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.