What Pen did you clean out today?

[Misfit]

@AmandaW you are very welcome. I hope you get the same great results. 

[InkyProf]

Cleaned out yesterday and today: Parker 75 Ciselé, Aurora 88 Large, Edison Comet, Platinum 3776 Century "Oshino" Demonstrator, and a Lamy Studio in Piano Black. More to come this weekend, probably.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, you've certainly been busy!  

When I get to the stage of "I have too many pens inked up at the moment to be manageable" I tend to do one a day or so and give each one time to drain and dry.  
I suppose it would be faster if I got myself an ultrasonic cleaner (and did consider getting one early on).  But would still need a place to dry the pens out completely....  And even with the new bathroom vanity being MUCH larger than the old one (AND having drawers) there's still only so much room on the top, on either side of the sink.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[InkyProf]

I'll add to that list the Onoto 5601 plunger-filler, which was a beast to clean, since its seals are still iffy at best.

 

I don't have an ultrasonic. I might get one at some point for a few very specific tasks, but I mostly prefer doing things the slow, laborious way, and I have the advantage of a long and mostly unused countertop in the guest bath on which to stage things. I also like cleaning pens as soon as they're empty (or as soon as I decide I'm bored with them) -- some sort of weird fastidiousness. My car, on the other hand, hasn't been washed for months (shows you where my priorities are!).

[inkstainedruth]

I'm kinda like you on that.  I tend to let pens soak (nib down) up on the bathroom counter in what started off life as a votive candle holder (depends on the ink if it's ammonia solution or vinegar solution in distilled water) and then often go do other things in the meantime.  Then, once I think it's sufficiently flushed out (into a plastic tub designed for washing dishes), and the solution is flushed out with more distilled water (I use distilled water for pen flushing because where I live the water is very "hard" -- i.e., has a high mineral content), the pen gets put -- again, nib down -- in paper toweling in another votive candle holder to drain and dry.  

Of course, I also tend to do other chores (such as laundry) in a similar fashion -- I'll have one load running in the dryer while the next one is in the washer, and then go do something else (even if it's just watching TV) in the meantime....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

Two Pilot Kakuno pens

[zmija]

Sailor Professional Gear King of Pen 

 

[inkstainedruth]

My goodness!  When you said "cleaned out" you certainly meant it!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[zmija]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

My goodness!  When you said "cleaned out" you certainly meant it!

 

For me, in most cases this is equivalent to complete disassembly.

 

 

[Barkingpig]

A copper Kaweco Lilliput, which has always used a Caran D' Ache brown cartridge & was really pleased to merely bulb syringe, then pull the nib & feed to rinse well.

 

In the last week I have had to use the ultrasonic cleaner to remove some stubborn ink remains from other assorted pens.  I added this to the ever growing pens drying  wrapped in tissues. 

 

Perhaps I will limit the amount of pens inked up but I doubt it; it is just so much fun to fill a fresh pen!

[Amberjack]

Today's clean up is an MB146, 90th Anniversary.

These pens have such a huge reservoir of ink, it doesn't get a flush out as often as 'lesser' pens.

[PAKMAN]

[inkstainedruth]

That would be a pretty pen, except for it being, well, snakes.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Amberjack]

[inkstainedruth]

I was thinking of that exact scene when I posted my previous comment....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[MarcoA63]

The Platinum #3776 Century ran dry!

Washed and put in container, nib down, on a piece of kitchen roll to dry out

[mge01park]

Pilot Vanishing Point Red Carbonesque. Ran out of ink in the cartridge. 

[InkyProf]

Just now:

 

Waterman-JiF "New Look" Super Cartouche (1952), glass cartridge. (Awkward to clean because the glass cartridge comes out by removing a blind cap at the end of the barrel, not by removing the barrel from the section; but I think I got it done well enough.)

 

Parker x Ariel Kullock "51" Aerometric, green and black ripple ebonite (Now I get to fill a new Parker!).

 

Pelikan 400N, green striped (Now I get to fill a new Pel!).

 

[mge01park]

Pilot VP Black Carbonesque

Sailor 1911M Yellow

Noodler’s Neponset Red Rebellion 

[inkstainedruth]

Today it was the Parker Vector Looney Toons "Sylvester the Cat" pen.  But I'm going to have to check and see if I've got it completely cleaned out (it had been inked up with Nooder's #41 Brown for a while, and I'm not sure it's running completely clear yet....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth