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== Ultrasonic Cleaner Tips == * On this topic, * Tim wrote in and said, * I also love keeping * my pens clean * although I'm not as diligent * as I should be. * I'm wondering about * the ultrasonic cleaner * you mentioned. * I don't have one. * I don't think I need one. * I get most of my pens * clean with water * and the rest with flush. * About once or twice a year * though, * I have something * that gets really stubborn * often after an orange * or red ink * and it takes me forever * to clean it out. * Could you give a rundown * to how you actually use * the ultrasonic cleaner? * Maybe, * you know, * do I just chuck in the nib * and feed unit * into the water tank, * mash the button * and wait for a clean pen? * Is there anything * else I need to do? * And can it clean out * cartridges or my * Toosby Ecos? * Yeah. * See, * this is an awesome question * because there's lots, * all of us do things * a little bit differently * or have different * problems that we're * trying to solve for. * So this is a great question. * One, * I wanted to point out * that Tim mentioned * really stubborn inks * and specifically called out * orange and red ink. * There's a reason * why they're more stubborn * is because * whatever chemical, * whatever the yellow is * that you see * in a lot of * this range of inks * can be like, * or just like * an aggressive, * I don't know, * aggressive type of ink * once it gets into your feeds * and kind of- * You get crusty. * You get crusty * and things like that. * So this is a common thing. * So Tim, * don't think you're doing * anything crazy. * It's, * it's that chemical * in that yellow, * anything that's using * like a yellow * to brighten inks, * you're going to see * sometimes get more crusty * than other pens. * And that's, * it's not like, * there's no damage, * there's no problem, * but you do need to clean it, * right? * So if Tim is in this situation * and the pen flush * Tim mentioned * he has doesn't work, * I do think * an ultrasonic cleaner * is good for this. * And what you would do * is you would take * your ultrasonic cleaner, * fill it with water, * and then you would take * a jar or a glass, * okay? * And then put your pen flush * in that glass * and then put your nibs * and feeds * in the glass * inside the ultrasonic cleaner. * Because you want to use * the flush * in the feed, * right? * And to clean all this stuff out * and then have the * vibrations of the ultrasonic * to do the work. * But keep it, * obviously you don't want * to pull over the flush * straight into the * ultrasonic cleaner. * You could just throw * the nibs and feed * straight into the * ultrasonic cleaner * with water, * distilled water. * I do that fine. * But if you really want * to kind of like double up, * you put the flush * in a glass * or a dish * inside * the ultrasonic cleaner * and put your * parts inside that. * So it's kind of like * a little separator * that way because * pen flush, * which I had to learn * the hard way, * is essentially * a recyclable component. * You're not supposed * to throw out the flush * when you're done with it. * You're supposed to keep * using it until it's * just too yucky. * So that was news * to me. * So yeah, * so you can, * a lot of times, * you can just chuck * the nib and feed * into the water tank, * which is one of the * things Tim mentions. * And then sometimes * you have to run * that three times, * right? * You run it once * on its cycle. * Some of the cycles * are like 10 minutes * maybe or three minutes. * I can't remember * what it is. * Run that cycle * and check and make * sure everything's clean. * If it's not, * you do it again, * right? * And yeah, * it can clean out * cartridges and TWSBI * because I don't see * why it couldn't * clean out almost * anything, * right? * So I would just * make sure like * if you're cleaning * out cartridges, * you go ahead * and clean them * out as much * as possible. * Then you fill * them with water * so there's actually * water inside * the cartridge * and then put it * inside the water * inside the * ultrasonic cleaner * if that makes sense. * You don't need * like a floating * cartridge on there. * And yeah, * I think it's * pretty straightforward * honestly Tim, * if you had an * ultrasonic cleaner, * you could use it * for more extreme * situations. * Just like people * will take the * ultrasonic cleaner * for a shimmer * pen, * don't want the * shimmer all inside * the ultrasonic * cleaner and use * that same glass * theory that I * just mentioned * before where you * put the shimmer * pens inside a * glass inside the * ultrasonic cleaner * to keep it all * together. * So yeah, * it's a good * option.
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