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Octopus Write and Draw – White Polar Bear I was really excited trying this ink, hoping that it’ll be better than the ever clogging De Atramentis Document white. Unfortunately, as you will see in the writing sample it became invisible after a while, and I couldn’t write anymore. I could see a wet, bluish tinge on the black paper. Thinking maybe, I had not cleaned my pen correctly, I tested the pen on normal paper, and it was still invisible. I contacted Octopus but they didn’t say anything concrete only about shaking the bottle and using dip pens So, I'm hoping that maybe my sample wasn't well shaken or stirred, but I doubt it as you'll see further on If anyone has had a better experience I'm curious to know. Writing Samples: It's very difficult to photograph clearly this page. The paper is a pure black. I didn't colour correct, as I wanted to show off the blue tinge of the ink. And finally you can see how I couldn't finish the last line but you might be able to discern a bit of invisible ink. Comparison: Note how pale it is compared to the De Atramentis Document White: I finally did a sketch with a Prismacolor white pencil. I used a water-colour brush directly in the sample bottle for the White Polar Bear. Then I used a water brush to drag some ink from the fountain pen. You can see the blush wet tinge of the cat's body. When it dried it was invisible. This is the final work, when I finally emptied the pen on the"cat's" body and spread it with the water brush, and the mouse. As you can see it's quite pale compared to the bear · Pens used: Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M/B) · What I liked: Using a brush to “paint” on the black paper. · What I did not like: I couldn’t sketch with it. · What some might not like: Same as above. · Shading: n/a · Ghosting: n/a · Bleed through: n/a · Flow Rate: wet · Lubrication: Does it really matter? · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Ok · Saturation: Non-existent. · Shading Potential: n/a · Sheen: n/a · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: n/a · Nib Creep / “Crud”: n/a · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: It seems easier than the Document White. · Water resistance: There was nothing in the first place. · Availability: 50 m Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

De Atramentis Document White To my knowledge there are two white inks by De Atramentis (Document and Artist), Noodler’s Whiteness of Whale (though technically speaking it’s not a white ink from what I understand), and Octopus Write and Draw, Polar Bear white. This is an unusual ink, somehow like Maalox, liquid chalk or whitewash; take your pick It’s disconcerting when you see it in fountain pen. It shows off all the muck in the feed and how dirty your convertor truly is Here is a photo of a stained no named Chinese piston filler I tested it on two types of paper one a no name notebook bought from Amazon (a not so black absorbent paper, and the other a true black Mix Media from Clairefontaine. It really needs a true black paper to contrast with. Don’t go for a cheap paper, you’ll regret it. Ink was atrociously awful in Pilot Kakuno with Ef nib. It clogged a noname Chinese Piston filler. However, in the Lamy Safari it was wonderful writer. This is more of sketching ink, than a writing ink or maybe an ink for teachers who have the nostalgia of black boards. It was fun reviewing this ink, as there’s not much to do I didn’t bother to use Stub and flex nibs; and doing the chroma was irrelevant. 😛 And finally cleaning this ink is really difficult and time consuming. So don’t fill your latest, shiny overpriced piston filler with this ink, otherwise you’ll curse the pen, ink and the hobby. Writing samples: No name very absorbent notebook from Amazon: Clairefontaine see the contrast between the two papers (photo:) and a few sketches: on no name paper: The Artist within On Clairfontaine: "Balloon" and another "detente" ert · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B) · What I liked: Sketching on a very dark paper. · What I did not like: Clogging in some pens, cleaning, work with a Japanese Ef · What some might not like: You need black paper. · Shading: n/a · Ghosting: n/a · Bleed through n/a · Flow Rate: Wettish · Lubrication: n/a · Nib Dry-out: Yes · Start-up: Yes. · Saturation: n/a · Shading Potential: n/a · Sheen: n/a · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: n/a · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Yes. · Staining (pen): n/a · Clogging: Yes. · Cleaning: Very, very difficult. Takes time. · Water resistance: I cannot ascertain it. I tried a wet Q-tip on the Clairefontaine and the Q-tip turned black. I assume the paper came off, so did the ink · Availability: 45 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

hiya i have some beautiful diamine ink and i was wondering if there was a safe white ink that i could use to "lighten" the color of the ink. The ink i wanna test this with is diamine sherwood forest a nice deep green. Is there a way to lighten these colors