Ink Flow Proplems With Black Quink In Parker Im

[andreasn]

Im having problems with my parker im when i put black quink cartridged in it. When i start writing it almost always doesn't start writing immidietly, sometimes this happens even at the star of a new word. Sometimes it just stops writing altogether in the middle of my writing session and i have to squeeze the cartridge to make it write again. Also my paker im is otherwise too a very dry writer (at least compared to the lamy safari)

 

Has anyone experienced anything similar.

is black quink just a bad ink.

 

Sorry if this is in the wrong sub-forum, I wasn't sure where to put it.

Edited July 14, 2014 by andreasn

[napalm]

It's the ink. The Blue-Black is not any better. Try a different brand such as Waterman or whatever is readily available there. Use a converter (a few dollars on e-bay) and bottled ink.

Edited July 14, 2014 by napalm

[ac12]

First try to flush the pen to clean out any manufacturing oils.

Then let the pen dry of the cleaning water before reinking.

 

If it still has problems. I would send it back to Parker or the seller. If a Parker pen can't write with Parker ink, something is wrong.

 

If you have Waterman ink, that I what I used in my IM and it worked just fine. I think the Waterman ink is more watery than the Parker ink.

[andreasn]

If waterman is good ill try that. Its very readily availble where i live.

[napalm]

Waterman is one of the best behaved inks out there, if your pen doesn't write well with it then it must be the pen (the ink is beyond suspicion). Parker style converters for bottled ink are readily available on amazon and ebay.

[napalm]

If a Parker pen can't write with Parker ink, something is wrong.

 

Apparently Parker hasn't noticed this yet.

[andreasn]

I already have a converter so bottled ink is fine. I only used a cartridge because i had bought them before i got the coverter and thought i should use up those before buying a bottle of black ink. Before using the cartridge i actually planned on buying a bottle of black quink,but now I know better!

[EJKorvette]

I had my first Parker 45 act up while using black Quink from a cartridge. I discovered in corresponding with a couple of the pen "pros" that apparently there are flow issues that have been found with black Parker Quink. Use a different ink, including blue Quink, and it works just fine. Parker pens and pens from other manufacturers included. Having said that, though, I've used black Quink in my Parker 21 and it worked just fine, so I guess it's a matter of trial-and-error.

[Chris]

Parker Quink was the 'required' ink at school and responsible for my initial belief that fountain pens were the devil's own instrument of torture designed to prevent you from writing a consistent page of manuscript. Oh, and I had a very nice Parker 65 that I had bought with lots of pocket money.

 

Many years later I re-tried fountain pens and discovered that Parker Quink is but one species in the kingdom; other inks work better and usually much better.

 

Lo and behold, I now have a cupboard full of inks and a drawer full of pens, but they all write properly (well, apart from a cheap Chinese one and an expensive MB). I have never gone back to Quink (though I love Penman, also from Parker).

 

Personal prejudice, I know, because others say Quink works for them.

 

But it is a matter of trial and error, which is part of the fun of real pens

[casualmerlinconstant]

Parker quink black has clogging issues. It will slowly form sediment in your feed until it clogs up your pen giving you flow problems. Luckily it is easily flushed out. Just flush your pen thoroughly once in a while and maybe give it a good soak and you should be back to normal. Several people have run into similar problems with quink black. (Binder I think.)

 

Edit: from the sounds of your post it doesn't look like you have used quink black for long enough for the above problem. Sometimes a pen/ink combo just doesn't play nice. Try a different ink. If problem persists then its time to start investigating your pen.

Edited July 16, 2014 by superglueshoe