Sheaffer Legacy Nib Clog

[Shvets]

Hello everyone,

I have a problem that I have been trying to solve for more than a week now - the nib on my Sheaffer Legacy has dried up and I cannot unclog it.

 

This is the pen:
http://www.sheaffertarga.com/Legacy/9032%20New%20Emp%20Silver%20leg%20heritage.html

 

So far I've tried:

1) flushing it

2) soaking in water

 

The pen has been laying forgotten for quite some time.

 

It has been suggested by a local fountain pen shop to soak it in ethanol for a little time but I only found courage to do so for about 30 minutes - still no luck.

The main problem is that there is no flow from the cartridge to the nib.

 

Then I try to flush it with a syringe some small bits of dried ink do flush out, but only very little.

 

I thought about buying the Koh-I-Noor Rapido-Eze Pen Cleaner to try it, but since the delivery cost and time to my country would be substantial, I though that I better ask the more experienced people.

 

Any suggestions?

Edited October 4, 2016 by Shvets

[jar]

Patience is your friend.The ink dried over an extended period and it will take an extended period to get it all out. The process is soak in room temperature water that has one drop of dish detergent added overnight. Flush using an ear bulb. Repeat until all the ink is out.

[Ron Z]

The pen shop should have their collective head examined. Ethanol is an alcohol, which can damage some plastics, and may not do anything to break down the dried ink.

 

The Legacy sections are glued together and can not be taken apart to clean. Something like Rapido Eze pen cleaner works very will, but require some soaking or an ultrasonic cleaner to be effective. You may be able to fit a metal guitar string down the slit in the feed after a soak, then soak and try flushing again. The guitar strings are effective because they are very fine and stiff. You'll need patience to be successful.

[Shvets]

Thank you very much for your responses. I'll go and look for a guitar string))

[Shvets]

It worked with a 0.25 mm needle - I finally removed the majority of the dried up ink.

 

Thanks for your help.