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Noodler's permanent inks and cork seals
Will Noodler's permanent inks (black and/or colors) harm the cork seals in
certain vintage pens? |
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Will Noodler's permanent inks (black and/or colors) harm the cork seals in certain vintage pens? You could test it on a wine cork. I suspect that the cork would stand up pretty well to all fountain pen inks, but you could try just to make sure. -- Yow! Am I in Milwaukee? |
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Garglemonster wrote:
Will Noodler's permanent inks (black and/or colors) harm the cork seals in certain vintage pens? You could test it on a wine cork. I suspect that the cork would stand up pretty well to all fountain pen inks, but you could try just to make sure. Thanks. I should have thought of that! |
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Garglemonster wrote: Will Noodler's permanent inks (black and/or colors) harm the cork seals in certain vintage pens? You could test it on a wine cork. I suspect that the cork would stand up pretty well to all fountain pen inks, but you could try just to make sure. I suppose what matters is possible long-term damage, which by definition would take a while to test for. :-) But I suspect that anything capable of dissolving wood would also be dissolving the paper you write on - so you should be safe. Nathan Tardif (who makes the ink) also restores vintage pens, so it's quite possible that he remembered to think of the effect on corks, if necessary. David |
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"so it's
quite possible that he remembered to think of the effect on corks," Corks rot...they require replacement far more often than modern seals. I could be a salesman for dupont - they make the BEST seals for piston filled pens...seals that are made to wear for 40,000+ movements equivalent to a filling and great changes in temperature (think - o-rings for your kitchen faucet!)....seals that on some of my pens are now over 15 years old and still work perfectly despite having used an admittedly extreme variety of inks. That being said...all corks stain with all fountain pen inks over time - but why is this a concern? Will you be upset when the wine stains the cork too and toss out a perfectly good bottle of wine? It does not cause a loss in seal abilities until the organic cork begins to rot in several years. Frank and I both agreed long ago that cork was often more original...but for a user grade pen it also could be an excuse to repeat often costly repair work through planned failure/rot/obsolescence. Cork was used long ago...because at one point it was the best people had - but today we have many more better alternatives. How many repairmen want the pen NEVER to come back for service again and to work forever? (Hint: those that hate backlogs more than they want repairs) |
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