Inky Gradient: Susemai Green Diamond 16% To Distilled Water

October 7, 2014

Depicted in order:


Line	Ratio	Concentration
1	10:0	16.00%
2	10:1	14.55%
3	10:2	13.33%
4	10:3	12.31%
5	10:4	11.43%
6	10:5	10.67%
7	10:6	10.00%
8	10:7	9.41%
9	10:8	8.89%
10	10:9	8.42%
11	10:10	8.00%
12	10:10	8.00%
13	10:10	8.00%
14	9:10	7.58%
15	8:10	7.11%
16	7:10	6.59%
17	6:10	6.00%
18	5:10	5.33%
19	4:10	4.57%
20	3:10	3.69%
21	2:10	2.67%
22	1:10	1.45%

Strathmore Writing (25% cotton, natural white, wove, 24lb):

Georgia Pacific Multipurpose Paper (20 lb, bright white, Walmart):

Southworth Diamond White (25% cotton, white, 20lb):

Why I did it:

I thought it would be valuable as part of the Susemai Ink Testing. Susemai instructs dilution to a 2% to 8% concentration, this lets you see the implications of the percentage you choose.

Why you might recreate any of these mixes:

This ink became available for sale and you are mixing it up.

Remarks:

This ink is why I will do all of my normal reviews at 8%. I did not do enough testing to know for certain but I think issues are probable with the overly concentrated forms of this one. When writing the second line, the flow completely stopped. I dipped it again multiple times, but it would still stop in short order. The fix came by flossing the nib, which knocked a chunk out that near as I could tell was just dye. Best guess is that it was nib crud formed while I was making the dilution. This is a shame though because the more concentrated forms are a nice color.

None of these papers are known are prone to sheen, but on the Southworth I can see that it has a red sheen possible at least as low at 12.3%.

A definite shader at all dilutions, though it seems a bit lesser at 1.45% because of the lighter color.

I am waiving my general disclaimer about mixing with water, because this ink is intended to be mixed up with water for most of the posted dilution range.