Pelikan M205 Duo: How To / Is It Possible To Clean Out Hilighter Completely

[penholdloop]

I have acquired a used m205 duo yellow.

it has already been used as a hilighter!

what should be done so that I may now use regular ink in the pen?

 

Is this possible?

thanks in advance for all the help!

[TheRealScubaSteve]

I have acquired a used m205 duo yellow.

it has already been used as a hilighter!

what should be done so that I may now use regular ink in the pen?

 

Is this possible?

thanks in advance for all the help!

 

Simply flush it thoroughly with water using the piston mechanism. If there is residual dried highlighter ink you may need to let it soak for a bit. A mild pen flush (1:10 ammonia to bleach and a drop of dish soap) should fix you right up if that doesn't clean it well enough.

[sargetalon]

 

Simply flush it thoroughly with water using the piston mechanism. If there is residual dried highlighter ink you may need to let it soak for a bit. A mild pen flush (1:10 ammonia to bleach and a drop of dish soap) should fix you right up if that doesn't clean it well enough.

Nothing special really other than a thorough cleaning. Flushing with water should be enough but diluted ammonia (1 part ammonia to 10 parts water) is certainly safe if it was a bit neglected by the previous owner. Bleach though has NO role in pen maintenance and certainly should NOT be mixed with ammonia as that is a recipe for disaster. I use a premade solution called JB's Pen Flush but others are out there. Congrats on the pen.

 

Edited to correct my missing the mention of bleach in the previous post.

Edited April 30, 2015 by sargetalon

[public alias]

If you are going to clean it so thoroughly - with ammonia and or dish soap - definitely re lubricate the piston with some silicone grease!

[mackdaddy]

Never mix ammonia and chlorine bleach. The mixture creates chloramine and potentially hydrazine. The chloramine emits toxic vapors and the hydrazine can be explosive.

 

As for cleaning the pen, I let mine sit too long without flushing it and some of the highlighter congealed in the feed. I had to put it in the sonic tank to thoroughly clean it. The lesson, if you have one of these pens, is to flush it on a regular basis.