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Rollerball refilling
Copy of an email discussion that I thought might be useful to the pen
collecting public --- Actually, I've tried your method with Pelikan refills-taking out the soft plastic plug, washing it through and then filling with an ink of my choice. I've not had good experience with this, though. Either, I did something wrong and the refill leaked, or it ran out almost immediately. I generally haven't washed but just topped off with water (if I didn't use it much) or ink of the same color. I did try washing out a UniBall Micro refill. For another color I might try just over-loading the fibers with 2-3cc of ink which should make most of the original ink drip right off. If it's too full use a tissue or the syringe to suck off a bit. You can see when it's as full as it can hold if when you invert the refill (point faces up) the surface of the ink-storage-fiber-element looks wetter than in does when the refill is point down. Shows that ink would form a drop on the end if there were any more in there. If I can, I don't remove the fiber part as it can be tricky to get it to "seat" back down on the fiber "spike" that conducts ink from it to the point. For changing colors, though, you'd probably have to pull it. If it leaks just draw a slow line on some paper towel and that should draw out a lot of ink. Draw out enough and it'll not leak. It also seems like the rollerball inks have some kind of oil-like substance that helps promote the flow. Possible but I kinda doubt it, nor do I find Noodler's lubricating "eel" inks to roll any smoother. Some pens, like Pilot V-ball pens do "squeak" a bit with the refill ink but I just ignore that. For Tombo, I have tried removing the point piece and refilling. I'm not so good at this Not sure what they look like but if it's like the pilot V-5/7 try a piece of steel wire like a paper clip bent so that it goes in between the lowest set of fins you can get to, and then use a pliers on the wire. The idea is to pull up nearly equally all around the tip rather than a lot in one or two spots. Have you had any of these results? If you're satisfied with your work, I'd be happy to try one of yours! Mostly I just revive my old rollerballs with 1-2cc of water, so it may be you just won't like how the pens write with only FP ink in them. Have you ever switched the point from one Parker refill to another? Parker RBs are impossible to get into. You could probably pull the (metal part of) the point off intact, but I haven't been able to pull the two metal halves of the body apart. It is a free-ink system so you could drill the back end. Many Thanks, Looking forward to hearing from you, All Best, H. ----- Original Message ----- On 4/19/05, H.G. wrote: I got you name from Ross McKinny of the Triangle Pen Club. He says you are the guru of getting new ink into roller ball refills. blush I know how, but to be a guru must reflect how few people try, I suspect. I use roller balls a lot. In particular, I like extra-fine points such as the EXFine in Sailor, Fine in Pelikan, .05 in Parker Gel, Ex-Fine in Tombo. The point size won't matter, just what the refill's construction is like and how to get to the ink reservoir to refill it. Gel ink is another matter. I've used FP ink to refill liquid rollerballs and felt-tips, but gel ink is a different kind entirely. That said, you can probably move a point from, say, a Pilot G2 0.5 to the refill barrell of a G2 0.7 or something like that. I've always been disappointed that these fine points don't come in multiple colors. Are these refills whose colors you can change? Except for the gel, probably. I've done Pelikan. You just need some way (a screw, perhaps) to pull the soft plastic plug out the back and then you can refill or flush the fiber ink storage element. The Tombo may be a clear "free ink" system with a feed, in which case you'd either need to pull the feed out from the point end, or drill into the reservoir and seal with hot glue, silicone glue, or a strong waterproof tape. Please let me know what inks you would use and what the cost is. I'd use whatever FP ink was the color you liked. I can blend inkjet inks to specific colors, but they do have a tendency to spread in the paper a bit much. Still, with an XF point they might work for you. Other than that all you need is a small 1-3cc syringe or an eye dropper. |
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