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Hi everyone,

 

I've had problems with my Platinum converter lately.

 

1. The knob is difficult to turn. This becomes frustrating when it's time to clean the pen.

 

2. Some water has made its way above the seal inside the converter.

 

Should I just toss it out or do you think it can be fixed?

 

Thanks.

 

M

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You would be tossing each and every Platinum converter that comes your way. They just don't work long enough. That is what I have observed.

Khan M. Ilyas

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With the Platinum converters, the first thing you need to do when you first buy one is apply silicon grease. Otherwise they seize up.

This will be useful

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The silicone grease seems like a good idea, mine was also very hard to turn, for some reason after some time it started being more manageable, but I'll try the grease too.

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My Platinum converter also had those issues. In my opinion Platinum is not having a very good design on the converters. Applying more silicon grease is almost like a must do. Fortunately the converter is very easy to disassemble.

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Seeing that the Platinum piston converters are troublesome, I started making my own squeeze converters for my Platinum pens. I make the buttons myself and use sacguards from some old aeometric Chinese pens lying in my part box. The sacguards have nothing inscribed on them and are vintage steel and not the cheap looking aluminium ones that come with later production Chinese pens.

 

 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_v0YzkCPJQ3UFZFSVpESWRWNWc/view?usp=drivesdk

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_v0YzkCPJQ3M3FfeVNyTWdMXzg/view?usp=drivesdk

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And of course I had to jinx it... Now it won't come up after a certain point, had to use a syringe. My fingers hurt from trying to turn the damn thing. I'm not sure the silicone grease will help, something seems to stop it in its tracks.

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I just applied silicone grease to a converter for the first time ever a couple of days ago, of course it was to a Platinum converter. But it was in a 3776 I have had for two or three years and never before had a seizing problem with. Surface tension peoblems, always. But no seizing problem before. Works like a charm now.

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Have been using Platinum pens since 2000 and have never had mechanical problems with converters. If anything, converters of any stripe do not seem to fill up completely. There always seem to be a small amount of air remaining in the tube. But, that may be the laws of physics.

stan

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I just saw the video where the Piston head was greased with silicone. Wouldn't the exposed area of the piston head where the silicone grease was applied to make contact with and mix in with the ink that's going to be filled inside the see thru converter tube resulting in the ink being "contaminated" and having silicone grease in it ruining the converter and making the converter useless?

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I just saw the video where the Piston head was greased with silicone. Wouldn't the exposed area of the piston head where the silicone grease was applied to make contact with and mix in with the ink that's going to be filled inside the see thru converter tube resulting in the ink being "contaminated" and having silicone grease in it ruining the converter and making the converter useless?

Contamination is not an issue worth worry but excess silicon blocking an air or ink channel could be.

 

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I just saw the video where the Piston head was greased with silicone. Wouldn't the exposed area of the piston head where the silicone grease was applied to make contact with and mix in with the ink that's going to be filled inside the see thru converter tube resulting in the ink being "contaminated" and having silicone grease in it ruining the converter and making the converter useless?

 

I believe the whole point of silicon grease is that it does not react with liquids, so it should not move from where you put it.

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Oh really? So silicone grease will never mix in with the ink? So there will be no silicone grease in the ink?

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Oh really? So silicone grease will never mix in with the ink? So there will be no silicone grease in the ink?

 

that's my understanding. Otherwise why would we be using specifically silicone grease, as opposed to any other lubricant?

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Also, unlike petroleum jelly (vaseline), silicone grease won't damage the rubber gasket in the converter. That's why it's used so frequently in fountain pens.

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