Waterman Florida Blue

[PolarMoonman]

 

GENERAL INFO:

 

(1-10 Scale)

 

Wetness: 5 – Moderately wet ink

Lubrication: 4 – Not very lubricated

Saturation: 7 – Decent saturation

Opacity: 8 – Good opacity

Dry Time: 9 – Quick dry time

Water Resistance: 6 – Not waterproof but holds up well....

Shading: 9 – prominent shading.

Bleed Through: 4 -- On cheap paper.

Show Through: 4 -- On cheap paper.

Feathering: 10 -- None

 

USES:

 

Business:

 

Probably not, doesn't look very formal.

 

School:

 

Personal notes, not assignments.

 

Personal:

 

Very much so, a nice blue. Good dry time and no feathering. All in all a very well behaved ink that I will definitely make a habit of using.

 

Conclusion: (76/100 – 76%)

 

A decent ink. My only complaint about this ink is that it is less wet and lubricated than I like. The ink gets good shading and the flow is consistent and there is no feathering. I can happily recommend this ink.

[watch_art]

I just picked up a bottle of this the other day and I really like it.

 

I disagree about your uses though - I think it's fine for business and school use. It is blue after all.

[PolarMoonman]

I disagree about your uses though - I think it's fine for business and school use. It is blue after all.

 

I can see what you're saying, the uses were just my personal opinion, now that I think about it, I could see it working for other uses as well...

Edited April 17, 2013 by ParkersandPilots

[alvinlum]

I use florida blue for basically everything, and Montblanc MB for exams or filling forms .

[Fakie]

Florida Blue was my first bottle of ink.

 

Well behaved, but I found it dull so it sits unused in my closet

[torstar]

Good mixer with WM Purple.

 

sorry, serenity blue mixes well with "whatever they call it" purple

[Vendome]

Serenity Blue is my blue ink of choice. Beautiful hue and shade.

[watch_art]

Oh geez. FLORIDA blue. Yeah, I haven't used that yet.

I have WM Blue... I guess I should have read the title better.

[Bo Bo Olson]

It was not a shading ink by me....what paper did you use?

I now use DA Royal Blue instead.

[lapis]

Re pros and cons... This ink is/was very famous, best maintenance, inexpensive, and available practically anywhere on earth.

Still, I don't like it because it is IMO, as said above, too dull. In the sense of boring. More of a too light, watered down, greyish thing with absolutely no character.

Then again, I don't chuck it, I use it for making a much greater ink out of it, like Richard's Blurple.

 

Mike

[alvinlum]

Re pros and cons... This ink is/was very famous, best maintenance, inexpensive, and available practically anywhere on earth.

Still, I don't like it because it is IMO, as said above, too dull. In the sense of boring. More of a too light, watered down, greyish thing with absolutely no character.

Then again, I don't chuck it, I use it for making a much greater ink out of it, like Richard's Blurple.

 

Mike

ive both wm purp and florida blue, what ratio's the best ot make blurple?

[notVirtuThe3rd]

:clap1:

[torstar]

Re pros and cons... This ink is/was very famous, best maintenance, inexpensive, and available practically anywhere on earth.

Still, I don't like it because it is IMO, as said above, too dull. In the sense of boring. More of a too light, watered down, greyish thing with absolutely no character.

Then again, I don't chuck it, I use it for making a much greater ink out of it, like Richard's Blurple.

 

Mike

ive both wm purp and florida blue, what ratio's the best ot make blurple?

 

 

I like 50/50

[lapis]

Yup, 50-50 is exactly what Richard said.

 

Mike

[amberleadavis]

OH... so this is a base mixer. Otherwise boring. Thank you for the review!

[torstar]

OH... so this is a base mixer. Otherwise boring. Thank you for the review!

 

 

WM is reliable ink

 

there is a risk to increasing the exciting parts of inks, to which there is no end to people commenting on getting burned

[amberleadavis]

Ah, "burning is bad" though exciting can be "hot"?

[torstar]

Ah, "burning is bad" though exciting can be "hot"?

 

 

Whatever it is, you'll get over it.

[amberleadavis]

Ah, "burning is bad" though exciting can be "hot"?

 

 

Whatever it is, you'll get over it.

 

Hopefully, not too quickly.

[WOBentley]

This is one of my go to inks as I like the Blue and it is easy to clean in everything I have used it in.