Permanent Blue And Dry Pen

[Jordan N]

Yesterday, I inserted a cartage of new permanent blue to my pen (145). The pen is drying extremely fast. I washed it and cycled, but that didn't help. If I continue writing after 10 minutes brake, the first line or two are washed out and dry. After that, it's becoming wet, maybe more than normal. I noticed that flow of ink is not equal, some parts of letters may be darker than other. Also, I think the lines are generally thicker then earlier.

 

I'm using this pen for 4 years, until now with old permanent midnight blue, both converter (most of the time) and cartridges. Never experienced problem like this, I was able to leave it for days and continue writing after that.

 

Is it possible that something is wrong with the ink cartridges?

[Pravda]

Or the ink itself. Possibly.

 

I found permanent blue to stain my ink windows and nibs. Also often fades or dries too fast as you mentioned, depending on where you live.

 

Read previous threads on the subject. Some members are content but also many aren't with this particular model.

 

Montblanc recently replaced my 149 barrel for free after using it and instructed me to not attempt in any of my limited editions. Sorry

[meiers]

Permanent blue is a fast-drying ink. I think the ink is causing this issue.

[mulrich]

In my experience most permanent inks seem to run a bit on the dry side.

 

I was under the impression MB Permanent Blue was one of the better behaved permanent blue inks. I used a sample of it a while back and don't recall running into any problems. I was about to purchase a bottle of it, maybe I'll go with Sailor Pigmented Blue instead.

[Jordan N]

Few year ago, when Montblanc launched this ink, I read about problems. However, I assumed they are resolved. I don't know, it's possible I somehow got the cartridges from initial (problematic) production. I'll go back to the store, as this is unacceptable. After 4 hours the only way to start writing is to squeeze the cartridge.

[BlazeOrangeGuy]

Something sounds wrong for sure. I use Permanent Blue in my 145 with a converter and it is just fine. No problems at all. I find that PB is a great, easy to clean out, no problem ink for me.

[carlos.q]

I have used MB Permanent blue in my Pelikan M205 for the past year with absolutely no problems.

[georgeb]

If you didn't clean the pen before using the new cartridges you might try that.

[Pravda]

Something sounds wrong for sure. I use Permanent Blue in my 145 with a converter and it is just fine. No problems at all. I find that PB is a great, easy to clean out, no problem ink for me.

 

 

Possibly it reacts to different plastics, i.e the material of the converter vs the barrel resin in say a 146/9?

 

But that said, it did stain the bottom bit of a S.T.Dupont converter I use on my Starwalker.

[Jordan N]

Today, I went back to the store and returned that ink. We noticed an interesting thing - the expiry date on box was February this year. I'm wondering if that may be the reason? However all MB cartridges in the store had "best before" date expired. Other cartridges have "best before" dates, the permanent ink is the only one with an "expiry date".