Know anybody refilling rollerball refills?

[PavalonTech]

Well.

 

I was trying to find out some information on refilling Waterman Rollerball refills :-)

 

Anybody know of any resources here?

[PavalonTech]

I saw this thread and decided to give a go at putting fountain pen ink into a rollerball cartridge.

 

Mission Accomplished!

 

If anybody out there is using the wonderful LAMY SWIFT rollerball or any other LAMY pen that uses the M66 cartridge, be informed that you can save a boatload of money by refilling the M66 with Noodler's American Eel ink. The M66 always starts out amazing but degrades really quickly. With a constant source of ink, it always writes like its brand new. Awesome!

 

1) Remove cartridge from pen

2) Pull black cap off of the end of the cartridge with pliers or teeth (watch out for ink on lips!)

3) Use a syringe and small needle to transfer ink from the bottle to the cartridge sponge.

 

I don't know what the capacity of the M66 cartridge is, so I have been conservative about how much ink to put in. Once the writing becomes scratchy and I have to increase pressure to get a clean start on my S's, I put in about 0.3ml of ink. This amount lasts for a few days (I'm a medical student who writes quite a bit).

 

Things to keep in mind:

1) I've only tried Noodler's Eel Black. I don't know how the other colors will work but I'm planning on trying it out.

2) I figure that, sooner or later, all this writing will simply wear out the rollerball mechanism itself. I don't know when this will happen but I'm keeping my eye out for it.

3) No problems w/ drying time. Eel doesn't dry instantaneously like the LAMY ink but it's almost as fast.

4) I think the line is a very small bit thicker with the Eel ink than with the LAMY ink. Still, I write small and I'm completely happy.

 

Finally: WHY? Because I'm too young and broke to be rocking out a fountain pen. Anyway, I like rollerballs.

 

Good luck!

 

Found it. And this thread was accidentally put into the wrong section, it's probably meant to be in general chatter ... sorry