It's the simple things that can make all the difference! I use this method too. I also have a, uh, salad spinner (Ron Zorn style) that I originally made for lever filling pens. Now I use the spinner for those pens that take some of the higher maintenance inks. It does a great job at getting out much of the ink remnants.
Thanks for making this neat tutorial. Glad to share it with others who need to know how to flush their nibs.
(BTW: the price on the aspirator in your linknote the free shipping as I write thisis way cheaper than what I paid at Walgreen's for mine!)
I recommend that you either apply a paper towel to the bottom of the feed to "wick" the moisture out, or you let the nib dry. Anytime that you ink a pen that has a wet feed, you will be watering down your ink a little bit. There is no harm in this, other then making the ink thinner, and de-saturating the color. If you don't mind this, then no harm done.
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Thanks for making this neat tutorial. Glad to share it with others who need to know how to flush their nibs.
(BTW: the price on the aspirator in your linknote the free shipping as I write thisis way cheaper than what I paid at Walgreen's for mine!)
Very good question.