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Cleaning A Stained Lamy Z26 Converter


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I've had Diamine Sargasso Sea in a Lamy Z26 converter for at least a couple of weeks. Today, it finally ran dry, and as I was cleaning it and preparing to reload with another ink, I realized that the converter had been stained a light purple by the ink.

 

I typically flush with plain tap water. I've done that, and the water is running clear through the pen now, but the converter is still stained.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for removing the stain? I don't own any pen flush, and operate on a graduate student's budget, so I tend to favor simple, inexpensive, and DIY solutions to those that would require me to, say, order a bottle of pen flush.

 

Thanks!

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If you had a spare Z26 & can afford to put that one out of circulation for some days, might try filling it with

 

peroxide solution

Borax solution

Chlorine bleach

 

and leave it for a few days... haven't tried on Lamy plastics yet, don't know which it'll tolerate.

 

Pen flush wouldn't do much.

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Or leave it that way?

I personally think that stains, are like wrinkles, you can't avoid them over time.

All used pens have some patina even if used and cleaned carefully, that's life.

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Or leave it that way?

I personally think that stains, are like wrinkles, you can't avoid them over time.

All used pens have some patina even if used and cleaned carefully, that's life.

Fair point! I definitely appreciate this perspective.

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Sargasso Sea will not come out of that plastic easily, so just enjoy it. If you have an ink like a vintage Skrips or Noodler's Rattler Red, use that as your next fill.

 

Let me show you a happy thing about eel inks.

 

I was testing KWZI #21 - and let me tell you that I LOVED the ink until it came to time to clean up.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140706_195944.jpg

 

I posted and asked about ways to clean and received some strange suggestions and some terrific ones. I remembered an off hand comment from Nathan about using red inks that were high in surfactants.

 

One round of Noodler's Rattler Red Eel.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140711_143634.jpg

 

And here it is after I've flushed the red. Keep in mind, I have not used an solvents or strange ink removers before or after the Red Eel ink.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140713_211154.jpg

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Or leave it that way?

I personally think that stains, are like wrinkles, you can't avoid them over time.

All used pens have some patina even if used and cleaned carefully, that's life.

Agree!

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I had that happen with Pelikan Brilliant Black in a convertor, and I let it sit for a little bit, so it's set in now, but it doesn't interfere with other inks, so I don't mind.

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Honestly, it's a converter. Let it stain.

 

But a fill of Sailor Doyou might take a lot of that out.

Looking for a cap for a Sheaffer Touchdown Sentinel Deluxe Fat version

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