Water Test on 4 Noodler's

[Roger]

This ain't pretty, but the results are clear...

 

Today's water soak and its results include:

 

0. Sanford Sharpie Felt Tip Ultra Fine Permanent Black (A control, of sorts)

1. Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black in Aurora Optima F nib

2. Noodler's Zhivago in Sailor Professional Gear M nib

3. Noodler's Glacier Blue in Pelikan M250 F nib

4. Noodler's Gulf Stream Blue in Pelikan M200 F nib

5. Waterman Florida Blue in Parker 51 F nib (The control ink)

 

Q-tip swabs of the inks are directly underneath the writing line of each color.

 

The soaking medium was 8 ounces of water + 2 drops of dish detergent.

Soak time was 12 hours with occasional agitation.

 

First scan is the paper before the soak. Second scan is after the soak.

The soak covered 40% of the left side of the paper and shows the boundary

where the soaking medium stopped and the small area where the paper's

wicking action produced an interface between the dry paper and the soaked

paper. Interesting because it clearly shows that the color leaching

out of the Aircorp is a turquoise blue whereas the color leaching out of the

Zhivago is green.

 

Unfortunately, my scan doesn't appear to show the subtle difference between the Aircorp and Zhivago. It's there, trust me.

 

Within the first minute of soaking the Waterman Florida Blue was gone!

 

Thanks for sticking it out through the boring stuff, now the results...

 

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In the vernacular of Bugs..."That's all folks"!

Edited October 19, 2005 by Roger

[Guest Denis Richard]

Now we know why Florida Blue is advertised as "washable"

 

Thanks for the test Roger !

[Slush99]

Thanks for the test. Florida Blue dissappeared. Wow! :blink:

[southpaw]

Many thanks! Excellent test and results.

[Viseguy]

Great test, Roger. Lots of useful information emerges from the "boundary" area.

 

I guess Florida Blue is not the best ink during hurricane season. Any of those Noodler's would do just fine, though.

 

Thanks much!

[Maja]

Now we know why Florida Blue is advertised as "washable"

 

Thanks for the test Roger !

Yes, thanks Roger! Good to know about the Waterman's Florida Blue....It's a lovely shade of blue but it's good to know that it can be washed out in case of an accident.

[Gerry]

Or if you get it on your $60.00 dress shirt....

 

Gerry

 

Each to his own....

[wimg]

Hi Roger,

 

Had missed this thread. Thanks for taking the trouble to do this test!

 

Warm regards, Wim

[heidi]

Noodler's Gulfstream Blue - oh, the exlcusive eternal mix from Swisher's! (I couldn't find it at first). Seems like it's slightly darker than Legal Lapis, from the scans on another thread... Thanks for doing the scan!

Edited December 23, 2005 by heidi

[CharlieB]

Or if you get it on your $60.00 dress shirt....

 

Gerry

 

Each to his own....

 

Yep, this is exactly what happened to me last week -- I got lots of Waterman Florida Blue on the front of my dress shirt. The folks at the office, all of whom use ballpoints, took great glee in calling my attention to my oops throughout the day. When I got home, I put the shirt in a bucket of cold water (without soap, without any ink remover products) before going to bed. When I got up the next morning, the stain was completely gone. Thank goodness it wasn't a bulletproof ink!

[donwinn]

This ain't pretty, but the results are clear...

 

Today's water soak and its results include:

 

0. Sanford Sharpie Felt Tip Ultra Fine Permanent Black (A control, of sorts)

1. Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black in Aurora Optima F nib

2. Noodler's Zhivago in Sailor Professional Gear M nib

3. <span style='color:blue'>Noodler's Glacier Blue</span> in Pelikan M250 F nib

4. <span style='color:blue'>Noodler's Gulf Stream Blue</span> in Pelikan M200 F nib

5. <span style='color:blue'>Waterman Florida Blue</span> in Parker 51 F nib (The control ink)

 

Q-tip swabs of the inks are directly underneath the writing line of each color.

 

The soaking medium was 8 ounces of water + 2 drops of dish detergent.

Soak time was 12 hours with occasional agitation.

 

First scan is the paper before the soak. Second scan is after the soak.

The soak covered 40% of the left side of the paper and shows the boundary

where the soaking medium stopped and the small area where the paper's

wicking action produced an interface between the dry paper and the soaked

paper. Interesting because it clearly shows that the color leaching

out of the Aircorp is a turquoise blue whereas the color leaching out of the

Zhivago is green.

 

Unfortunately, my scan doesn't appear to show the subtle difference between the Aircorp and Zhivago. It's there, trust me.

 

Within the first minute of soaking the Waterman Florida Blue was gone!

 

Thanks for sticking it out through the boring stuff, now the results...

 

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http://members.cox.net/rbeamon1/4inkwatertest.jpg

 

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http://members.cox.net/rbeamon1/4inkwatertest2.jpg

 

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In the vernacular of Bugs..."That's all folks"!

 

The images will not download for me. Is it just the benefits of a Windoze pc?

 

Donnie

[Ann Finley]

The images will not download for me. Is it just the benefits of a Windoze pc?

 

Donnie

 

Donnie, the images were likely moved from the server that they were linked to when posted almost 2 years ago. At that time we couldn't upload a photo from our hard drives. Roger hasn't posted on FPN for quite a long time, so it's unlikely that you will get to see the images.

 

Best, Ann