Noodler's Inks Vs. Lamy 2000 Piston Fill Windows

[Bigeddie]

I have used Noodler's Prime of the Commons in my Lamy 2000, no staining problems.

[JEsraelo]

I am convinced, therefore, getting out there to get green, red, blue and black for my TWSBI 580, Visconti Opera, Visconti Rembrandt and Waterman Paris +Kultur..

Thank you very much for the information.. I am a noob and have started my collection about 6 months ago ..

 

"write on"

 

Edited November 12, 2013 by JEsraelo

[WirsPlm]

Here is the thing, I read folks writing how great the combination is and mostly are using the pen daily. So, what happens, since it is waterproof and not water-based, if one does not use the pen for a couple of weeks? Should I not risk an expensive FP with waterproof inks in general?

thx

 

PS: I have just got my Visconti Opera and I was concerned about this combination as well.

I don't know of an FP ink that isn't water-based, the waterproof part of some inks comes from dyes (or iron, in the case of iron gall inks) that permanently bond to cellulose found in papers (also cloth, unfortunately), which is in a watery solution until written with. I've left inks in pens for a long time, and the only thing that happened was that the ink got a little darker (some water evaporated from inside the pen), everything still wrote fine.

[JEsraelo]

good info, Thank you much

[Sham69]

bulletproof black has completely rendered my ink window unusable, not that it was every that useable anyway! i re fill when my pen no longer writes! i am sure a nice ammonia clean will fix this though it worked last time when the window got stained from simple visconti black which is surprising as it is not the most robust ink when it comes to water resistance quite the opposite.

 

buy the lamy 2k it is an amazing pen and don't worry about this little issue you can always take the section off and give it a good clean

[FLJeepGuy]

No issues with repeated fillings of Lexington Gray. I only clean it every five or six fillings and still haven't seen any issues with staining.

[spiv]

1. Bad Belted Kingfisher
2. El Lawrence
3. Nikita
4. Heart of Darkness
5. Blue Nose Bear
6. Black Swan in English Roses
7. Henry Hudson Blue
8. Cactus Fruit Eel
9. Tiananmen

I have used all of these in my 2000, as long as you don't let the pen dry out & you rinse well you should be good. I haven't put any BSB or anyone's purple ink in the pen for more than a day. Two days with a short fill of Binder's Burgundy (50/50 Skrip Red & Waterman Purple). I find most purples will stain converters so I don't often use them in my 2000.

[benborgmeyer]

I have found some noodlers ink stains either demonstrators or ink windows (e.g., konrad windows).

 

El Lawrence, whaleman's sepia, Henry Hudson will leave behind a neon yellow.