Caring for your new wood product

• Your product is made from real wood and needs the same care that any fine wood product requires. The following instructions will ensure years of beauty and enjoyment.

 
• Your product has been sealed with either shellac, lacquer, or hard wax. Then a coat of wood furniture wax was applied and buffed to a high sheen. This process provides a deep gloss shine at first. As you use your product, that shine will usually wear to a satin type finish - this is normal. An application of any wood furniture/floor polish or wax with buffing will return most of the original gloss.

• It is recommended that you apply a quality wood furniture wax on a periodic basis to maintain the good look of your product. It is best to apply to wax using a soft lint-free cloth, let dry to a haze, and then buff to a shine with a clean soft lint-free cloth.

 
• Do not use any cleaning agents not intended for use on wood. Never use any kind of abrasive pad (ie. Brillo, ScotchBrite or similar cleaning pads) to clean your wood or metal finish. Never use any cleaning or finishing product that contains abrasives or cleaning agents in the formula. Car waxes have fine abrasives in the formula to clean the surface and should not be used.

 
• The metal finish may be cleaned with a damp soft cloth. Do not use any abrasives on the metal finish as the metal finish will be removed by the abrasive.

Replacing pen cartridges

• Most pens come apart to give you access to the ink cartridge by pulling them apart at some band near the middle of the pen; one exception is the Polaris style pens. To access the ink cartridge in a Polaris pen, you need to unscrew the tip (turn counterclockwise as you look into the hole where the pen tip comes out) and this will reveal the ink cartridge.

• Ink cartridge replacements should be available at any good office supply store or writing supply store. Be sure to replace the spent cartridge with the correct style to avoid damaging your pen. If you have trouble finding a replacement, contact 1-Unicarpenter-Oy (www.1-unicarpenter-oy.com) or Penn State Industries (www.pennstateind.com or (800) 377-7297).

• Note: It is very difficult or impossible to remove the pen mechanism without damaging the pen casing. Do not over twist the mechanism, as this may damage it. If the mechanism does need to be replaced (extremely rare occurrence), seek professional help.

Resupplying pencil leads

• As with most other mechanical pencils, lead is resupplied by pulling off the click cover which exposes the eraser. Pull out the eraser, put several leads (not more than 50) in the exposed storage hole, replace the eraser, replace the click cover, and click several times until new lead is exposed.

• With two exceptions all the pencils available at 1-Unicarpenter-Oy use 0.7mm lead. The two exceptions are the Combo pen and the Big cigar pencil; these pencils use 0.5mm lead.

• Note: Pencils do not pull apart, do not try to do so. If you need to replace the pencil mechanism (extremely rare occurrence), unscrew the tip and pull the mechanism out the back end.