Preventing Spilled Ink!

[marshall11]

Hello,

I thought I would post an idea that has a helped me...when I am not tool any to use it! I don't do this for awhile , but after just wiping up 1/2 of a new bottle of Waterman Blue Black, I am a disciple again. Anyway, if this helps anyone else, that is great.

 

Here goes...

To help avoid tipping over an ink bottle when filling my pens, especially a lever filler, I attach a small quick trip / handi clamp to the bottle. It is so much more stable that way and almost impossible to spill. This is an even better idea when trying to get the last bit of ink out of the bottle. The clamp holds the bottle at any angle you want.

Anyway, I hope that idea might be of use to someone out there. I am attaching a photo for an example.

Best regards!

[marshall11]

Oops...make that " when I am not TOO LAZY" to use this method....

[carlos.q]

Great idea!

Welcome to FPN.

[Sasha Royale]

I work on an old serving tray. I like the idea of the clamp.

[PAKMAN]

Neat trick! I have a clamp like that and may try this!

[dneal]

I do that too, but in combination with a Bob Vila strap wrench to get a better grip on Iroshizuku caps that are stuck.

 

[sharon888]

That looks cool. What size clamp would be best to get?

[Mr. Pink]

You can bet that when the third guy who tries the clamp method and the clamp slips sending ink all over his wife's new white sofa that somebody is going to be named in a divorce. Remember - what can go wrong will go wrong.

[tinta]

Here goes...

To help avoid tipping over an ink bottle when filling my pens, especially a lever filler, I attach a small quick trip / handi clamp to the bottle. It is so much more stable that way and almost impossible to spill. This is an even better idea when trying to get the last bit of ink out of the bottle. The clamp holds the bottle at any angle you want.

Anyway, I hope that idea might be of use to someone out there. I am attaching a photo for an example.

Best regards!

 

This is a super idea that I will use for my tippy Iroshizuku bottles.

I have a similar idea, steadying my inks sample bottles. A "lifetime" stainless clothes-peg from Italy.

 

Cheers: tinta

[inkstainedruth]

For sample vials, I use a copper connector section I got for about $5 at the hardware store. The top part is about the same diameter as the vials, and looks like half inch copper tubing; the bottom part looks like a copper hex nut with threading. The whole thing stands about an inch and a half or two inches high, and because the bottom part is larger and heavier than the tubing part, it is very stable (I went to the hardware store with a vial so I could try and find something the right diameter, after seeing someone's photo of welding (?) a couple of hex nuts together.

The clamp idea for bottles is great. I would also like to know what size clamps to get (I'm betting I can get inexpensive ones at a local Hardware Freight store). How does it do for cylindrical bottles?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dcwaites]

Blu-tak, Yellow-tak, Bright-Sickly-Green-tak, all work for me.

[astronautcowboy]

Someone is going to over clamp a bottle with explosive results.

[deepak23]

I just leave the bottle in the carton. Haven't tipped over a bottle ever.

[ScienceChick]

I just leave the bottle in the carton. Haven't tipped over a bottle ever.

 

Uh oh, you have just guaranteed an Inky Incident in your future.

[ac12]

I am planning to use an idea I read about here.

 

A large Lego base plate (for stability), with a 4-sided structure built with Lego bricks around the bottle (to hold the bottle).

This is a bottle/vial holder that is easily changed to fit different size bottles/vials.

And there is no pressure put on the bottle.

[deepak23]

 

Uh oh, you have just guaranteed an Inky Incident in your future.

Close to 40 years without an inkcident. Must be doing something right :-)

[Mr. Pink]

Close to 40 years without an inkcident. Must be doing something right :-)

You're toast now.

[william2001]

Nice.

-William S. Park

[deepak23]

You're toast now.

LOL...

[Sadiq]

Awesome idea Marshall11!