It is not the ink that "attacks the plating" but the ultrasonic cleaner that creates cavitation hot spots. The liquid pockets heat up locally, expand and conversely implode; this lifts the plating films. Metals expand differently than plastic parts. Where parts are clamped together, especially in dissimilar materials, there is significant stress formation on a small scale, in the order of fractions of a millimetre, which is sufficient to strip some plating. This is the main risk of using ultrasound. Here is a video where gold contacts are recovered by ultrasonically detaching them from printed circuit boards : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-606hyxDM63g.html
OMG. You have scared the Bejesus out of me. This atrocious cleaning recipe is way beyond my tipping point. No way! This is more demanding than trying to make an authentic Italian Easter pie -- and immensely far less rewarding. I may revert to using only Uni-ball Signo DX gel pens. (I was leaning that way in any case. I want a Pelikan M800 but even at a price I found just less than US$400, I stopped to think: Seriously? Definitely, yes, at US$250. But give me a break!) My fountain pen addiction is now in serious rehab, but I love your videos. You are so entertaining! Better than most DVDs I have borrowed from my library. US$1/month is well worth your entertaining posts!
Great demonstration, Doug. I don't have an ultrasonic cleaner. I usually clean the nib, feed and converter / barrel after I finish the ink in the converter or cartridge or barrel. I use the bulb syringe and let it soak overnight in water or if it is really congested, pen flush. It seems to work ok. I never thought of using a toothbrush to clean the fins on a feed. While it takes a while, I look at it as a labor of love.
I’m so glad you used the Leonardo for your demonstration because I just ordered one ( my first Leo!) . I didn’t know that you could take a converter apart! Thanks
Very nice. I love the colour and the name J. Herbin Kyanite du Nepal , I just not a fan of the shimmer or the retail price. Great idea to share how to clean a quality pen. And how to excise the shimmer.
Hello Dough, Carlo here on the Island. For your new pens: do you use the same solution with ammonia or just the water and soap? (of course without the ultrasonic)! As always we enjoy your very informative videos. Bravo e grazie mille!
Did the ultrasonic clear cause the plating to delaminate on the underside of the nib in your opinion, it looked the plating had come of a time ago though, so it may be the pen manufacturer only plates what you can see?
It was the corrosive effect of the J Herbin ink that delaminated the plating. It was in contact with that ink for two years. The ultrasonic has no effect on plating unless you let the piece vibrate against a hard surface.
I love the Leonardo pens, but I can only buy one heirloom quality pen this year. I love a M-Broad line width. A smooth writer, I have 5 gold nib pens, my Targa, my Carene, 2 Pilot E95S' one in M Burgundy, one in F-M, black and my latest a Pilot custom 823 in F-M. Then I have the Golden Beryl Pelican 200 pen. I find I prefer a cartridge convertor pen, as I have a jewellery cleaner and find cleaning them much easier than piston fillers. My QUESTION: If I had 1500 to spend What pen would you suggest for me? Im passing these pens to my children and grandchildren. I would love this Christmas pen I am gifting myself, to be heirloom quality. What pens would you recommend? I dont mind a bit of feedback. But mostly smooth. In a Western broad as I love showing off my inks sheening/glitter and shading on the stack of Tomoe River Notebook journals I am buying where I can find them. There are so many name brands, but what pens ahould I seriously consider even if it is a piston filler? I love a gold nib lacquered pen over metal like the Carene but most are resin, whatever you suggest it must be a quality built screw on cap, fountain pen. pen, that is built to last. No demonstrator, ink window ok but not a must.
If you want to spend that kind of money where the money goes to the quality of writing, I'd look at a Pelikan. If you want a collector's pen them Montblanc has plenty of pens in that range that pay hommage to one artist or another.
This is such a timely video; just yesterday I was cursing that J Herbin’s Emerald of Chivor is clogging up my Twsbi 580, and seems to ONLY write when I prime the feed from the piston. 🤦♂️ (First fill, too; only been inked for a couple of weeks).
@@InkquiringMinds it definitely is! I can’t even remember which pen I put it in when I bought it, but I know I’ve used it successfully before. Back to some trial and error I suppose!
Hello. One of my challenges is finding a way to use more of my pens. In daily use, I can write with my pens very little and this sometimes causes the ink to dry in pens. Many times I defined a task for myself, for example, transcribing a beautiful text that I usually find in internet. But they are not enough that I can enjoy writing for a long time with my pens in different ink colors. I would like to know how and for what purpose you use your pens. Do you have any advice to use the pen more? Thanks 😊
In addition to all the work I have to do to prepare for each video creation, I have a habit of writing in my journal every night before bed. I just write what transpired each day. And each day I’ll try to use a different pen.
I don't understand the question. The Momento Zero is not a piston-filler. If you are asking if a wrench from Aliexpress will work on a Momento Zero Grande piston-filler, the answer is no.
@@InkquiringMinds yes that's the question. I have a magico but probably I cannot afford the real wrench. Bought my magico in the second hand market BTW.
Might not use a lot of shimmer ink, only having 4, but in my limited experience, I also haven't had trouble with them clogging feeds. I am a bit leery of using them in my older sac fillers, but it's a concern with transfer to the next fill, with not getting the sac perfectly clean. I have used shimmer with impunity with an Esterbrook Dip-Less, and never plugged a feed from an Esterbrook ReNew point. Good to see shimmer put to a long-term situation, with no trouble! Will this change my inks to more shimmer ones? Nope. Who I write, shimmer doesn't generally get noticed, so I'll keep it for holiday greeting card use, still. I will still notice. Thanks, Doug!
@@InkquiringMinds I'm a little more daring. I also use Diamine. Of course, it's only been "for V-Mail" Parker Quink microfilm black in my Parker 51 Vacumatic...
