21 Questions Part 5 & 6

21 Questions Part 4

More Ribbon Restoration, This time using mineral oil

Another Pelikan silk ribbon

Should be moistened both sides.....

This is the finished ribbon

The cloth looks like it is full of ink.  It is not it is a cloth I used to wipe the dirt off of the door channels of one of my vehicles and even though it was washed and clean when I started it was still stained from the dirt.  Very little ink comes off of the ribbon when dabbed or wiped.  I do not use much pressure at all.

The mineral oil did wet the ribbon more than the WD-40.  I think the dilution could have been more.  The ribbon works and I did not want too much mineral spirits since it is a solvent and I did not want it to wash away any ink left in the ribbon.

I see no reason why the WD-40 or my mineral oil solution must be sprayed.  It seems that it could be dabbed onto the ribbon just as well as sprayed.  Dabbing may be less messy also.

Gathering all the things to do this as well as mixing the solution and treating the ribbon took about an hour while I was out in the sun being entertained by the screaming of the neighborhood hawks.   One of the nice things about our city is the abundant wild life.  Our city has hundreds of acres of woods and plenty of deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels, armadillo, hawks, cranes and many many other birds, even a bobcat or 2.  Oh, plenty of snakes also.  And alligators.

The Hermes noted at the end are all part of my collection.  I designate them with a .n to identify them.  Hermes 3000.2 is an on line purchase that was the cost of postage.  It is a rounded case machine made the same year as my 3000.1 machine.  From my on line inquiries it seems I have one of each of the machine styles from the year the change to the square body machine was made.  It is an elite typeface.  The machine was posted quite a while as a parts machine.  It was dropped and except for a scratch and small dent looks & smells new.  I have not straightened its frame yet.  When I get to it I'll post using it.

3000.3 is the Techno Pica machine I used for this post.

Typewriter Ribbon Restoration Part 2

I do not stop moving the can while I spray the robbon.  I make one sweep from supply spool end to take-up spool end in one second or less.  I only put a mist (and sometimes a small puddle or two) along the ribbon.  Wiping after the spray will even out any puddles.

One correction is that I left out LIGHTLY wipe the excess.  I just wipe with enough pressure to even-out the WD-40.

When finished the ribbon will feel slightly oily or wet yet not excessively so.

Here is Cameron's post on one of his typewriters where he described how he treated a ribbon with WD-40.  I hope he does not mind I linked to his blog.
Living In The Woods

Typewwriter ribbon restoration

After I tested the ink for smearing or oil I reinserted it for the above shot.

Not yet scanned.  Please ignore by cluttered book shelf.

Looking at the macro of the ribbon it looks like the ribbon in my Oyimpa B12.    I do not think that ribbon is silk.

111111 binary is 3F hex or 63 decimal or plain language Veterans Day in the U.S.A.

Took some time to do a bit of computer work after 8 hours of it at work so here is a short post I could not pass up due to the date (111111)  Last one for a century.

Now if I could only find a typewriter that did not make typos......