Fountain Pen Converter Air Bubbles

Never try to bleed the air bubble the openings are too small for that and you will get inky hands like you already demonstrated.

Fountain pen converter air bubbles. Didn t know if maybe i did something wrong or if there were a way to fix it. I am able to minimize air pockets by filling converters with a craft syringe but its not 100 avoidable part of using a fountain pen. It is also important that you leave the pen in the inkbottle until it is full so that you can avoid any excess air getting within the pen. For most fountain pens converters are the easiest way to experience the hundreds of ink colors that only come in bottles.

Are multiple tiny air bubbles normal. The bubbles are cause during the air ink exchange from feed to converter. On the reddit fountain pen forum someone told me that the newer con 70 had an agitator. Bottle turn the converter knob counterclockwise to force air out of the converter.

You should notice air bubbles escaping from the pen as you do this. A converter is a device that plugs into a pen like a cartridge and allows the pen to draw in bottled ink through the nib. With a little practise you ll soon find that filling a converter is a breeze. Sharpie357 nailed it lower the pen until the feed and nib are completely immersed and a bit of the section the part that connects the nib feed to the body of the pen and the place you normally put your fingers when writing is also in the ink.

This will force air bubbles out of the converter and maximize the amount of ink drawn into the fountain pen. I have a beautiful metal pilot falcon that has been in deep storage for ages because the converter would form an air bubble at the feed and ink would stop flowing. Unlike cartridges bottled inks offer a plethora of choice regarding colours and brands which makes them a rather popular way to refill a fountain pen. The bubbles in you bottle were from being moved around during shipment.

Only a push of the button on the converter would dislodge it and after ruining a pair shorts with an ink blob i decided it was time to move on. Here are the steps. An ink converter is a device that allows you to refill a fountain pen from bottled ink rather than using the standard ink cartridges. They should reside in a few days.

Screw the plunger down and squeeze the air out. I m using noodler s bulletproof black and there s lots of tiny air pockets in the ink. The surfactant causes them to have a long life span nothing to worry about. A fountain pen converter is normally filled after it is attached to the pen.

Twist the converter.