Dry Fountain Pen: Ink Not Coming Out? - This Quick Fix Will Work Every Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ธ.ค. 2019
- If there's no ink coming out of your pen, you have to watch this video. Whether it's after a refill, with a new fountain pen, or with a cartridge convert ... If your fountain pen is not working, there's an easy fix - and it works every time. In this video, I explain three simple ways to fix a dry fountain pen quickly, and easily. It took me four years to figure this out, so I hope it helps you!
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The thing about fountain pens is this: they are ADDICTIVE. Once you start enjoying one, you are introduced to a world previously unknown. You can collect different ones, different filling mechanisms, and learn the wonders of filling from ink bottle. Then one day you see a shining Mont Blanc, or a Waterman, Schaeffer, Parker, Pelikan, and you go 'whoa' . . .
I tried sqweezing it, with my fingers, it didnt work, so i tried with my teeth.. BIG MISTAKE, it backfired and at the back, the ink came out, i washed my mouth, but i have now a blue tooth
Oh no! Thanks for telling though
man i got mad, when i squeezed to hard and craked the cartrige, might still work, but god damn bo, its INK.
😂😂
Sweet, now you have a smart pen connected with Bluetooth.
@@BrendanMcGinley genius! 😂
I lived in Germany when I was a kid. We were required to write in fountain pens. Kids are pretty innovative. Holding the nib under warm water (yes, take out the cartridge) will clean out the pen too. The last resort is taking the nib apart. But aa a kid I wasn't too scared to do that either! Glad you reminded me of the things I had learned by experienced
Great ideas for keeping your fountain pen working. A few which I use: 1. I always flush a brand new fountain pen with water before I ink it up. This removes any oil residual from the nib manufacture. Even a tiny bit of oil can clog the works. 2. I always flush the pen when I either refill the converter or change ink colour. The best tool for this is a bulb syringe (used for cleaning ears and/or for babies). 3. I use only quality inks which are water-based. Not all inks behave well in every pen and it’s a trial by error method to find what is best for each pen. Inks with additives for sheen or metallic flecks can clog the feed. 5. Never tap the tip of the nib onto a hard surface to get the ink to flow. This may very well damage the nib.
That last one is very true. Thanks for adding your tips, I've pinned it.
I couldn't understand why my brand new, quite expensive, Parker Fountain Pen wouldn't work at all (a birthday gift to myself .) I purchased it 4 years ago and I was incredibly sad that I couldn't use it so in the end it just sat in the pen holder in my Bureau.
I never even thought about flushing the nib and tip with lukewarm water, yet it makes so much sense to do just that.
Four year's of not being able to use my beautiful pen and now I'm using it for the first time and it writes like silk. Thank you. 😊
do you know why oil based ink for fountain pens is not a thing?
surely it would be very usefull to have since it wouldent dry out
@@randomcow505 I think it's because its a solution to a problem which creates another one :
- It doesn't dry out so won't clog your pen (YAYYYY!!!!)
- Never dries on paper while you're writing or takes days to dry completely to avoid smudges --> useless for writting :)
I washed my clogged nib and it writes so smoothly!! Thank you so much, it probably had a bit of oil
Top tips indeed...managed to resurrect two Waterman fountain pens that had long given up working. Thanks so much!
Thank you SO MUCH!!! My dad and I collect fountain pens- It was a shame when they "stopped working", but now I've fixed the issue thanks to you!!!
Happy to help and nice to hear that you are collectors as well! Keep it up.
You collect fountain pens and do not know how to maintain them? This doesn’t make sense lol
@@iswish_41 Folks have to start somewhere. It's more fun if you get to learn how to maintain them, if you didn't know how before.
@@iswish_41 I now have the time to use and collect pens, you have to start somewhere.
Just flush out pen with pen flusher cleans all old gunk out pen
I almost threw my Lamy pen away. The water method worked for me :) Thanks!
These are some good tips, thanks. An alternative that has worked well for me, before I try to push ink into the feed, is to just hold the nib and feed for a few seconds in an inch of water, maybe swish it around a little, until you can see ink drifting into the water. This washes any dried ink out of the nib and the feed, where most dried ink problems live, and gets the ink flowing again. This has worked very well for me. You shouldn't have to throw away a cartridge before it's used up.
Yes that is absolutely correct. I agree, good tip.
Thanks for this tip!
This is the best way I have found. Just a quick dip in water and it usually works right away. Does not work with some permanent inks and some troublesome ones.
Absolutely right! Simple n easy. I always carry a little bottle of water in my pocket. Works like a charm :)
i use a wet tissue, the capillary action pulls ink out nicely
Thank you, best advice for ages. My 2 parker pens of high quality ceased to work, after washing, because not used for 4 years, now they work perfect, I will now subscribe 👍
Thank you so much !! I almost throw away my fountain pen but thank god i was clever enough to search for solution and found your video !
Happy you found it and you're welcome! If you want more tips for cleaning your pens, be sure to subscribe
In fountain pens, surface tension of the ink has as much effect as the density of water versus air. If having a problem, use a very small amount, one drop at the most, of Jet-Dry or other dishwasher anti-streaking additive in 10 mL of water, and, in turn, one drop of that mixture in your converter or re-filled cartridge along with the fill of ink.
omg! that truly makes sense! Im gonna try this! THANK YOU!
This is so worth it!!! Thank you!! I use only fountain pens and sometimes it is so frustrating. Also keeping all your fountain pens nib part down on your work desk, really helps.
you sir, are a saviour. Thanks a ton for keeping things straight to the point. :)
thank you. i had a pen i've had for 20 years or so now and i have the original carts for it too. its not super expensive, but your video helped me to bring it back to life. i can't thank you enough
Thank you for saving me 4 years 😂. My dad loved pens, he gifted me a black Lamy and some Mont Blanc. I’ve been struggling with the Lamy for a while now. Was so frustrated. I washed it now and it’s working like a charm 😍
“Do this once a month”
Me, with my fountain pen I found on the ground 2 years ago and have never cleaned: heh...yea right
Same here, I always forget, but now I know what to do when I've postponed for too long.
ahahhahahahhahah~~~~~ me too!!!!
Waited for the ink to flow down for 10 minutes. Saw this video and squeezed the cartridge and boom. It works. Thank you!
your personality is golden, thanks for the help!
I bought a parker pen almost 3 year ago ( brand new not working) thank you so much for this video, it really helped.👍
Thank you for this! I was trying to revive my old fountain pen and was having issues, your tricks work.
Glad it helped!
‘I didn't know’, excatly, because for most of the time, people use ballpoint pens those pens never need to clean. It is nice of you to make this vedio and show players whom newly find interest in fountain pens that pen needs to clean once every one to three month. Seriously, a lot of people don't know this because we are not in 1970's, with smart phone and PC, we really don't use fountain pens that often anymore. Cool vedio. :)
Dude this was so helpful- Im trying to get into drawing with fountain pens and this was so helpful for thank u
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So appreciate the information you shared in this video. I've been struggling with getting a smooth consistent flow of ink.
I recently just bought the EXACT same Parker pen you own, the good looking one, and I was looking for ways to solve the dry ink issue. This helped soo much THANKS!
I enjoyed this video very much, thank you for making it. I have to say that I knew everything you said, but you were so genuine that I watched to the very end. I've been using fountain pens probably longer than you have been alive and I'm delighted to see a surge of new users pretty much across the world. Please forgive me for being so forward, but you're delightful to listen to and your honest enthusiasm shows. Subscribing because I want to watch more of your stuff. - roc
you've been so helpful! IM BEYOND GRATEFUL that you saved my pens!
I see you share the passion for fountain pens like I do and I loved your video. I already knew these but you reassured me. Thanks and keep yo the good work.
Thank you SO MUCH! I've had a fountain pen for over a year - could NOT get the dang thing to write! Your simple hints have me writing happily now with my pretty fountain pen! P.S. Got some ink-stained fingers in the process, but it was totally worth it!
Welcome to the ink-stained-finger club then - and appreciate the kind comment Esther
Dude, that was amazing!!! I have had my fountain pen on the shelf for a year because I couldn’t find out what was wrong with it. After one squeeze of the refill cartridge, it started working again. Thanks so much. No one at the stores where I live knew how to help me.
Love it, you're very welcome.
That's why all the stores go bankrupt! The internet provides better help. Just kidding of course
Thank you for the education! So frustrated with my Montblanc but now I’ve got it working smoothly again!
thanks for this tip! I finally got my montblanc fountain pen my grandmother gave me 25 years ago
Thank you for this, my fountain pen finally worked!
Thanks just fixed my pen and very pleased. 🙏🏽
I'm so happy!I'm glad I came across this video. My fountain pen is really working now. I was anxious I thought I couldn't use this anymore cause I haven't used this for months. It was a gift from my friend in London.
Awesome! Thanks! Saved my fountain pen.
Thanks a lot man, really saved my life and my pens..
I had taken a pen from my friend and forgot to give it to him. out of the blue asked me about it after 10 MONTHS!
I eventually found it but it took too much time to recover it. After seeing your video it was running like a charm in 2 mins!
thank you though....
Back into making greeting cards, so dug out my old pens and it was a no go. Ordered new cartridges and still no go. Thank goodness for TH-cam. Brilliant. Thank you Very Much.
Really loving this channel and your enthusiasm!
Thanks, I appreciate it
Thank you, you’re tips worked like a charm! I’m back to writing with my favorite fountain pen.
Thanks so much! I recently got a fountain pen and this was very helpful. I never had to write with fountain pen in school, but now I wish they had made us, at least know how to use one!
Amazing, worked like a charm! 🙏🏻
IT WORKED!!!!! Pushing cartridge worked!!!!!@@@@@. Thank you@@@@@@@!!!!!!
Thxs so much you saved my life and my fountain pen actually worked
yaaaay! It finally works! Thank you! Gonna go and keep journaling😊
THANK YOU! It works! Finally i can use my fountain pen again
Worked a treat - thanks so much!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
This actually worked and so many other videos didn't work
once again thank you
Hugely helpful, thank you so much
I swear just watching this video cleans out the dry ink from my pen, thanks for this.
Thank you! Just helped me revive a pen I hadn't used in a few years. I even considered just buying a new one. Subscribing now!
Thanks so much - got my Waterman working beautifully again...
Awesome! You fixed them all! Thanks you!
Welcome!
Worked really well! Thanks!
thank you! this worked perfectly.
Thank for sacrificing a pen to show this. It helped a lot!
The last trick really worked. Thanks a lot 😀. You saved my favourite pen.
Thanks so much , I just revived my Parker pen, it was totally dry , now it works fine. Dank je wel ! Thanks !
Graag gedaan - What Parker do you have?
Thank you for that long conversation
And you saved my pen's life
DUDE you are like a Genie!!! thank you SOOO much!!!!
LOL @ when you are cleaning the pen "if you dont take the cartridge out... well youll see"
Haha yeah not so clever...
Thank you so much, my fountain pen is fixed now. I was so sad that it stoped working and then i found your video. Thank you so much
Thank you...it's really working
That was great! Thank you so much!
It actually worked.... thank you
Thank you very much for the video, you are very knowledgable but at the same time humble, that is a nice quality to have. Cheer to you and good luck! I subscribed
Yay!!!!!! It worked. The third idea worked for me...thankyou ☺️
I am so excited to try cleaning mine. Its frustrating when I'm trying to write and it won't write, even after i put a new ink cartridge in it. I have 5 pens and currently only 1 has ever worked. Thank you!
Hallelujah! I have been working for hours on a pen that I had forgotten in a drawer a year ago. Tried everything but the water trick. I let it soak for a bit and then dried it off like you recommended. A few strokes after and it was off and going again! Thank you!
This water trick worked like magic! Thank you so much!
A life saver! Thanks!
Great video. I've subscribed so I can watch more videos. You explained everything so clearly that I didn'tt have to reewind anything. Just bought my first fountain pen and could't get the ink to flow. I will try all your suggestions. I bought ain inexpensive pen, Schneider Ray, to see if I could even write with a fountain pan. Thank you so much.
Hi Sir, I'm very new to fountain pens' and your videos have been very helpful and informative. Thank you for putting out these great videos.
My grandparents buy me one very nice fountain pen per year on special occasions (usually my birthday). A lot of them have never been used or had ink put in them just because I don't want them to dry out, but the first one I ever got is very special to me and I use(d) it all the time. It's a Waterman Paris "Expert Essential Black Fountain Pen GT". I used it for most of high school, college, and for the finer details of my drawings. I stopped for a while and tried to get back in to drawing 2-3 days ago, but the pen was dried up. I squeezed the cartridge, a drop of ink came out and I was able to write semi-smoothly for a few lines before it stopped. Thank you so much for such a simple solution. Most of the "cleaning tutorials" I watched before this were using pliers to pull things apart, using acid baths, using stir bars and hot plates. While it was effective, it seemed so barbaric/harsh on the metals in and on it. I plan on using this pen for a very long time. So this method seems to be perfect for me. Thanks a million, my man!
Thanks a lot! Your video really helped me to recover my dried pen!
I found a really nice pen set my grandpa had from 2006 and it has a really nice fountain pen but I didn't know how to use it. Thanks! It helped! 😀
Thank you so much for this video 📹 My fountain pain was not working since 2 year's I have tried your methods and it's working now Thanks to you 😃🙏
Brilliant. Thanks for the tips.
Very welcome, glad I could be of help.
this was really helpful, thank you!
My most favourite pen was out of ink.. and it was only one in the store and this idea helped me, thank you.
THIS REALLY SAVED ME THANK YOU
I haven’t uesd mine (Pilot) in over 2 years changed the cartridge and left it downside for days and didn’t work but the moment I watched the first 3 minutes and squeezed it .. it worked again!!! Thanks man!!
Thank you so much, I did the cleaning in water on a pen that I had given up on, a much loved pen, and it now writes beautifully.
thank you it worked like a charm
It worked, thank you!
When I haven't used a specific fountain pen in a long time and it's ink cartridge has dried out (the water of the ink has evaporated), I just insert some water in the cartridge with a syringe. Then I clean the pen with water, put the cartridge back and voilá, it's working again.
Excellent work man
This was so helpful!
Thank you so much ❤️ I spent half an hour trying to figure out why my Jinhao pan wasn't working. I took it apart and clean it
Many thanks!...was able to get my pens going using your tips...subbed!!
Fantastic!
Great info! You present well and seem like a really nice guy.
I did exactly what you said to clean my Cross fountain pen… and IT WORKED!!! I couldn’t believe it!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I’ve subscribed to your videos and I think I’m gonna treat myself to another fountain pen with a non that is a bit wider, not that I know how to take care of them.
I have always loved writing with fountain pens but they always clogged up- but now I know the secret!
Thanks to You!! Yay!!🎉🩷
Thanks for the tip!
thank u so much😭❤ I recovered my fav pen
It actually worked. Thankyou!
Welcome!
Thankyou your video really give me back my favourite fountain pen❤️
Thank you very much. I will try.
Totally worked. Thanks :)
Thank you so much my fountain pen now works thanks to you buddy
All the tricks were so helpful. I tried the last one with warm water. Worked really well. Thank you.
You're welcome, and happy to hear it.
Helpful video, thanks 🙏