What Pen did you clean out today?

[Mark from Yorkshire]

Cross Bailey washed through for second time in a week, now has functioning screw in converter and Diamine Onyx black ink.

[inkstainedruth]

Most of this week I've been trying to flush out the Reform cartridge pen I got at an estate sale last weekend.  I have no idea whether it takes International Standard cartridges/converters, but once it's really clean, and is no longer leaching the unknown black ink out of it, I'm going to try one of the Edelstein Amethyst cartridges left over from the first Pelikan Hub I went to (and hope that the pen's barrel will hold International Standard long cartridges -- that will give me hope that I will be able to find a converter to fit it).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DrPlush]

Today I cleaned out my Pilot Custom 823 EF (Fujiyama Blue). I flushed the Iroshizuku Hotaru-bi that was in it last and refilled it with Graf von Faber-Castell Yozakura, which unfortunately seems (maybe predictably) too dry to be pleasant in this pen.

[Mark from Yorkshire]

Parker vector and refilled with Pilot shin Kai to even up the pen fills, having washed it and Quink out of two of my more expensive pens that are drying and awaiting a fill with good ink 

[Penguincollector]

Parker 75 vermeil Ciselé. 

[PAKMAN]

Montblanc Fake Heritage Collection Rouge et Noir Coral, finally cleaned it out of the unknown Ink from when I bought it at the St Lewis Show.

 

[Penguincollector]

Geha 705.

[Barkingpig]

OMAS Ogiva Burkina &  Sheaffer Targa in Cadmium yellow.  

[Penguincollector]

Light blue Nonami demonstrator 78g+ clone.  I love cleaning pens with clear feeds.

[Metropolis Collection]

twsbi Eco and Pilot Metro

[Runnin_Ute]

Let's see.... these are pens cleaned last night (9/16)

Pelikan M200 Blue Marbled 

M200 Cognac 

M100

M150

400NN 

Parker 45 Flighter 

Parker 51 Special 

Parker 51 aerometric (refilled)

True Writer Classic in Turquoise 

A vintage no name lever filler

 

Still have a couple of Parker Vacumatics to clean. A mid 40's Vacumatic Emerald Pearl and a 51 Demi Vacumatic in Cordovan Brown 

 

[Aysedasi]

I cleaned my four P51s.  Unfortunately it looks as though my one vacumatic needs attention as it was taking on very little fluid.   I was kind of prompted to as I bought another P51 (my first for several years) on impulse a couple of days ago.  Still waiting for that one to arrive.  

[Baka1969]

Running smooth after a flush and greasing. 

 

 

[Surlyprof]

My trusty (and durable) titanium Gravitas pocket pen was starting to skip.  My fault. I wasn't giving it enough attention as of late.  A flush, a soak and a light tuning of the nib and it is flowing better than ever.  Ben Walsh sold me a stainless steel section during the SF pen show and, although it made it heavier, it has given it such as delightful balance that it should no longer be ignored.  Such a delight to write with!

[PAKMAN]

Visconti Voyager 30, rinsed out the Diamine Chocolate Ink and stored it.

[Penguincollector]

Two five below pastel pens, in greige and orange. 

[Mark from Yorkshire]

The complete PITA that is the Parker Sonnet that refuses to write consistently. Full strip down and clean with soap, water, nail varnish remover and washing up liquid before a good drying out and re-assembly. Then cartridge back in. Does anyone else find the Sonnet 18k nibs dry and unpredictable writers that go wet and dry and show a lot of line variation? Are they semi-flex / Japanese soft nibs?

[Karmachanic]

4 hours ago, Mark from Yorkshire said:

nail varnish remover

 

Acetone?

[Mark from Yorkshire]

5 minutes ago, Karmachanic said:

 

Acetone?

Yep, read it dissolves old ink, also use it at work for removing permanent and old dried up dry wipe marker that won’t come off. It has worked a treat

[jchch1950]

A pen repairer told me he uses acetone to repair cracks in celluloid pens. It is safe to use to clean fountain pens?