Pelikan Royal Blue Ink/Eradicators Short Review

[srullens]

I have tried it and it a excellent ink and the eradicators work good too.

[Grog]

A word of warning:

 

The "eradication" looses its effects after some time. I mean, a long time, like weeks or more likely months or years. But I can see very clearly in old journals of mine where words were erased and I wrote on top with the eradicator. Now I can read both the old and the new words. The old ones are a bit faint, but they're definitely there.

 

Not sure how to explain that but the chemists around here must be able to.

 

 

[tfwall]

Pendemonium covers briefly their test with the eradicator and different inks. Short story is, it only works 100% with the Pelikan blue it was designed for. It changes the colour of others and partially erase some. Just scroll down to below the eradicator entry to read the boxed text.

[Michael R.]

A word of warning:

 

The "eradication" looses its effects after some time. I mean, a long time, like weeks or more likely months or years. But I can see very clearly in old journals of mine where words were erased and I wrote on top with the eradicator. Now I can read both the old and the new words. The old ones are a bit faint, but they're definitely there.

 

Not sure how to explain that but the chemists around here must be able to.

 

 

Yes, the whole process is reversable over time (the reaction goes the other way again); not uncommon with chemical reactions :-)

 

Cheers

 

 

[Goodwhiskers]

Here is a link to my test of a Pelikan Super-Pirat eradicator on many blue inks. It quickly bleached out many (but not all) blue inks as effectively as it bleached out Pelikan Royal Blue.

[jhsiao]

A word of warning:

 

The "eradication" looses its effects after some time. I mean, a long time, like weeks or more likely months or years. But I can see very clearly in old journals of mine where words were erased and I wrote on top with the eradicator. Now I can read both the old and the new words. The old ones are a bit faint, but they're definitely there.

 

Not sure how to explain that but the chemists around here must be able to.

 

Aldehydes in the air will reverse the reaction. Examples of aldehydes include formaldehyde (from particle board furniture outgassing) and acetaldehyde (ripening fruit and plants).

 

Not sure about the chemistry, but one aldehyde gives cinnamon its distinctive odor/flavor. So I wonder if wafting a cinnamon stick near recently erased ink will reverse the effects...

[zihuatanejo]

Hi there,

 

I just got this ink with a new m800. I tried it out the first time with the new pen and it was fantastic, but the second time I refilled the pen, the colour completely washed out. It was almost purple/violet, instead of a deep blue. I didn't do anything remarkable with the bottle between refills, and the pen works fine right now with other inks. Any ideas on what might cause something like this?

 

Cheers.

[christob]

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The only "standard" color dark blue ink I have found that is not specifically marked permanent, but is NOT erasable, is CROSS BLUE INK. I found this out today by coincidence. This means that the only way to use a Cross pen with an eradicator is to use bottled ink from Pelikan, Waterman, Parker, Montblanc, etc.

But, but... I thought Cross ink was ordinary Pelikan ink? Maybe they use have a permanent blue for the Cross label.

[Goodwhiskers]

I thought I had tried my Super Pirat on Cross Blue (cartridge; not the blue-black) and gotten eradication. Hmmm. I don't have the evidence handy to confirm or deny this.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Cross ink is/was Pelikan ink in a Cross cartridge which is only for Cross pens.

So the Pelikan Royal Blue is the same as the Blue of Cross and a Pelikan Super Pirat eradicator will work.

[breaker]

nice review