Refilling an Ink Cartridge

[lapis]

Thanks! Great punch line, too!!

 

Mike

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Back before I graduated from Sheaffer to Osmiroid (and eventually from Osmiroid to Pelikan, about the time the old Osmiroid 75s began cracking at the window seam . . . ), I hand-drew a dropping pipette with an extra-long, extra-fine tip.

 

Of course, now I don't use anything that takes cartridges (Now if only I knew what kind of paint will stick to a Pelikano barrel, and reach a good, hard cure . . .).

 

Electronic parts dealers also generally carry syringes with blunt needles. I've seen them at the local Fry's.

 

Labelle model locomotive oil comes in a squeeze bottle with a blunt needle (about long enough for a Sheaffer cartridge).

 

(Given my aversion to having sharpened steel tubing shoved through my hide, I'd make a lousy type-1 diabetic, and an even worse junkie!)

[Dr Charles Green]

Does anyone know any other good sources for industrial needles and syringes?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Does anyone know any other good sources for industrial needles and syringes?

 

I bought a whole pack of industrial syringes at an arts-supply store. And you can find plastic pipettes with a fine tip on ebay (where I got mine).

[Possum Hill]

Does anyone know any other good sources for industrial needles and syringes?

McMaster-Carr Supply Co has syringes, dispensing (blunt) needles, adhesive dispensing bottles that accept needles and all sorts of other goodies.

[Ink Stained Wretch]

Does anyone know any other good sources for industrial needles and syringes?

Howard Electronic Instruments, Inc. has needles and syringes.

 

If you need to do precision measuring of your ink Grogan's Healthcare Supply sells graduated, 1 mL Becton Dickinson syringes.

 

I've bought from both and their stuff works well .

[kdnavrat]

Most helpful - thanks all.

[ag273n]

absolutely helpfull...

before i've read this post, the lady at the store where i bought my quink cartidges said i could only reuse it twice... but i now, i guess i could use them a lot more than that... :hmm1:

[JonB55198]

Great Video. I normally do the following and find that it helps me out alot:

 

1. Use wax paper as a work surface because it is hydrophobic.

2. Rinse the syringe in a sink many times until the water runs clear in it. This is because I use one syringe for many colors of ink and do not want to cross-contaminate.

3. Also to prevent drying out, I have replaced the regular paper-lined caps that come with many of my inks with "poly-cone" caps which are available at science supply websites.

 

-Jonathan

[Ed333]

This is an old thread but maybe someone will see it.  First, when I clicked on the video link, it took me to a Crate and Barrel furniture page.

Second, when I went to Ace Hardware site, I found only West system syringes for epoxy applications, and I suspect the tip is too large for an ink cartridge.  Where can I get blunt tipped syringes?  l want to start refilling cartidges.

Thanks...Ed

[ajoe]

If possible, go to your local farm store. All type of syringes and needles (including blunts) are usually readily available and inexpensive.

 

Or Amazon

[XYZZY]

Here's the variety pack that I bought from Amazon, it should keep you busy for a long time:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B93YKX2.  Note that I do not buy enough of these to be able to compare them with others.  I'm sure somebody can post something that is arguably better, but I have had no problems with these after almost 4 years of use.

 

Goulet also sells syringes, which I think come with a 20 gauge needle that works well for a lot of things, although I haven't tried refilling cartridges with them.

 

@ajoe's 14 gauge needles would probably work for refilling cartridges.  But I have other pen related things they wouldn't work for.  For example, getting the needle around the metal insert at the end of a Pilot CON-40 converter.  I don't think you can get anything larger than a 20 through there.

 

Mostly I use the syringes above for cleaning.  Which means that the needs can be re-used because they contain clean water.  I really don't want to be in the business of cleaning ink out of syringe needles.  Although I don't refill cartridges, I _do_ have some eyedropper pens and for those I use cheap disposable pipettes :  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WLIQHQ0.

[Sailor Kenshin]

2 hours ago, Ed333 said:

This is an old thread but maybe someone will see it.  First, when I clicked on the video link, it took me to a Crate and Barrel furniture page.

Second, when I went to Ace Hardware site, I found only West system syringes for epoxy applications, and I suspect the tip is too large for an ink cartridge.  Where can I get blunt tipped syringes?  l want to start refilling cartidges.

Thanks...Ed

Plastic pipettes are cheap and work well for many cartridges.

[ajoe]

And another handy option:

 

Amazon - Monoject 412

[amberleadavis]

I bought them on ebay.

[dipper]

On 1/24/2023 at 1:17 AM, amberleadavis said:

I bought them on ebay.

So did I.

 

Here is a randomly selected example listing from eBayUK today. Turned out to be the same listing that I bought some months ago. The ml graduations wear off after much use, but otherwise the syringes and needles have been perfect for cartridge cleaning and refilling jobs.