Baystate Blue Ruined My Yellow Lamy

[captnemo]

Sam, I don't think 1937w was specifically referring to you or calling you ignorant. I believe the reference was made in the context of an underlying annoyance with the truly astounding warnings commonly found on products today--warning like those on a chicken pot pie that is to be cooked in a 400F oven for 30 minutes and then a warning that "This product may be hot!" Such warnings seem idiotic to many people (myself included) and I think this thread is uncovering a lot of pent up anger at product labeling in general.

[GirchyGirchy]

Go back and read my first post, and post #91 with additional photos, and stop with the personal insulting language, and making irrelevant comparisons that do not apply to this specific situation.

I agree. Also read the post from the pen maker who stained some of his blanks with the ink. I think people are getting off track. I'm a novice on here, too, and appreciate seeing this post. From reading on here, most black and blue inks are considered safest for fountain pens...when a blue goes and stains the heck out of certain plastics, it's nice to be made aware.

 

My bottle is on order. I'll just make sure to use it only on dark or metal pens.

[Lloyd]

Firstly, the red/purple inks that stain barrels take more than a minute or two to do their damage. However, Sam claims that his Lamy was stained quite quickly.

Secondly, and more importantly, is BSB easily flushed from FPs when one wishes to change inks? If not, there is a considerable risk of causing precipitates if the remaining BSB mixes with a more acidic ink.

Lastly, although everyone says "all inks stain, that's what they are designed to do", Nathan states:

"I'll also note how certain of the very same inks that rinse so quickly out of paper do NOT rinse quickly off plastic - test them on plastic sheets for yourself. This has always struck me as idiotic. Ink should be very durable once on paper, and rinse off plastic. Test it on sheet plastic...apply some on plastic from all brands and let it sit in the sun - then spray the sheets with a garden hose. Try sheet rubber as well. "

Edited February 4, 2008 by Lloyd

[Ann Finley]

Sam, I don't think 1937w was specifically referring to you or calling you ignorant. I believe the reference was made in the context of an underlying annoyance with the truly astounding warnings commonly found on products today--warning like those on a chicken pot pie that is to be cooked in a 400F oven for 30 minutes and then a warning that "This product may be hot!" Such warnings seem idiotic to many people (myself included) and I think this thread is uncovering a lot of pent up anger at product labeling in general.

 

captnemo...I realize you were attempting to "calm the waters"--however, to me it's easy to see why Sam felt offended--again! In general, folks may be annoyed with some of the seemingly absurd warnings on various products today, but this thread is not about those various products.

 

My co-mods & I agreed that Sam had a right to be disappointed in Nathan's response, not to mention upset about his pen.

 

I believe folks have had plenty of time, now, to put their 2 cents in and I don't think all 11,000 plus members need to weigh in, so I am closing the thread, at least until I see if my co-mods think further input would be particularly illuminating or desirable. I do believe we all--including Sam--think that Nathan has been of great service to the FP community.

 

I personally think that a statement such as I'm quoting from post #99, "I love this ink!!! It should be labeled: "Approved by FPN for bullet-proof writing on yellow plastic and fake marble" was not the best possible thing to say...

 

Best, Ann