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Hi there, I own Pilot Custom Maple Wood Fountain Pen and except for its screw-on cap, overall, I am very much satisfied with this fountain pen. The removal movement of the screw-on cap seems to be causing an ink spill inside the cap. Yes, even though the pen has a screw-on cap, sometimes, just unscrewing the cap is not enough to remove the cap. I would still need to snap the cap off from the barrel to in order to uncap the pen which, I guess, creating a vacuum and causing it to suck the ink out of the pen, resulting in a huge ink spill. Recently, I had chance to visit Fountain Pen Hospital in NYC. I had the pen with me and explained the issue to the owner. However, the problem didn’t occur for that time, Murphy Rules*, so probably he just assumed the cap wasn’t turning smoothly then applied silicone grease on the threads, yet it didn’t fix the problem. The cap seems to be faulty but I can’t really be sure because the problem doesn’t occur every time. Specifically, it doesn’t occur when it is fully inked or un-inked. Do you guys also experience similar problems with this pen? Any suggestions?

So there I was, merrily beginning my weekly bonding ritual between my favorite bottle of Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku and my pens. Having unscrewed the cap, I found the white inner cap liner stuck fast to the mouth of the bottle. Seems I screwed down the cap too hard the last time I used the ink. While trying to pry open the cap liner, of course Murphy's Law came into effect, I accidentally prodded too hard and it flew right off together with a generous splash of ink spilling out onto my tablecloth and shirt. Which is why I'm scrubbing all the fabrics under the tap right now. With the amount of ink spilled, however, I wonder if I'll ever get it all out. (Thankfully this happened with Ku-Jaku and not one of my permanent inks like Sailor Sei Boku...) Does anyone have tips on how to completely clean out this sort of big ink spill on fabric? Any advice/experience-sharing would be much appreciated. In the meantime, may you all stay safe from the sneak attacks of Murphy's Law!