Do one section, then rotate the spool, and do another section, then rotate, do another section, and so-forth, until all degrees of the ribbon have been inked in this manner.
One drop of ink has to seep right through the ribbon to the bottom of the spool. Use the ink as sparingly as possible. No more than two drops for each section, spread out along the ribbon. It is NOT necessary to unroll the entire ribbon and do every single inch of it. Simply roll it up and drip and spread ink onto it as I described.
The ink will seep through the layers of ribbon, saturating the entire length of the ribbon until the whole thing has been re-inked. Fast, easy, a bit messy, but over and done with in 5 minutes. Once the ribbon has been re-inked, set it back into the typewriter and position it for use. Any Suggestions? Blue would be interesting. I am not clear on the process. Are you unrolling a section of ribbon and dripping ink along the length that is unrolled or are you leaving the ribbon rolled up and dripping ink on the rolled up edges and letting gravity and osmosis draw it down thru the entire ribbn?
Aprox how many oz or drops per ribbon? If reinking in rolled up state do you drip ink from both sides? Is there a brand of ink that is preferred-some are speced as fast drying which would seem to not work?. Thank you for your help. Using stamp-pad ink anything else will dry up much too fast , drip and spread the ink smoothly over the most exterior portion of ribbon.
How do I know when the ink has absorbed through all the way? Will it appear blacker all the way through? And how long will it take to soak all the way through? The tighter you wind the ribbon, the faster the ink will seep through. Be as sparing and as even as possible in your ink-application. I realized it was actually pretty dry so I just had to wait a bit but it does seem to be working, thanks again.
My grandfather was born in and lived through the heyday of the typewriter he was the principal of the school and the editor of the newspaper in Upper Sandusky Ohio. He was also stingy. He re-inked ribbons by placing part of the ribbon on the stamp pad, then inverting the bottle on the ribbon and pulling the ribbon out from under the bottle. I followed these directions and they worked pretty well.
Thank you for posting! I would add a few suggestions here. Ink is messy and spreads easily. Put down newspaper before re-inking.
Wear latex or other gloves. For those of us who seem to attract chaos--the drawing ink comes off with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. I used the alcohol to clean ink off the spool, my typewriter's keycaps, case, and of course, my own fingers. I ended up winding the ribbon into different locations on the spool because the ink didn't always drip all the way down to the inner rolls of the spool. Now that it's been a few days since I reinked the ribbon, the ink is mostly dry.
I find, though, that the typewritten letters are not as dark as I'd like. I will use a different ink next time. You said to use "fountain pen India ink," do you mean fountain pen ink OR India ink? Also, I was wondering if you know if this works for vintage typewriters early s or so? Reply 4 years ago. Thanks for the comment as I am happy to help.
To be very specific I used. Higgins: Fountain pen India , Non waterproof ink' So if you can not go with that brand i could go with a black non waterproof fountain pen ink. The type writer ribbon I used was off at old Remington machine from about the early 's and another from the 50's. So I hope that helps. Thank you again! Introduction: How to Re-ink a Typewriter Ribbon. By RequiemScrc Follow. More by the author:. About: Hello there, Your friendly neighborhood cryptid here. I am rather mechanically inclined artist that loves making old things live again.
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