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DrHaire

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Hello everyone,

 

I have recently purchased a new Waterman Phileas and decided to give it its first clean after using its first run through of ink. I used Private Reserve "DC Supershow Green" if that means anything to anyone and was curious on how exactly to clean it.

 

The process I used to clean the pen was isolate the converter and nib from each other and the pen casing. Then, I applied the plunger to remove any other stubborn excess ink. Afterwards I ran water from the sink facet and filled the converter up with tap water as I would ink then emptied it (still isolate from nib), a few times until it was pretty clear. Next, I flushed the nib with tap water as well (the nib was flushed separate from the converter) a few times until that dropped fairly clear water. After flushing both parts I fill the converter up once again with tap water and connected the converter to the nib as if ink were in it. Then I slowly "plunged" the water out of the converter and repeated this process only a couple times until the water was once again fairly clear.

 

After the flushing of the nib and converter I filled a six ounce glass with tap water and placed the connected nib and converter into the glass overnight. In the morning I flushed nib and converter once more just one time and then dried the pen off and let it sit until that night. That night I refilled the pen with ink and began using it again.

 

I ask my question because I am not sure how exactly to clean the phileas and this was my best guess. However, I would appreciate some experienced and wise advice on the cleaning of this pen.

 

Thanks everyone,

Dr

 

P.S. I used a microfiber screen cloth that came with my iPad in order to dry off and clean the ink of the nib and casing (in case it happened to get on there a little).

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Barring an ultrasonic cleaner, that's a fine way of attacking that task. The Phileas is almost as bad as a Parker "51" for retaining ink during a flush.

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I use a syringe to flush the converter with water, and blast

the water out with syringe air.

I have a rubber ear bulb, trhimmed to fit over the section.

Pushing water through the section in both directions, until

the water runs clear, cleans the section and nib. Shake and

blot dry. Takes three minutes.

 

It is a fast way to clean all cartridge pens.

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