Inky T O D - Experiments And Exercises In Curiosity & Blonde Optimism

[vossad01]

Does washing ink out of paper to reuse the paper count?

[amberleadavis]

Does washing ink out of paper to reuse the paper count?

 

I think so.

[figment7]

An Dregs sounds perfect for all the samples that are absolutely hideous when fist used. Oh but they looked so good on the splotch sheet! What could have changed before it got to my pen? Boy have have some stinkers that are going right into the Dregs bottle. WHAT A GREAT IDEA. THANKS A MILLION FOR THAT ONE.

ANDY

[Sandy1]

An Dregs sounds perfect for all the samples that are absolutely hideous when fist used. Oh but they looked so good on the splotch sheet! What could have changed before it got to my pen? Boy have have some stinkers that are going right into the Dregs bottle. WHAT A GREAT IDEA. THANKS A MILLION FOR THAT ONE.

ANDY

 

Hi,

 

Not to rain on the parade, but using a 'dregggs bottle' introduces the risk of an unsafe result as different inks are added over time.

 

Please always inspect the ink before charging a pen.

 

I use a bottle for failed recipes, where the hue/value is off, but the blend is 'safe'. Such odd ink is often used for outbound bumph & ephemera, though I like to think eventually I'll have a happy accident, and the combined heeltaps will yield something (hopefully ink) that is interesting. Blonde optimism or what?

 

Bye,

S1

[amberleadavis]

Good point S1, my rejects bottle has extra phenol. Also, for the actual dregs (stuff I flush), I just paint with that stuff, it never goes back in the pen.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inklings/slides/2013-Ink_561.jpg

[Cyber6]

Ahhh, to have hair, of ANY colour . . . sigh

 

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[Sholom]

Sorry I'm late to the party, but I just want to warn the uninitiated about two of the chemicals mentioned in this thread. Phenol is corrosive to skin: gloves and great care are recommended if you do try it as a preservative. It is quite toxic is swallowed. Sodium azide is a wonderful preservative, widely used in biology and biochemistry, BUT it is about as toxic as sodium cyanide. I would not use it in my inks and certainly wouldn't have it around my house!

[Cyber6]

LOVE IT!!!!

Good point S1, my rejects bottle has extra phenol. Also, for the actual dregs (stuff I flush), I just paint with that stuff, it never goes back in the pen.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inklings/slides/2013-Ink_561.jpg

Edited August 28, 2014 by Cyber6

[amberleadavis]

As a non chemist - lawyer, I would absolutely say read the directions. I can say that the phenol I have is diluted and safe for use according to the manufacturer.

[vossad01]

Hi,

 

Not to rain on the parade, but using a 'dregggs bottle' introduces the risk of an unsafe result as different inks are added over time.

 

Please always inspect the ink before charging a pen.

 

I use a bottle for failed recipes, where the hue/value is off, but the blend is 'safe'. Such odd ink is often used for outbound bumph & ephemera, though I like to think eventually I'll have a happy accident, and the combined heeltaps will yield something (hopefully ink) that is interesting. Blonde optimism or what?

 

Bye,

S1

 

Thank you for the caution, and more so for sending me to the dictionary for three great new words: bumph, ephemera, heeltaps

[Agge]

Sorry I'm late to the party, but I just want to warn the uninitiated about two of the chemicals mentioned in this thread. Phenol is corrosive to skin: gloves and great care are recommended if you do try it as a preservative. It is quite toxic is swallowed. Sodium azide is a wonderful preservative, widely used in biology and biochemistry, BUT it is about as toxic as sodium cyanide. I would not use it in my inks and certainly wouldn't have it around my house!

I first asked my father that is a chemist and responsible for one of the largest labratories in my city if he could help me add some phenole and he said that they have phenol but rarely use it at all and sugested sodium azide insted. But he dident want to bring it home or give me some so he asked me to come to the labratory with the ink and at the labrstory we added 0.5ml of a 10% solution to a 70ml bottle.

 

He also comented that "this is not for consumption so I don't have to put a warning on it".

 

I personaly wouldent handle any of them in a higher consentrations.

 

You warning are absolutly valid if my father had deemed sodium azide safe it would be nice to have some at home for future use but if he don't even want to bring it to his home I am happy as long as I don't have to tuche it.

[vossad01]

I consider myself blond. I was when I was very much so when I was younger, but my hair has darkened a I have aged, it has darkened so much many would say it is brown. I think it is a dark blond.

Most of my experiments are to answer questions that I could not find existing information or answers to on the forum. For the sake of this list I am considering most mixing to not be an experiment. Hopefully I did not forget anything.

Posted Experiments, in reverse chronological order:

• Noodler's Ryb Color Mixes: Do they work as you would hope?
• Ultra-Concentrated Inks. I now realize "Ink Reductions" may have been a better name
• Best Ink To Spill On Clothing (And Be Able To Remove)
• The Color Of 12 Blacks
• Six Different Solvents, As Shown In Great Dilutions Of Shah's Rose. An exploration of different additives that you might use to tweak inks.
• Does Whiteness Of The Whale Matter For Achieving Color Mixes?

Outstanding Experiments:

• Come up with a Photo-Flo + Water Mix that can be used for dilution while maintaining a good flow. I requested some information on measuring surface tension to help with this. I may have to let this one drop.
• Updating my Color of Black post with a few more blacks that have come my way (Susemai, Toucan, Hero).

Edited September 3, 2014 by vossad01