> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jim Brain > via cctalk > Sent: 24 May 2017 06:14 > To: Ethan Dicks <ethan.di...@gmail.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and > Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Teletype 43 > > On 5/23/2017 10:45 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > Back in the day, there was a re-inking product, the Mac Inker. > I have a Re-inker, though not exactly like the Mac Inker, but the Model > 43 has a built in "Mac Inker"-like inking system. It's a small loop of ribbon > with a large felt round ink pad in the cartridge. So, if I can get some ink > into > the felt, I should be OK. > > Since > > those are not easy to dig up now, what options are there? Also, > > because there's often plenty of pigment, what oil/solvents are good to > > wrest some of that pigment back out of a dried ribbon? > That is a question I'd like to determine. Google was little help outside of > calls > to try WD40. > > Jim
Some have used stamp pad ink. Some stamp pad ink doesn't dry out.. Dave
