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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cayce04 View Post
    ...I am wondering if it might be acidification of the surfactants that would cause a polymerization to form the slime.
    Find out, then explain to let us know!

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    I pulled out a bottle of ink the other day, and the plastic cap was bowed up as if it were under pressure. Sure enough, when I opened it, it made a hissing sound like a tiny beer can being opened. It looked fine, smelled fine... I threw it away. I took the pressurization as a sign of some kind of bacterial activity.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Quote Originally Posted by azkid View Post
    For those taking a look at linked post, the OP in his enthusiasm failed to state the most important thing:

    Once you have SITB, all bets are off concerning how your ink will perform. Biocides should be used to prevent SITB, NOT treat it.

    Once SITB has set in, that almost certainly means solution chemistry has changed. The organisms responsible have been eating the dye, surfactant or other ink component.

    Treatment may kill the organisms but still leave you with an altered/unusable ink.

    Worse, treatment may kill the fruiting bodies, but leave residual spores that can stage a comeback and second infestation once biocide levels drop due to evaporation, oxidation or other pathways.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Will I have a sales advantage if, at the pen show this weekend, I wipe down all my pen offerings with Shaklee Germicide? I wonder if viruses will succumb to the stuff.
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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    The bad apples in my ink rotation over the last three decades have been:

    PR Tanzanite

    Omas Sepia

    Herebin Eclat de Saphir

    I still mourn the loss of the Omas...
    David-

    So many restoration projects...

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Quote Originally Posted by awa54 View Post
    ...Omas Sepia...I still mourn the loss of the Omas....
    PM me if you want another bottle or two.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Quote Originally Posted by awa54 View Post
    The bad apples in my ink rotation over the last three decades have been:

    PR Tanzanite

    Omas Sepia

    Herebin Eclat de Saphir

    I still mourn the loss of the Omas...
    I also lost a bottle of Omas ink to S.I.T.B. Mine was purple. Part of the contents "superglued" itself all around the insides of the glass surface and all that remained was an almost colourless liquid. It was really odd and took a lot of time to get the inside of the bottle clean.
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    Smile Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    And again! I haven't opened this bottle in years, and the pen was new to me with a fresh restoration only last month.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    And again! I haven't opened this bottle in years, and the pen was new to me with a fresh restoration only last month.
    Maybe the key is to open the bottle more often and let it breath?

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Treat yourself to a bottle of Phenol and use a few sprays in your ink bottles when you buy them.
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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Here's a new one on me, possibly a relative of SITB. Pen was inked for at least 2 weeks without any symptoms, then I uncapped to see the following - what appears to be a combination of nib creep and mold with spores at the base of the nib! Ink was Diamine November Rain, don't recall anything odd about it, and I've only used ink from the bottle a couple of times, only drawn with a syringe.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Many of those heavy sheen inks can do that. However, your case does look a little extreme. It's probably only on the pen and not in the bottle.
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    Default The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    I’ve read enough about the symptoms in pen forums and blogs, but what about the cause? Surely, the ink manufacturers completed their diagnoses long ago and know precisely what the villain is.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
    Here's a new one on me, possibly a relative of SITB....
    Contact me if you want some of the “stuff.”

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Fred and Jon better call Sigourney Weaver. That is Alien blood.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    I don’t think there is a single cause. Back when Herbin was having trouble with SITB, they claimed that in response to new regulations, they had to switch dyes to something less soluble. They started using hot water to get things to dissolve, but there was a fungus infestation in one of the hot water taps.

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    Last edited by FredRydr; June 27th, 2020 at 10:21 AM.

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    I remember reading it once.
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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    Yikes!

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    Default Re: The dreaded S.I.T.B.

    I recently encountered the dreaded S.I.T.B. in 4 bottles of ink that were 20-30 years old. No visible mold patches, just the slime - quite thick in one bottle. Bottles had not been opened for years. When I decided to dump them, as I rinsed out the 2 thickest of the bottles, the watery ink (as I added water to rinse) became a dull green in appearance. These were Levenger and Parker inks. The slimy ink does cling to the sides of the bottle. Pictures are attached below.
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