How to clean fountain pens

How to Clean an Old Fountain Pen: A Simple, Step-by-Step Guide A fountain pen is a wonderful tool, but it must be maintained regularly to ensure its longevity and function properly. Achieving peak performance with a fountain pen is only possible when it is cleaned regularly. Below, this article covers how to clean a number of the most standard fountain pens. We have also provided an extraordinary guide for cleaning fountain pen nibs and fountain pen ink issues. At the end of the article, we cover how to clean a few common fountain pen issues that can be resolved by a great cleaning! This article will describe how to clean fountain pens. How to Clean a Fountain Pen After cleaning, you will want to hang your fountain pen up to dry. In order to do this, you will need to fold or put a few sections of paper towel around the ends of your pen. After this step is complete, you should be able to insert the pen and press the writing end of the pen against the paper towel, and the paper towel will snap back against the nib and ink bottle to remove any gunk. This process should take around 10 minutes. After this, you are ready to write! How to Clean a Fountain Pen With a Wet Cloth The wet cloth method is a quick and easy way to clean your fountain pen. After placing your wet cloth on top of the plastic piece that is usually in your fountain pen, place the tip of the wet cloth against the gold part. How to clean the pen body To clean the body of your fountain pen, you should start by removing the cartridge and wad of filler material from the pen. The filler material, which is very similar to the ink, is not designed to be used with the ink. Take out the white cartridge and the nibs that it sits in as well. We recommend using a sharp pointy tool (e.g. a screwdriver) to remove these. Although sometimes the nib is designed to come out of the body on its own, in the majority of cases, it will have to be extracted. If this is the case, try placing the nib in the freezer for a fe ...

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How to clean fountain pens

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