Dipped my white tortie Pelikan into Noodler's Legal Lapis, and it stained the section instantly. I tried water and a cleaner, but my precious pen is ruined. 
Ruined my pen. Life is not worth living
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You didn't read the memo?
Sorry about your pen, I can commiserate by PM if you need someone to talk to. I know the feeling.
Sorry about your pen, I can commiserate by PM if you need someone to talk to. I know the feeling.
Im so sorry for your loss, and my deep desire to see a picture, its just horrible of me
Can we have a pic? kind of an open casket type thing....
EDIT; James beat me too it.
EDIT; James beat me too it.
Morbid yet cathartic. It may help us remember to abstain from this action in the future. Sorry for the loss, Vlad!
Can we have a pic? kind of an open casket type thing....
EDIT; James beat me too it.
Its not ruined, its just got character!
i'm new to this NIB scene and have no idea what this means. Sorry for your loss nonetheless.
perhaps the pen can live on as a "practice pen"? or a test pen for sampling new inks? maybe PIF it to a noob that wouldn't mind the stain?
*i'm going to slowly walk backwards out of this thread.....if it's anything like what google just showed me I am deeply sorry.
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Treat it like those candles I used to make as a kid. A piece of string and about 20 different wax colors. I could never decide which color I wanted, so I dipped it once into everything. Suicide candle as it were.
On the plus side you get all the fun of getting a new one all over again Vlad
Ill even offer up my services on getting rid of the old one for you by trying to fix it lol...
Speaking of which, any thought to painting the section black to cover it up and keep further stains in its place
Ill even offer up my services on getting rid of the old one for you by trying to fix it lol...
Speaking of which, any thought to painting the section black to cover it up and keep further stains in its place
That is very unfortunate! However, without pictures, it never happened.
Sincerest condolences. No pictures please... just let it go!
I'm sorry Vlad 
I'm trying to get some non-Noodler inks for just such pens...
Best of luck on it fading.
I'm trying to get some non-Noodler inks for just such pens...
Best of luck on it fading.
I really wouldn't have dipped a white pen into a saturated ink like Noodler's or Private Reserve. Have you tried a mild bleach solution? It worked for getting Baystate Blue stains off my TWSBI.
Sorry to hear of this. Serves as a good post for us beginners though, I'd not have thought twice about filling any FP with any ink made for an FP. I'd never considered some inks could stain some pens.
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Praise the Lord! PRAISE THE LORD! I left it in a bowl of water and went to bed distraught. I paid $200 for this pen, no small sum for me, it's hard to think of the stain adding character! This morning the stain had seeped out, and it's back to pearly white. I'm not dipping this thing into ANYTHING ever again, I'm going to unscrew the nib and use a syringe to fill it.
This story reminds me of the medical dramas on TV. Patient dies, and they are ready to call it, then...... NO........NO........NOT TODAY......YOU'RE NOT DYING ON ME TODAY.....
Congrats Vlad on bring your pen back from the dead
Congrats Vlad on bring your pen back from the dead
Congratulations, glad it worked out ok.
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This story reminds me of the medical dramas on TV. Patient dies, and they are ready to call it, then...... NO........NO........NOT TODAY......YOU'RE NOT DYING ON ME TODAY.....
Congrats Vlad on bring your pen back from the dead
I was wondering if soaking it in a mild ammonia solution would have also helped get the stain out? Glad you didn't have to resort to more drastic measures. I felt your paid when it first happened. Such a beautiful pen...
