Water Behind The Slip-N-Seal Thing

[Snamellit]

Hi,

 

My daughter managed to drop my Platinum 3776 demonstrator and the cap was splashed with ink. After scolding her (which I now regret, because although she could have been more careful, it was not really her fault), I rinced the cap, dried it with tissue and closed the pen.

 

However I found drops behind the slip-n-seal inner cap thing (does this have a name?) which is now forming interesting condensation patterns during the day.

 

 

I do not dare to let it dry, because then the nib will probably dry too.

 

What do you recommend : disassembling the converter and cleaning the pen, drying everything and reassembling, or first write the converter empty and live with the drops of condonsation for the time that takes?

 

thanks in advance,

 

Peter

[The Blue Knight]

Disassembling the converter and cleaning the pen, drying everything and reassembling

 

This is what I would do.

 

 

[Snamellit]

 

This is what I would do.

 

 

 

advice followed, bit the bullet and the pen is now drying. I wonder how long it'll take.

 

thanks,

 

Peter

[The Blue Knight]

 

advice followed, bit the bullet and the pen is now drying. I wonder how long it'll take.

 

thanks,

 

Peter

 

I wouldn't see it doing any harm this way. The problem is if the water had stayed there for a few days it may started corrode the metal.

 

It might take a while to evaporate from there. I would leave for a for a few days hopefully by then the water will have evaporated I would wait till it looks like it has vanished.

 

take a look at this thread, it maybe useful

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/262001-clean-behind-platinum-3776-inner-cap/

[Snamellit]

 

I wouldn't see it doing any harm this way. The problem is if the water had stayed there for a few days it may started corrode the metal.

 

It might take a while to evaporate from there. I would leave for a for a few days hopefully by then the water will have evaporated I would wait till it looks like it has vanished.

 

take a look at this thread, it maybe useful

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/262001-clean-behind-platinum-3776-inner-cap/

 

thanks, the tip with the compressed air seems promising.

 

I would try it, but last time when I bought some I inadvertently took a can of contact cleaner which someone put between the cans of clean air. LOL

 

So this will have to wait.

[Earthdawn]

As dumb as this may sound...

 

ok...

 

maybe take some white rice and fill the cap to help try and absorb it .... kind of like when you drop a cell phone in water and you pack it in a ziplock bag with rice...

 

Just a though and after you can just dump out the grains of rice...

[Snamellit]

Hi,

 

actually after about 24hrs drying all the water has dissappeared. It looks like new again.

 

I imagined it would take a lot longer to disappear from behind the inner cap.

 

Peter

[Snamellit]

As dumb as this may sound...

 

ok...

 

maybe take some white rice and fill the cap to help try and absorb it .... kind of like when you drop a cell phone in water and you pack it in a ziplock bag with rice...

 

Just a though and after you can just dump out the grains of rice...

 

I was thinking about some more radical actions: I need a drier to dry out filament for my 3D printer, which is essentially a box with a heater (to 40-50degC), a fan and desiccant in it to create a desert climate in a box. It is still on my to do list, but I was contemplating of speeding this up.

Edited March 7, 2015 by Snamellit

[Snamellit]

problem solved, has not reappeared.

[LPWaterhouse]

As dumb as this may sound...

 

ok...

 

maybe take some white rice and fill the cap to help try and absorb it .... kind of like when you drop a cell phone in water and you pack it in a ziplock bag with rice...

 

Just a though and after you can just dump out the grains of rice...

 

This totally worked on my 3776 Yamanaka. I had condensation behind the slip and seal inner cap and packed it in a bag of rice overnight. Great advice! Thank you!

[Donald2]

A while back I had an old fountain pen that had this same exact thing happen to it when I accidentally spilled a bottle of Poland Spring water on it. I dried the cap really good, but after a while I had mold and yeasty stuff growing inside the cap. It looked like there was life deep down in there lol. The inside of the cap is an excellent area for humidity to build up making it an excellent breeding ground for peculiar things to grow there lol.

Edited November 6, 2017 by Donald2