Diamine Oxblood - Homemade!

[nightfury11]

Right so I was looking through my drawer one day and found a bottle of Sheaffer Red, Black, Royal Blue and Brown.

 

I thought I should attempt at making something like Diamine Oxblood from these inks. It turned out AMAZING. The ink shades beautifully and the colour is way too good. Hope you'll enjoy

 

 

 

Right.

 

So the ink is very smooth and it writes beautifully.

 

 

It's got a good dry time and shades well as well, you can zoom in on the uploaded photo if you like.

 

So overall, these are the scores I'd give it:

 

Smoothness: 4/5

 

Wetness: 4/5

 

Shading: 5/5

 

Drying time: 3/5

 

That gives us 18/20, which is quite respectable IMO.

 

 

Attaching the file so you can download it if you want to.

 

 

[penzel_washinkton]

Looks more like a wine colored ink (Syrah?) rather than an Oxblood clone

[nightfury11]

Looks more like a wine colored ink (Syrah?) rather than an Oxblood clone

 

Maybe due to scanning?

 

I have a bottle of Oxblood and they look very similar, it's quite uncanny.

[lapis]

And the mixture ratio is....

[nightfury11]

And the mixture ratio is....

Sorry about that. I don't remember it/didn't really use one, I just keep on adding whichever colour until I reached the desired shade. When I mix up another batch, I'll use a ratio.

[penzel_washinkton]

Looks more like a wine colored ink (Syrah?) rather than an Oxblood clone

Yeah from the scans it looks nothing like it

[azbobcat]

Looks more like a wine colored ink (Syrah?) rather than an Oxblood clone

Actually I thought he was going to say, "Go to an abattoir. Find a freshly slaughtered Ox. Collect its blood. Filter. Ta Da: Homemade "Diamind Oxblood Clone"!!

[nightfury11]

Actually I thought he was going to say, "Go to an abattoir. Find a freshly slaughtered Ox. Collect its blood. Filter. Ta Da: Homemade "Diamind Oxblood Clone"!!

HAHAHA nice one.