De Atramentis Red Brown Bleed Through

[b1lynch]

Hello - I am relatively new to the world of fountain pens but what I lack in experience I make up for in enthusiasm and curiosity! I have a relatively small collection of pens and have started venturing into new inks to enrich my experience. A few months back I purchased a private labelled Red Brown ink co-branded De Atramentis, who is presumably the ink's actual manufacturer. This ink bleeds through all but the highest grade papers like no other ink I have used previously or since, (I have tried without issue Waterman Black, Waterman Brown, Diamine Sherwood Green, Private Reserve Tanzanite). My wife returned home on the weekend after a shopping expedition and presented me with a gift...a pen case and a bottle of Kind of Blue ink with the store brand of the aforementioned Red Brown and I politely accepted the gift all the time thinking oh no, I'll never use this. To my surprise the ink does not have the same bleed through issues and while not co-branded De Atrementis, the bottle is the same and I suspect it too is manufactured by De Atrementis. I was wondering if anyone could provide some insight into why the Red Brown was problematic? I have looked at the Goulet site and find some helpful information on some inks, but very little on others. Is there a more comprehensive source? Is there an underlying driver of bleed through i.e. color?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

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[dneal]

I have De Atramentis Black-Brown and it is very, very wet ink and can bleed through cheaper/thinner paper. De Atramentis Bordeaux Red, and three DA blues do not have this problem.

 

Maybe it is color related, but Rohrer and Klingner Verdigris is also very wet and prone to bleed through.

 

I could try to make a correlation with color (3 other browns I have from other manufacturers are prone to bleed), or maybe the pen (I use brown in one or two specific pens). I think it's just a matter of the formulation of a specific ink. Make a note and either don't use it - or only use it with specific pens/papers if you really like the color.

[b1lynch]

Thanks for the info! Will definitely keep a list...if anyone else has some known wet bleed through suspects, please do share and help save us from learning the hard way!

[amberleadavis]

Welcome to FPN.

 

Look through the reviews. Many of us post about our experiences with various inks. If you can, you should post up a review about your experiences with both these inks. Alas, inks are very different depending on the pen, paper and person.

 

Happy inking.