How To Clean A Fountain Pen!

Your Step-By-Step Guide to Cleaning Your Fountain Pen!

Thank you Bryan Hulser of Esterbrook! This Esterbrook Oversize Estie is amazing with its Estie Flex Nib!

[ginopagnani]

A bulb syringe is a must, the force of the flushing really makes quick work of the cleaning.

[fossilimprint]

Thank you, sometimes what a pro feels is so easy, is actually useful to someone new to the subject.

[kevinlandon]

I use a bulb syringe to flush out the nib and feed while in the section. Also I take qpart the converters that can be and clean them with a q-tip after flushing them with water. I use a cup of water to soak the section before flushing, too! Another great video, Mr. Jones!!!

[tootsfour]

I use a bulb syringe and at the end I flush with distilled water and blot with a paper towel. This insures the minerals in regular water do not clog the feed and nib over time.. Thanks Hemmingway! Blessings

[herrsteppenwolf]

I flush the cap and barrel too. You'd be surprised how much ink is in both. Also a bulb syringe is a must. When a full syringe full of water has been flushed through the nib I continue to squeeze and blow air through the feed and nib expelling any remaining water. Good video Hemingway, thanks,

[rpsoriano]

Thank you for this, very helpful. I was a bit distracted by the beautiful Seiko Arnie and had to rewind ☺️. Thank you for your content and all the best.

[trisha]

When I started in fountain pens I didn’t know you had to clean them. I used cartridges, kept the same color. When I got back into them. I found fun things like piston fillers, and demonstrators. It became a whole new world.
Although, I had 2 pens inked for a year and a half(not used) that wrote right out of the case.

[judyanderson]

Excellent video for a foundation as you said! I feel these videos are going to be great for beginners. They are short and to the point.

[TheUndecidedFrog]

3 step process: 1) bulb ear syringe to flush out (at least 2x, or until it runs clear) the section that has the nib/feed unit. 2) blunt tip syringe to flush out (at least 2x or 10mls) the converter. 3) q-tip to clean out the lumen of the cap.

[Wolverine]

HJ- I use the same process as you do, only thing dofferent is that I use a lab beaker instead of the glass container you use to keep the clean water in to flush the pen. And I use some paper towels to wipe off all the water. -Sid

[frankmarek]

I'd just used water frank in osewigo I'll wen are you going to have Brandon from a Atlas stationary?

[frankv]

😂🤣 You read my mind! I was going to start taking out the cup with water took out all my fountain pens, and I logged on YouTube and this video came out 👍🏽, nice Seiko Tuna btw 😉

[stewartobrien]

I'm finding that drawing air into and out of the body when cleaning provides some agitation to knock loose ink accumulated in the grip section. Once you have pulled up some clear water, expel some then back the converter back off to draw some air bubbles in and then push them back out...expel more water, ...draw in some more air and back and forth with the conversation and the bubbles of air scrub the section etc. report. I find this is faster and more thorough than just rinsing and expelling a bunch of times. Plus it seems much cleaner afterward.

[diz]

If you clean a pen you can’t open, is it ok if there’s water inside where the ink was and does that dry up by itself?

[belselkel]

Hemingway was that a seiko arnie on your wrist in that video?

[patrickblindeman]

I use a a bulb syringe voor de nib part and the converter I use a normal syringe ...that is a cleaning method that progresses the fastest for me, especially when I have to clean a number of fountain pens

[NickT]

I sometimes leave the section/nib/feed and convertor in a jar of water for up to 4 days particularly in the case of really stubborn clogged feeds. You will see the water change colour so needs changing every day.
Another method I use on some pens is to flush the pen out then fill it with water and leave it for a day and repeat this with clean water each day until clean.

[debbypodgorski]

How to get that converter clean if you had shimmer ink in it?

[jimmybritt]

I have ink trapped behind the cap on a Pilot 823. Any suggestions on how to clean that out? Thank you!

[technoraptor]

I'm also curious on the possibility of celluloid shrinking? Or deteriorating? I never had a celluloid pen before so finding out that this could happen..how can I avoid it?