Easy International Cartridge Resealing Idea

[starlegohunter]

So I got some Monteverde cartridges recently and I noticed that they have a slight difference that other cartridges. They have a small little plastic piece at the bottom, as seen below on a red cartridge.

If you take an unbent paper lip, you can push out this plastic piece and easily get the ball out, place it back in and fill up the cartridge and close up the plastic piece.

I have not tried this yet, but it seems like it might work. If anyone uses this method, please let me know how it works out.

[Randal6393]

That's a lot of work -- it's much easier to use a syringe to wash out the cartridge, extract old ink and water, and refill the cartridge. Many of us on FPN are doing that regularly.

 

Thanks for the idea, enjoy,

[Sasha Royale]

Don't risk compromising the seal of the ink cartridge. Use a large syringe from the already-opened

end of the cartridge;

1. Inject a strong stream of water into the cartridge to flush out old ink. (It's a bit messy.)

2. Inject strong streams of air, with the needle deep inside the cartridge, to blow out the water.

3. Draw about 0.4 ml of ink into the syringe, and inject it SLOWLY into the cartridge.

 

Bottle ink is cheap. Enjoy.

[starlegohunter]

Don't risk compromising the seal of the ink cartridge.

I understand that the bottom is just plastic, but it is also nestled against the bottom of another cartridge, as seen here;

If anything were to be at risk of being compromised, I would choose that it be a cartridge, rather than my pen's feed getting clogged up from anything used to reseal a cartridge.

 

That's a lot of work -- it's much easier to use a syringe to wash out the cartridge, extract old ink and water, and refill the cartridge. Many of us on FPN are doing that regularly.

 

Thanks for the idea, enjoy,

I found that once it has been opened, it takes less effort to open it again. While I had it open, I was able to get all of the ink out of the cartridge without using a syringe at all.

[Randal6393]

That is the exact problem. If it is easier to open the bottom of the cartridge, it may open when you least expect it. But, it's a free world.

 

Enjoy,

[shadesofbrown]

I don't see the benefit of opening up the bottom of the cartridge. You're not actually resealing the existing opening?