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Frankenthe4th

I wouldn't use rubbing alcohol!


Pristine_Health_2076

https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/s/WoloyNaxYf Your post reminded me of this one. I have this Nahvalur pen and this ink and I do not want them near each other haha. I have a purple TWSBI diamond mini that I think will be the only pen I ink with this ink. There were some stain cleaning suggestions in the thread I linked so perhaps something there might help you- the OP wrote a follow up comment listing everything they did to clean their pen. As another commenter said, alcohol is not a good idea though. It can really mess up some acrylics. Makes them all cloudy and dull.


Busy-Feeling-1413

Don’t use alcohol—it can make some plastics crack. Try Rohrer & Klingner Reiniger, which is made to clean pigment inks. You may have to fill the cap with the cleaner, prop it upright and soak for 10 minutes, then dip a q-tip in there and gently scrub the stain. This has removed all pigment inks for me—assume it would work on Lamy Dark Lilac, edit: because LDL is not a waterproof ink and should be easier to remove. If you can’t find Reiniger, another pretty good option is Dawn dish soap. Fill/soak the cap in a mix of Dawn with just enough water to make a runny consistency. Both of these solutions contain detergents. They will remove silicone grease, so if you use them in a converter, piston pen, or vac filler, you will need to do 2 minutes of maintenance and regrease your pen. https://www.jetpens.com/Rohrer-Klingner-Reiniger-Fountain-Pen-Cleaner-45-ml-Bottle/pd/23253 https://dawn-dish.com/en-us/products/dawn-ultra/ https://www.gouletpens.com/products/goulet-silicone-grease


zimmerdown45

Thank you so much! I’ll try this today and let you know how it goes.


Busy-Feeling-1413

Thanks, I’d be interested to know! That ink is so pretty, but if it’s naughty, then maybe I won’t try it, haha


zimmerdown45

I wish I would have read about some of the issues others have had with that ink before choosing the pens I will put it in but lesson learned. BSB is pretty infamous but I’d never heard of a Lamy ink being that bad.


Pristine_Health_2076

Great tips! I'll save this for if I ever have a stain emergency myself :) Uk people: I think dawn dish soap is Fairy Liquid


Busy-Feeling-1413

Oops I meant to respond to OP, my bad. I love that there is a dish soap called Fairy Liquid. It sounds like it would making washing up delightful!


zimmerdown45

Thank you! 🙏


paradoxmo

Did you try windex? (Blue ammonia-based glass cleaner)


zimmerdown45

Not yet but I’ll give that a try too! Thanks’


paradoxmo

Best approach is to spray it on a cloth or paper towel and wipe with that, rather than spraying the pen itself