Sadiq
December 26th, 2014, 10:22 PM
Hi all...
Just thought I'd share my favourite ink mix. I had a 30ml bottle of Cultpens Diamine Deep Dark Blue I didn't care for much & seeing that I like teals & blue blacks, I thought I'd have a go at mixing something I'd use. [Do excuse the ugly handwriting]
I started with...
11 parts Cultpens Diamine Deep Dark Blue
11 parts Diamine Ultra Green (in a previous thread I mentioned delamere green, but I was mistaken)
1 part Diamine Yellow
...& this is what I ended up with...a beautiful teal (definitely better than the deep dark blue I thought)
Swab pic - the lighter colour is Diamine Teal. (please excuse the scribbles in black, I was tuning another pen :) )
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/photo1-1.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/photo1-1.jpg.html)
Writing Sample - (the ink mix is quite dark, but you can still notice a little shading)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/photo2.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/photo2.jpg.html)
now for the FAVOURITE :)....
I kept half of the teal colour, as I like it. The other half I mixed 1:1 with Parker Quink Black...the combination produces a beautiful blue black that is mesmerizing when writing, has a deep blue black colour while writing, dries into a blue grey shaded colour & has specs of deep blue that sheens...the best colour I've used so far! See below...
These are photos taken while the wet ink is drying on cheap, FP friendly & what I believe is Tomoe River paper (I'm not too sure, as the show thru is quite bad, but the paper is super smooth & shows off shading & sheen very well - I received a letter on it & went wild on all the empty spaces :) ). While writing the ink is a Tealish blue-black.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/1.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/1.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/2.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/2.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/3.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/3.jpg.html)
When dry, the ink behaves differently on the various papers (I've scanned the images to show a more true colour as the photos I took were all dark - do note that the colour is very slightly lighter than the scanned images).
On cheap copy paper it remains very dark with minimal shading. (I've included a Quink black rollerball sample to show the colour difference)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/cheapcopypaper.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/cheapcopypaper.jpg.html)
On FP friendly paper the shading is more visible. (I've included a Quink black rollerball sample to show the colour difference)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/fpfriendly.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/fpfriendly.jpg.html)
On what I believe to be Tomoe River paper is where the magic happens - shading & sheen is awesomely visible. (I've included some photos to show off the sheen a little better - notice how only the darker parts of each letter sheens...beautiful!!)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/tomoeriver.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/tomoeriver.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/4.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/4.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/5.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/5.jpg.html)
PS: I have to mention that I had a sight reaction when I shook the bottle while mixing the diamine ink with the quink (it had thick frothy bubbles that disappeared after a few minutes, which I've read is not harmful). The flow & water test are as per any other diamine inks.
Well that is my current favourite ink...I hope you guys & gals enjoyed reading.
Just thought I'd share my favourite ink mix. I had a 30ml bottle of Cultpens Diamine Deep Dark Blue I didn't care for much & seeing that I like teals & blue blacks, I thought I'd have a go at mixing something I'd use. [Do excuse the ugly handwriting]
I started with...
11 parts Cultpens Diamine Deep Dark Blue
11 parts Diamine Ultra Green (in a previous thread I mentioned delamere green, but I was mistaken)
1 part Diamine Yellow
...& this is what I ended up with...a beautiful teal (definitely better than the deep dark blue I thought)
Swab pic - the lighter colour is Diamine Teal. (please excuse the scribbles in black, I was tuning another pen :) )
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/photo1-1.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/photo1-1.jpg.html)
Writing Sample - (the ink mix is quite dark, but you can still notice a little shading)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/photo2.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/photo2.jpg.html)
now for the FAVOURITE :)....
I kept half of the teal colour, as I like it. The other half I mixed 1:1 with Parker Quink Black...the combination produces a beautiful blue black that is mesmerizing when writing, has a deep blue black colour while writing, dries into a blue grey shaded colour & has specs of deep blue that sheens...the best colour I've used so far! See below...
These are photos taken while the wet ink is drying on cheap, FP friendly & what I believe is Tomoe River paper (I'm not too sure, as the show thru is quite bad, but the paper is super smooth & shows off shading & sheen very well - I received a letter on it & went wild on all the empty spaces :) ). While writing the ink is a Tealish blue-black.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/1.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/1.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/2.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/2.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/3.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/3.jpg.html)
When dry, the ink behaves differently on the various papers (I've scanned the images to show a more true colour as the photos I took were all dark - do note that the colour is very slightly lighter than the scanned images).
On cheap copy paper it remains very dark with minimal shading. (I've included a Quink black rollerball sample to show the colour difference)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/cheapcopypaper.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/cheapcopypaper.jpg.html)
On FP friendly paper the shading is more visible. (I've included a Quink black rollerball sample to show the colour difference)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/fpfriendly.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/fpfriendly.jpg.html)
On what I believe to be Tomoe River paper is where the magic happens - shading & sheen is awesomely visible. (I've included some photos to show off the sheen a little better - notice how only the darker parts of each letter sheens...beautiful!!)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/tomoeriver.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/tomoeriver.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/4.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/4.jpg.html)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn181/FastAsFcuk_sr20/5.jpg (http://s304.photobucket.com/user/FastAsFcuk_sr20/media/5.jpg.html)
PS: I have to mention that I had a sight reaction when I shook the bottle while mixing the diamine ink with the quink (it had thick frothy bubbles that disappeared after a few minutes, which I've read is not harmful). The flow & water test are as per any other diamine inks.
Well that is my current favourite ink...I hope you guys & gals enjoyed reading.