Waterman Expert nib hard dry up ?

[lowks]

Sorry if the title is misleading but I did not know of any other way to describe the behavior of the experience I encountered with two of my Waterman Experts. They wrote beautifully for a little while (I put in Waterman purple) and I was very happy. Then suddenly when writing out of the blue the nib started drying up and went completely dry. Nothing I did would coax ink out of it. I lightly flicked it, I lightly tapped the nib on paper and I tried lightly shaking the pen. In the end I forced some ink out onto the feed using the converter and the pen started writing again.

To be safe I have re-flushed out the pen again using a bit of dish washing liquid and tons of water. I pulled out the nib and feed and there wasn't anything gunking up the works. Has anyone faced a similar situation with Experts before and how did you fix it ?

[oldstoat]

Sorry if the title is misleading but I did not know of any other way to describe the behavior of the experience I encountered with two of my Waterman Experts. They wrote beautifully for a little while (I put in Waterman purple) and I was very happy. Then suddenly when writing out of the blue the nib started drying up and went completely dry. Nothing I did would coax ink out of it. I lightly flicked it, I lightly tapped the nib on paper and I tried lightly shaking the pen. In the end I forced some ink out onto the feed using the converter and the pen started writing again.

To be safe I have re-flushed out the pen again using a bit of dish washing liquid and tons of water. I pulled out the nib and feed and there wasn't anything gunking up the works. Has anyone faced a similar situation with Experts before and how did you fix it ?

It may be worth trying a flush with very dilute ammonia- a few drops in a beaker of water, and then letting it stand in water for ages. If you have access to an ultrasonic cleaner that may help: it's always a shock to see how much comes out of a "clean" pen. My Expert II can be a bit like this and these approaches seem to do the trick, though I've never used Waterman Purple.

[carlos.q]

Could be the converter. Use a cartridge to see if the problem subsists.

[dam]

Have both pens behaved this way with the same ink? Of all the current Waterman inks, I find the purple to be the most temperamental. Perhaps try another ink?

[lowks]

Have both pens behaved this way with the same ink? Of all the current Waterman inks, I find the purple to be the most temperamental. Perhaps try another ink?

One pen was on Diamine Oynx Black and the other was on Waterman Purple

[dam]

Hum. Poor cap seals? That would be surprising if it happened to affect both pens. Only thing I can think of is feed and nib alignment, which can affect flow.

[Stickler]

If it doesn't work.. I'll sell you my Expert II. I never use mine.

[Josephtibbetts]

My Carene likes to this, makes me wonder if it's not watermans feed or the cap seal on their pens.

[lowks]

If it doesn't work.. I'll sell you my Expert II. I never use mine.

Haha! You got a sale link?

[lowks]

Hum. Poor cap seals? That would be surprising if it happened to affect both pens. Only thing I can think of is feed and nib alignment, which can affect flow.

Checked it seems to be okay

[Stickler]

PM me and I will give you all the info and send you photos..