Quink With Solv-X

[corgicoupe]

I just bought [for $1.00] a bottle of permanent blue-black Quink containing solv-x. It's still sealed in the original cellophane wrapper, marked with a "45", which may be the price. Is it safe to use in an Aerometric? What about a Vacumatic? Other sac pens?

 

I passed on a diamond-shaped bottle of washable blue. Did I miss something there? Should I go back for it?

Edited December 7, 2018 by corgicoupe

[Freddy]

Go to Sam and Frank at Pendemonium ......

 

Here.................http://www.pendemonium.com/vintageink.htm

 

Scroll down to Old Inks in Your Pens:

 

Vintage Ink precautions:

 

If your ink passes you're good to go.

 

Enjoy in any pen.

 

Fred

[mitto]

If there is no sediment or mould floating in the ink, it is safe to use. The diamond-shaped Quink bottle is from around the 1960s and I would not pass on it even if it is washable blue.

Edited December 8, 2018 by mitto

[whych]

You will find the vintage Quink blue black to be a true blue black unlike the modern one which dries to a teal colour.

It shouldn't give any problems in your older Parkers as long as there is no mould in the bottle.

shake the bottle well every now and then for the next few days to try and get any bits of ink that have sedimented back into solution and it should be fine.

[Olya]

You will find the vintage Quink blue black to be a true blue black unlike the modern one which dries to a teal colour.

It shouldn't give any problems in your older Parkers as long as there is no mould in the bottle.

shake the bottle well every now and then for the next few days to try and get any bits of ink that have sedimented back into solution and it should be fine.

The blue black in the new packaging is a re-formulation and it doesn't dry to a teal anymore! It's a more vibrant, very dark blue, not sure how close to the old blue black, but a very good ink now!

[christof]

vintage Quink which contains solv-x tends to clogg the feeder. I would keep it as it is.

just my experience.

c.

Edited December 7, 2018 by christof

[mhguda]

Quink with Solv-X works well in all the pens I've put it in (admittedly no vintage pens but I do not expect problems there...) and has been very good, both colorwise and flow-wise. I bought up the stash of a store that used to sell them, at the old (low) price. Three bottles of black, three of blue. Really very good ink.

[whych]

vintage Quink which contains solv-x tends to clogg the feeder. I would keep it as it is.

just my experience.

c.

But if I remember correctly, Parker's advertising for Quink with Solv-X was that 'it cleans our pen as it writes'!

Sheaffer had a similar reason for using their inks with their additive.

 

I think there was a time where the pen manufacturers made similar claims to the reasons given by the petrol companies about using their brands with their additives: from giving better fuel consumption, to cleaning your engine as you drive.

[corgicoupe]

I'll limit it to vintage Parkers, and maybe try it in a new Retro51. It's my only blue-black ink.

[bsenn]

I use vintage quink in any pen, old or new. Never caused a problem for me.

[carlos.q]

The blue black in the new packaging is a re-formulation and it doesn't dry to a teal anymore! It's a more vibrant, very dark blue, not sure how close to the old blue black, but a very good ink now!

Not to derail this thread but, is there any post that shows a picture of this new packaging?

[Olya]

Not to derail this thread but, is there any post that shows a picture of this new packaging?

See this thread for reference

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/338243-old-parker-blue-black-vs-new-parker-blue-black/

 

 

vintage Quink which contains solv-x tends to clogg the feeder. I would keep it as it is.

just my experience.

c.

I've never heard before that Quink with solv-x cloggs. Also unusual as the solv-x supposedly worked as advertized..

[bass1193]

Edited to admit that Olya beat me to it

 

FPN member pennonia posted some great pics here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/338243-old-parker-blue-black-vs-new-parker-blue-black/

Edited December 8, 2018 by bass1193

[bass1193]

I've never heard before that Quink with solv-x cloggs. Also unusual as the solv-x supposedly worked as advertized..

Same here, and my personal experience has been great. I have five bottles of vintage Quink, ranging from 1930's to 1960's, and they're all fantastic!

[carlos.q]

Thank you Olya and bass1193.

[corgicoupe]

This is the bottle I bought.

 

[corgicoupe]

Can anyone date this ink? I discovered that the bottle does not have a plastic screw cap, but a metal twist cap, much like a jelly jar, requiring only half a turn then lift off.

[bass1193]

Oooohhh you broke it out of its cellophane prison? Do please post pics! I have the old art-deco bottles with a metal cap that secures by two protrusions from the cap, rather than threads in the cap metal. These, I gather, are from the thirties. I believe the art-deco bottles with threads in the metal cap are later, like forties-ish.

[JotterAddict62]

I use vintage quink in any pen, old or new. Never caused a problem for me.

Same here. All I have is Parker pens [ 95% ] and the ink of choice is Quink.

[GeneralSynopsis]

vintage Quink which contains solv-x tends to clogg the feeder. I would keep it as it is.

just my experience.

c.

I ran black Quink with sol-X in a P45 for 20 years without cleaning and without clogging if that is of any relevance.