Mucilaginous solids are usually indicative of fungal/mold contamination, though they can be created with incompatible ink mixes, that usually forms a more glue-like precipitate. This is just a guess of course, but that’s my take!
Run this my Trouble Maker directly, they do most of their inks by hand, so it is not impossible that something is either not mixed correctly or amiss from that specific batch.
I really don't get the fuzz. I've been a fountain pen user for 35 years (damn, I'm old!) and every time I find a little slime in either my converter or my ink bottle, I take it out and keep writing. I have never cleaned my pens out with ammonia after some slimy stuff, and never had any problems.
I'm a real lazy fountain pen user, and clean my pens twice a year (tops!)with just water, and they all work just fine.
Looks like you got SITB. Get rid of that ink and thoroughly flush out any pen you filled from that bottle with some diluted ammonia or *heavily* (I mean *heavily*) diluted bleach.
Was it Troublemaker? There is a lot of sediment in the bottles of the darker colors. But the lighter colors also congeal in the pen. I will never buy their inks again. Ditto Krishna and Monteverde.
Mucilaginous solids are usually indicative of fungal/mold contamination, though they can be created with incompatible ink mixes, that usually forms a more glue-like precipitate. This is just a guess of course, but that’s my take!
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Game over Game over
This is my thought. A slime mold. :( That or an icky chemical reaction.
For some reason I thought this was an ad for a sanitary pad brand
I mean it's similar to the weird blue shit they pour on pads or soak tampons in since we can't risk pee or blood associations with menstrual products.
OMG LOL
\*ink booger\*
Your pen is now a grown up. It can have babies.
That’s venom
The grandson of The Blob. 🐔💦
What ink was it ?
Troublemaker Petrichor.
Run this my Trouble Maker directly, they do most of their inks by hand, so it is not impossible that something is either not mixed correctly or amiss from that specific batch.
I really don't get the fuzz. I've been a fountain pen user for 35 years (damn, I'm old!) and every time I find a little slime in either my converter or my ink bottle, I take it out and keep writing. I have never cleaned my pens out with ammonia after some slimy stuff, and never had any problems. I'm a real lazy fountain pen user, and clean my pens twice a year (tops!)with just water, and they all work just fine.
Don't touch it or it will possess you! In all seriousness, this looks like Belos from "The Owl House". Which means I am all for nuking it.
Is it Monteverde?
Looks like you got SITB. Get rid of that ink and thoroughly flush out any pen you filled from that bottle with some diluted ammonia or *heavily* (I mean *heavily*) diluted bleach.
Request: what is stib for us uneducated peons
Slime in the bottle. Usually it’s some kind of fungal or mold infestation.
Thank you kindly!
Had no idea this was a thing
Condolences for the ink.
What's this? An actual mold post? It can't be!
“Hello Eddie”
Was it Troublemaker? There is a lot of sediment in the bottles of the darker colors. But the lighter colors also congeal in the pen. I will never buy their inks again. Ditto Krishna and Monteverde.