Editing The Pen Addict 250/transcript (section)

== JB's Perfect Pen Flush ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' This other thing I keep handy now is a new thing for me. And it's JB's Perfect Pen Flush. Have you ever used any product like this for the pen flush, Anna?

'''Ana Reinert:''' No, but I sold a ton of it in San Francisco when I helped out at the Andersons table. So, I was curious to see how you were using it compared with how the Andersons instructed me to tell people how to use it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Ooh, ooh, give me the pitch. I want to hear it because I'm not sure either. Because I was confused. You have this large bottle of liquid. And on the back of the bottle, it says, just pretty much use it in the bottle as it is.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah, that's exactly it. And so, yeah, because they, because that was, I was very interested to find, you know, because they talked me through how to tell people how to use it. And so, when I saw how you used it, I was like, I don't think he used it right. Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm. So, for anybody that doesn't know, JB's Perfect Pen Flush is a liquid, like a solution, I guess, that is intended to help you clean stubborn ink out of fountain pens.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, what are they, what's the rules, Anna? How do we use this?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Um, well, when I was, um, selling it for, and the Andersons, and we sold a ton of it, um, the instructions were literally to, um, put the, um, you know, that tip of your pen into it and literally flush it in and out of your, um, your pen just from the bottle. And so, when you get the brand new bottle, the liquid is clear. Mm-hmm. But that's the whole, you know, so rather than having to, like, pour a little bit into a container, you know, and use just a tiny bit and then pour it out, you just continually use that same container.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Huh. So, I guess what it's doing is, like, what it's actually doing to clean, it doesn't matter if there's a little bit of ink inside the liquid because it's still able to do its job, right? Like, it's still able to clean. And then you refresh it when you need to refresh it and then job done. Mm-hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so that makes me think that the small bottle would be the best purchase if I'm just going to use because, I don't know, the, yeah, I don't know. Now I'm just confused.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Well, and they, um, the, the instructions, you know, like, what the Andersons were suggesting is that if you don't need it very often, like, if you don't have, like, stubborn dried ink in a pen very often, you probably only need, like, a small bottle. But if you're cleaning lots of pens and have a lot of stubborn stains and that kind of thing, you might want a larger bottle. Or if you're maybe going to only replace that bottle every five years or something, maybe a larger bottle.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is going on my pen show list, I think. Because I just have a couple of pens, like, especially my Edison, the pump filler, where, like, that thing is just, I know it's skunky inside, but I can't do anything about it. Like, like, so it's the piston filler. Like, I can't, I can't get in there really and clean it. And I'm worried that it's kind of rotten away or whatever in there. You know, like, I'm just concerned about it, but I can't see it or do anything. So this feels like a good thing to give me a bit of peace of mind that it's getting a better clean. Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Especially if you're making a big change from, like, you know, your, your Fuyugaki to a, like a, you know, a dark blue ink or a black ink where you're making a big shift. And then going back to Fuyugaki later where you really want to get that black ink out and put a light, bright color and you don't want it to have that sort of murky look in between.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which it will forever. Like, it feels like it just never changes. Because then it, like, it changes gradually and I don't notice it. And then like, oh, man, it's never right. That's how I kind of feel about it. Yeah. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And it's, it's definitely like Anna said, I didn't realize it till I sold a bunch of it at a pen show. I was like, maybe I should have this just handy for when I need it. And I don't have lots of gunky nibs. I have, I have good fountain pen hygiene, but I do like it on, like you were saying, Myke, the Edison and Franklin Kristoff nibs. It seems to, I seem to have a tougher time, tougher time cleaning the YOWO nibs and nib units and feeds than other types of nibs. Because the ink doesn't, like, the water doesn't flush through those better. So, it's nice to have this extra help of the JB's perfect pen flush. And that's what I used it for. And I cleaned the Schaefer's that I bought at the pen show. You know, just the older pens. Let them get all in there and clean out the, whatever bits and bobs might be stuck in those pen barrels. So, I think it's cool. I'm going to use this. I won't use it religiously. But I could see if you had a lot of pens to clean and a lot of older pens, especially vintage pens, and, you know, get them in there and soak them up. I thought it worked really well. And I will continue to use this. So, I liked it.

'''Ana Reinert:''' That's cool. I'm thinking, like, before you were to sell a pen or something, like, I would do, like, a, that would be, like, the deep clean so that I made sure, like, if I was selling a pen, it would be, like, super clean.