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shahrincamille

Mar 22 2007, 04:50 PM

...as my Platinum Conductor's Music nib gushes like a firehose with PR's American Blue

.

I can barely get past 2 pages before my convertor's low ink indicator light lits up

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Shahrin

P.S. Only blue inks please. And only those from PR, Quink, Skrip, Waterman, Lamy, Pilot, Sailor, Aurora and Reform - can't get the other brands here

mdg137

Mar 22 2007, 05:24 PM

I have had excellent results from a mix of Waterman Blue-Black, Waterman South Seas Blue, and Waterman Purple-- roughly 3 parts South Seas, 3 parts Purple, and 5 parts Blue Black-- gives a punchy indigo, that doesnt flow too freely.
Again, the ratios are very rough. I usually fine tune it, depending on my mood.

saintsimon

Mar 22 2007, 07:28 PM

Lamy Blue-Black in bottles is a very dry ink, as it is iron gall ink. So it is water-proof but requires regular cleaning.

acfrery

Mar 22 2007, 07:31 PM

Though I have not tried the Blue, the Slovenia's Quink inks I have tried are very dry.

Alejandro

blueiris

Mar 22 2007, 07:47 PM

I have heard that some of the PR inks can run very wet and fast. I know that Tanzanite is known to be very runny, and I thought my Lake Placid Blue was fairly fast-flowing, too. I didn't have any problems with it gushing, but then again, I didn't have a music nib. Maybe switching to a non-PR blue ink might be enough. However, I have heard similar things about fast flow regarding the Aurora inks, so I'd rule that one out as well.

rroossinck

Mar 22 2007, 10:29 PM

Tried Pelikan?

sharkfin

Mar 23 2007, 12:48 AM

You get Reform ink? Wow Reform inks are nice, but are no longer available. You may want to try it. I have Reform ink cartridges that are on the dry side.

Viseguy

Mar 23 2007, 01:15 AM

You can try diluting the AmBlue. A little water will reduce the concentration of flow-promoting additives without significantly affecting the color. Someone once said here that you can dilute AmBlue (or was it DCSS Blue?) 1 to 1 without changing the color. I don't know about that, but even a little added water might cut back on the flow. Worth a try, IMO.

dogguira

Mar 23 2007, 01:59 AM

I find both Diamine ink and Sailor ink to dry fast.

shahrincamille

Mar 23 2007, 02:50 AM

QUOTE (sharkfin @ Mar 23 2007, 12:48 AM)

You get Reform ink? Wow Reform inks are nice, but are no longer available. You may want to try it. I have Reform ink cartridges that are on the dry side.

Thanks all for your advice.

Maybe I'll give the Reform Blue a try as only one of my pens is currently running on it - the Duke Columbus - and yeah, it is on the dry side.

Over here in KL I get Reform inks from just one source - a B&M shop called KS Gill right in the heart of the city. They're Reform's authorised distributor here in Malaysia, and apparently they grabbed quite a bit of Reform's stock of inks and pens when Reform was about to shut down. They have a very nice selection of Reform pens, and very reasonable priced too. And a 32 ml (1 oz) bottle of Reform ink costs less than US$2.50 each.

But they're a strictly old-fashioned family concern though. No website, and probably no e-mail too judging from the details on their business card. They've been around for more than 60 years, and they have a nib technician in-house who's been doing repairs and nib tuning for the last 40 years or so.

Shahrin

RLTodd

Mar 23 2007, 03:27 AM

Sounds to me like the nib needs to have its flow adjusted more so than switching inks.

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