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I just dumped the ink, I couldn't believe my eyes when the sink filled up with huge chunks of slime. Urgh...

Inks: Waterman Serenity Blue, Diamine Blue-black, Diamine Twilight, Lamy Red, Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses, Noodler's 54th Massachusetts, Montblanc Irish Green, Lamy Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Brown

 

Pens: Lamy Safari Black M nib, Lamy Vista M nib, Sheaffer Targa F nib, TWSBI Vac700 demonstrator 1.1 nib, Pelikan M200 Cognac M nib

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Sorry! I looked into getting phenol to clear up the ink, but it's nigh impossible where I live. And it was just getting worse within the bottle.

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Inks: Waterman Serenity Blue, Diamine Blue-black, Diamine Twilight, Lamy Red, Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses, Noodler's 54th Massachusetts, Montblanc Irish Green, Lamy Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Brown

 

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Sorry! I looked into getting phenol to clear up the ink, but it's nigh impossible where I live. And it was just getting worse within the bottle.

You did the right thing to do (especially if it's growing worse so quickly, so much yuck), sorry about the phenol recommendation, I got the flag wrong and didn't realize you were in the EU where it's considered problematic. Best of luck with cleaning out your pen and I hope this doesn't happen again! Edited by WirsPlm
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You did the right thing to do (especially if it's growing worse so quickly, so much yuck), sorry about the phenol recommendation, I got the flag wrong and didn't realize you were in the EU where it's considered problematic. Best of luck with cleaning out your pen and I hope this doesn't happen again!

 

Cheers! The pen seems good, so I'm kind of hoping it's all good. :)

Inks: Waterman Serenity Blue, Diamine Blue-black, Diamine Twilight, Lamy Red, Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses, Noodler's 54th Massachusetts, Montblanc Irish Green, Lamy Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Brown

 

Pens: Lamy Safari Black M nib, Lamy Vista M nib, Sheaffer Targa F nib, TWSBI Vac700 demonstrator 1.1 nib, Pelikan M200 Cognac M nib

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Look up cleaning solutions, and cross check with the material of your pen. You will want to clean the pen at minimum twice a month for the next few months to keep an eye on any further growth. Mold has a cycle, sometimes you'll kill the stuff that has grown out of the spore stage, but there might still be spores lingering in the pen. Spores are hard to kill. Make sure you don't mix converters to another pen that can cross contaminate. If you have a ultra sonic cleaner I would quickly disassemble the pen and throw it in the USC with minimum a 1:10 ammonia solution and run it through MANY cycles, or use a solution for killing mold that won't harm your pen parts. You're fortunate you caught the problem early, and sludge came out of the pen instead of getting stuck inside where it would fester.

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Hi,

 

I got in touch with the distributor here, they refunded me the full amount and also sent me an ink of my choice (Diamine Blue Black). I got the package yesterday, they also gave me a bottle of Diamine Twilight.

 

Good to hear they were accommodating.

 

In my layman's opinion, slime coming out of an ink bottle means it has a very high yuck factor.

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It's a shame as Herbin's ink is so nice! But it has this floor to it. There blues are really nice!

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Bought some ammonia yesterday, and gave the Safari a nice ammonia/water flush and then cleaned it as per usual. I'm hoping that it's all contained...

 

I really love the colour of the Lierre Sauvage, and will definitely buy another bottle of it at some point. I haven't tried their blues yet, but heard that Eclat de Saphir is amazing. At the moment really happy with the two Diamine inks as well, their blue-black is pretty nice.

 

Thanks again to everyone for the advice!

Inks: Waterman Serenity Blue, Diamine Blue-black, Diamine Twilight, Lamy Red, Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses, Noodler's 54th Massachusetts, Montblanc Irish Green, Lamy Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Brown

 

Pens: Lamy Safari Black M nib, Lamy Vista M nib, Sheaffer Targa F nib, TWSBI Vac700 demonstrator 1.1 nib, Pelikan M200 Cognac M nib

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Bought some ammonia yesterday, and gave the Safari a nice ammonia/water flush and then cleaned it as per usual. I'm hoping that it's all contained...

 

I really love the colour of the Lierre Sauvage, and will definitely buy another bottle of it at some point. I haven't tried their blues yet, but heard that Eclat de Saphir is amazing. At the moment really happy with the two Diamine inks as well, their blue-black is pretty nice.

 

Thanks again to everyone for the advice!

 

PS: I think it goes without saying, but just putting it out there for other viewers, keep ammonia and bleach away from each other, lest you want chemical burns in your lungs. (mainly mentioned because bleach was not mentioned yet in the thread, and *some* people do use bleach to kill mold, and if they haven't had a mother that taught them the cleaning basics, they might think bleach and ammonia might work very well)

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PS: I think it goes without saying, but just putting it out there for other viewers, keep ammonia and bleach away from each other, lest you want chemical burns in your lungs. (mainly mentioned because bleach was not mentioned yet in the thread, and *some* people do use bleach to kill mold, and if they haven't had a mother that taught them the cleaning basics, they might think bleach and ammonia might work very well)

 

Learned about that in chemistry class, so definitely not mixing the two. :)

Inks: Waterman Serenity Blue, Diamine Blue-black, Diamine Twilight, Lamy Red, Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses, Noodler's 54th Massachusetts, Montblanc Irish Green, Lamy Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Brown

 

Pens: Lamy Safari Black M nib, Lamy Vista M nib, Sheaffer Targa F nib, TWSBI Vac700 demonstrator 1.1 nib, Pelikan M200 Cognac M nib

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