Re: [BKARTS] Refilling Pilot Parallel pen cartridges

[Beth Lee <callibeth@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, you can clean out the pens using the bladder, and then refill the
cartridge with whatever you like. I've only used water-soluble stuff that
would work in a conventional fountain pen -- liquid watercolors, fountain
pen inks -- but others have said you can use waterproof acrylic inks,
gouache,even adhesive for covering with metallic foils. Brenda Broadbent,
of Paper & Ink Arts (www.paperinkarts.com), wrote the book on using these
pens: _Parallel Pen Wizardry_.

Regards,

Beth Lee
Tallahasee, Florida

e-mail:  callibeth@xxxxxxxxxxx
website:  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/callibeth


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-- My Pilot Parallel pens arrived yesterday from
-- http://www.johnnealbooks.com and they are easily the best calligraphy
-- pens I've ever used. The only disadvantage is that they use
-- proprietary
-- ink cartridges. Does anyone have any experience with refilling these
-- cartridges?
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-- Also, the pens come with "Converters" that look a lot like classic
-- fountain pen ink bladders. The instructions say these are to
-- be used for
-- cleaning the pens when changing ink colors. Could they be used as ink
-- bladeers as well?
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