The most basic IXMOO-question ever :-)

[ChrisLivsey]

No connection with the seller but these popped up on e-bay.
This shows original boxes and the black finish.
Item number: 170804949613
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170804949613&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

I have 20 and non look as new as this 😀

 

[Ljós]

No connection with the seller but these popped up on e-bay.
This shows original boxes and the black finish.
Item number: 170804949613
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170804949613&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

I have 20 and non look as new as this 😀

No connection with the seller, either, but it was me who pointed out to him that they were IXMOO, not FILCA 🙂

Greetings, Ljós

 

[zerobuttons]

I´m not Tom, but have you tried using the stuff you can buy for jewelry? A solution you can put metal items into, to remove surface corrosion. My girlfriend has some. If you want the name, I can look for it.

Yesterday I recieved a couple of IXMOOs with some corossion on the bottom. Like Tom says, probably caused by moisture in the spongy stuff that was originally in the canister.

I have tried my own suggestion above, just now, and it works. I used stuff called "Jewel Clean" from the manufacturer Hagerty. This was something that my girlfriend had in her closet. There is a web site here:
http://www.hagertycare.com/hagerty_personal_care.asp

 

[zerobuttons]

Chris posted excellent pictures here, clearly showing the difference between IXMOO and FILCA viewed from the side. It seems to me there is also a consistent difference when viewed from the bottom:

The cassette in the middle is a FILCA. The other two are IXMOO. Yes, there is something fishy with the spools, but it is the design of the outer brass cassette part I´m thinking of.