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There is a thread, in fact more than one, on Inky Thoughts about the use of inks that contain particles to make them shimmer or sheen on the page.

 

There appears to be two schools of thought, quite simply split between 'no problems' to 'my pen dries up after writing for less than a page'.

 

I understand that the blockage problem is already acknowledged by Diamine who advise to flush the pen out if it becomes blocked.

 

A definitive answer from repair specialists would be very welcome.

 

Could the use of ink with particles lead to the pen being blocked in whole or in part and would they use such inks in their own pens?

 

Edited for spelling mistake

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I'm not a repair guy, but I have used the inks and in some pens it clogs, some it does not.

 

In the pen that got clogged, it was easily flushed out.

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Certainly wouldn't call myself a specialist, but.... yeah. Glitter inks clog pens. If it's a c/c pen, not a huge problem. Flush it with a bulb syringe and move on. If it's a lever filler? Good luck.

 

Sheening inks are different. The high concentration of dye (and other ingredients, I believe) in the ink makes it evaporate much quicker than a non-sheening ink, so it dries up on your nib faster. That's why a Callifolio ink can sit on a nib for a couple minutes with no hard starts, but something like OS Nitrogen dries up in less than 10 seconds.

 

My opinion? Don't use glitter inks. Sheening inks... up to you. I don't use them, personally, but no judgement for those who do.

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I like and use shimmer inks (both Diamine and J Herbin, and I have a bottle of Nemosine Snowball Nebula, which I haven't cracked open yet -- it's supposed to have finer dust particles and that's supposed to reduce the chance of clogging). You want to not only put them in a pen that's easy to flush, but you also want to put them in a nib that really shows off the inks to best advantage (or else, why bother? B)).

I've used a cheap Chinese pen with a fude nib (especially for the original formula of J Herbin Rouge Hematite, which has the big flakes of gold in it). For other shimmering inks I've used an older model Pelikan M100 with a 1 mm stub nib. A bigger nib shows off the inks nicely, and if necessary I can remove the nib unit for more thorough flushing (although I haven't had to so far).

I think some people also use Pilot Parallels, but I don't have any of those.

As for inks that sheen, I like and use a fair number of them -- but you have to use really slick paper and a fairly wet pen in order to get that effect (although I HAVE seen sheen with Noodler's Kung Te Cheng on rare occasions...).

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