To clean the pen. If you directly replace the ink gallon color is not the same as the original color to stay in the inside will appear to write out the color of the word is not correct. If the original is black, the new change into blue, may not show blue at all. So it is still recommended to clean it.

lamy generally have a standard inking device, that is, the rotary inking device, you twist the red part of the ink can be sucked and release the ink, if the fountain pen before other colors of ink, you have to use water to suck a few times, and so on clean before changing to other colors of ink.

General cleaning is very simple.

1. Remove the ink bladder, soak the nib in warm water, and then rinse it with warm water.

2. If you have a suction device is better, the warm water as the ink sucked in and then drain, repeat a few times on it.

3. Change the color, change the brand, have to wash it. With warm water when the ink is sucked in and squeezed out, so repeat a few times on it

Also on the fountain pen maintenance has the following suggestions

1, the new fountain pen can be used directly, do not need to soak in hot water.

2, encounter fountain pen does not come out of the situation, the nib will be removed, into the warm water soaked for half an hour, and then dry, loaded can be used.

3, when writing with a fountain pen, you should pad some manuscript paper under the paper to enhance the elasticity of the nib and reduce friction. The nib should not write on metal and other hard materials to prevent damage to the nib.

4, daily use to avoid mixing different inks, so as not to produce precipitation clogging fountain pen.

5, used fountain pen should be cleaned once every month or so, to keep the ink down smooth, such as the use of carbon ink should be more cleaning. Fountain pen, such as long-term use, should be thoroughly washed and preserved.

6, do not use boiling water or too hot water to clean the fountain pen, otherwise it will cause damage to the pen.