My Parker Duofold Burps Ink When Unused

[aimi]

I thought this would be the world's easiest repair, but I am befuddled.

 

I have a Parker Lady Duofold Lucky Curve that just won't stop burping ink into the cap/onto the nib when it's unused and laying flat. Is the only solution to keep it nib up when not in use?

 

I went to the LA pen show with my Duofold earlier this year before everything got shut down from COVID, and I purchased a silicone sac from a gentleman at one of the repair tables (I apologize- I can't quite remember who it was!), so I'm pretty sure the size of the sac is correct. I installed it using shellac, and the sac looks fine. There's no ink around it when I unscrew the barrel. However, there's always ink around the base of my nib and also at the tip on both sides of the tines. The pen does NOT have any issues with burping while writing. Is the nib maybe seated poorly into the section, causing something to not be airtight (I did not refit it when I got the pen)? I swear most of the ink I put in goes into the cap.

 

Also, if anyone could tell me how to get the button out, that would be amazing. I have to eyedropper this pen because the button is just totally stuck. I've tried to pull it out with tweezers, but only managed to lose my grip and scratch the button. I did once bring the pen to the late Fred Krinke who was able to knock it out somehow, but back then I had a wrongly sized sac, so I had to reopen the barrel and have been using this pen as an eyedropper since.

[hari317]

Silicone sacs are permeable to air. So keep the pen nib up.

 

To free the button I would heat the button boss and gently pull the button out using a pair of taper nose parallel action pliers. Dry heat and gentle force is key or the barrel boss Might break.

 

Once the button is out The button hole might need some reaming to Enlarge it. Celluloid shrinks.

[Fermata]

As Hari has suggested although I think that our techniques using the pliers may be different, I don't use the pliers to pull, instead I work the end of the piers in at 90 degrees so that it is under the button and then use both thumbs to push up on the pliers lifting the button

[hari317]

If the button is stuck in the depressed position then you have to heat the barrel end and using finger nails try to raise it till it slides up. Then insert the nose of the tapered parallel pliers underneath the button as shown.

 

Supporting the top of the button under your thumb and the barrel in your left hand extract the button using a very gentle pull rock motion. Heat the barrel end before you pull. Dont squeeze on the pliers, you should leave no mark on the barrel or thd button. The Parker button remover tool was a simple slot.

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

[aimi]

Thank you so much both. The button actually works (it's pressable), just I can't get the pressure bar back in without removing the button. I'm going to give this a try later today; I'll have to find a different pair of tweezers/pliars-- yours looks much more functional than the ones I attempted to use when I scratched the button.

[hari317]

The pliers in the pic are the Maun 4340-125. https://www.maunindustries.com/snipe-nose-plier-with-smooth-jaws/

Other brands with equivalent models might be available local to you.