Plaisir Issues With Flow

[Xavi]

Okay, so my first fountain pen was a Plaisir, Dec 2011. Then I had my first child, and left the poor pen, neglected with ink cartridge in for over four years. This was before I learned how to properly clean. When I finally reopened it was moldy and dried out.

 

It now has terrible flow. It starts out ok-ish, but winds up being a paper carving tool in a matter of a single stroke. It currently has j. Herbin with poussaire de lune ink. Things I've tried:

 

Water flush

 

Goulet pen flush, overnight soak for nib/feed; a couple of hours for the section (the clear demonstrator part with the fins)

 

Flossing with the strip that comes with the pilot parallel (a hack I know, but no brass sheets on hand).

 

Observations:

Letting water simply drip through the system, it seems to drip fine, like the ink should come out ok. It's not perferring one side or the other.

 

Sooo, should I give up? I've become mildly obsessed with getting this poor little pen to work. I greatly appreciate any insight you guys can shed on the topic!!

[AL01]

I'd say get the feed out of the section, if that can't be done - then you have a few options, the two that come to my mind are...

 

A: Replace the section with one of a preppy. From my knowledge they are the same.

 

B: Call Platinum and tell 'em of what is going on... I hade aa plastic problem with my Prera, (and the thing was out of warranty), and was able to get that part fixed for free!

 

I hope this helps.................

[inkstainedruth]

I hope you also sterilized stuff. Mold is BAD....

I don't know what sort of flow you had before with your pen, but my Plaisir is a pretty dry writer, as it turns out, so it doesn't get a whole lot of use anymore.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Xavi]

I hope you also sterilized stuff. Mold is BAD....

I don't know what sort of flow you had before with your pen, but my Plaisir is a pretty dry writer, as it turns out, so it doesn't get a whole lot of use anymore.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Um. Forgot the part about sterilizing. Now I'm hoping the ammonia in the pen flush did something.

 

 

I've tinkered and flushed and brass flossed and (drumroll) now I have no flow. Argh. I'm thinking there might be an issue in the ink channel at the top of the nib, where it meets the section with the feed. It looks like the feed is supposed to lead the ink to the nib through a slit. Perhaps that's gunked up? I'm not sure how to floss it though.