Leaking Parker ball pen - Page 5

 

I've found alcohol "dry gas" works nicely on ball pen ink. You can
either try to swab it out with Q-tips, or soak the pen barrel in
alcohol.

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I thought Parker ball pens were not supposed to leak, mine has even
though
it's not been stored upside down.

It's very sticky inside. Is there any good way to clean it out?
Thanks for
advice.

 

responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/cleaning/Leaking-Parker-ball-pen-10625-.htm  
DA wrote:

john hamilton wrote:



Could have been a bad OEM cartridge i.e. Parker-compatible instead of
Parker. That or you can no longer trust anyone's quality [sigh] Toyota's
recent debacle comes to mind.


Pen itself should clean nicely with alcohol, as others suggested. But if
you are trying to clean a fabric it stained rather than the pen itself -
alcohol will make even a bigger mess than it already is. The alcohol will
make the stain just larger albeit less dense in color. Might as well just
throw the item out.



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On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:22:25 +0000, info_at_1-script_dot_com@foo.com
(DA) wrote:


I believe Parker 'ink' pens are now made in France 8-(((

I don't know about their cartridges since I use a refillable (from an
ink bottle!) insert-thing, but Quink is also French, according a quick
glance under the bottle.

--
Frank Erskine

 


Le sabotage

--
geoff

 



If, like most people nowadays, you are doing most of your writing via a
keyboard, and adopt a pen only for cards and signatures, you will probably
find your fountain pen, and even good old Rotring, need cleaning out every
time you want to use them.  You may find, as I have, that good old fashioned
dip pens with a good selection of nibs, and a range of small bottles of
coloured inks, are actually more convenient and fun to write with.  They
only need a wipe with a tissue between uses.  A dip mapping pen is still
excellent for fine lines too.

S