How do you clean FP nibs?

[Sberger]

Need a little advise. Have a FP that I made a couple of months ago and it worked fine till I recently put in the second ink cartridge. It now skips and does not write well at all. Would not think it to be the ink? My question is how can I clean the nib?
Thanks,
Steve

 

[DCBluesman]

Nibs can be cleaned by soaking in luke warm water, with or without a splash of household ammonia. For more information, check out the "Behind the Nib" series of articles in the site Library.

 

[Sberger]

Thanks, Bluesman! I had seen that thread in the index, but never had been there. Thanks again.
Steve

 

[jskeen]

I use a syringe that I got at the pharmacy for giving medicine to the offspring. It fits over the stub almost exactly like the converter. I fill it up with windex and squeeze a teaspoon through, and the last quarter usually runs clear. I then run a teaspoon of water through it, and then blow it out with a little compressed air. If that don't work, you may have to go ahead and break the nib and feed out of the section, separate them and clean with a old toothbrush and windex, then rinse, dry and reassemble. YMMV