Converter / Dry Ink issue UPDATE

[tommym]

Just out of curiosity, I inked up three Lamy Joy 1.5 mm pens, all with Lamy Z28 converters, and let them sit for a month (capped and untouched) with a 15 degrees downward tilt off of horizontal (nib down), average temp 85 degrees, average humidity 60%. The nibs had all been rinsed multiple times to test various sample inks. The Lamy Joy 1.5 mm pen/converter that gave me problems during the last go-around was not used in this test and set aside for the time being. The inks I chose for this test were:

 

Lamy Blue

Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki

Jacques Herbin Orange Soleil

 

I was pleasantly surprised that after a month of sitting, all of the pens started on the very first stroke! I have heard on these forums that the orange inks can be particularly difficult to deal with. I think that with the low price point of these Lamy Joy pens/converters, you may eventually run into a defective nib/converter that can cause the syrupy/dry ink condition that I previously ran into in a prior post. The inks that I chose for this test were the inks that gave me the palette in the blue, red, and orange color spectrum that I was looking for. I know that ink colors/formulation will change over the years, but for now I am good to go.

 

I have since used the Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-Yake ink (the ink that gave me issues in my prior thread) in other converters with no issues with it going syrupy/dry.

 

Thanks to everyone for their help in resolving this issue.

 

Tommy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bonnie-scott]

that's good to hear, and thanks for both taking the time to experiment and also for sharing the results here. 👍