worth a try. Might lighten the green enough to be noticeable.
georged:
Is that a rondelle? I have a Loewe billiard and the logo on its stem is stamped into the Vulcanite.
Is that a rondelle? I have a Loewe billiard and the logo on its stem is stamped into the Vulcanite.
I've had some success using a magic eraser around stamped logos.
But, most of the time, I just choose to remove them.
But, most of the time, I just choose to remove them.
This is after magic erasers and light sanding with micro mesh. Like I said because of the shape of this stem (for me anyways) things could get out of hand real fast.
The picture is also terrible too btw 
this is more representative of what it actually looks like in normal non flash lighting
this is more representative of what it actually looks like in normal non flash lighting