Noodler' s baystate blue

[raffaele]

What about it?

I cannot find it in Europe!

[Jon Szanto]

You're lucky.

[Scrawler]

You're lucky.

[migo984]

Recently a bottle of BSB was dispatched down the sink here. It's not worth the effort.

[Crazyorange]

Recently a bottle of BSB was dispatched down the sink here. It's not worth the effort.

Did it stain your sink? It did mine. For two weeks my stainless steel sink has a big blue stain. I decided to pour it down the drain after it turned my orange pen blue. I'm guessing a black pen would be a benefit when using this ink.

[migo984]

Recently a bottle of BSB was dispatched down the sink here. It's not worth the effort.

Did it stain your sink? It did mine. For two weeks my stainless steel sink has a big blue stain. I decided to pour it down the drain after it turned my orange pen blue. I'm guessing a black pen would be a benefit when using this ink.

It was Murfie's sink 😊 and he was fed-up with it staining the S/S sink every time he tried to flush his BSB-dedicated pen. Evil stuff - no colour is so good that users should have to put up with staining like that.

[carlos.q]

In my opinion BSB is not worth the trouble. Not only does it stain but it also feathers a lot.

[Neo]

My slop sink in the basement is still stained after a year....

[rgperedo]

I have never put it in anything but a Preppy, a free preppy at that. I would never put it in anything that wasn't free or super cheap. The color is quite beautiful though.

[Scrawler]

If you have a problem with BSB staining your sink, use hand sanitizer gel. Rub it in and wash it away. My problem with BSB is that it fades. This kind of ink should have a single pen reserved for it. DO not under any circumstances let BSB get anywhere near Private Reserve Hot Bubblegum, it will bring on the apocalypse. You have been warned.

[naimitsu]

If you have a problem with BSB staining your sink, use hand sanitizer gel. Rub it in and wash it away. My problem with BSB is that it fades. This kind of ink should have a single pen reserved for it. DO not under any circumstances let BSB get anywhere near Private Reserve Hot Bubblegum, it will bring on the apocalypse. You have been warned.

Now I am curious to see what the apocalypse looks like! I wonder if we could find a brave soul willing to take on this experiment and share with the class the result

The sample of BSB I had I poured down the sink. It left residue on the porcelain of the sink, the brass drain is now blueish (which IMO is an improvement!), and the vial it had come in is still blueish, even after having flushing fluid in there for months now.

I even tried using isopropyl alcohol on the porcelain and it removed about 75% of the pigment from the surface.

This is not an ink I would recommend for any reason... unless you really hate someone or simply like that shade of blue enough to stain a demonstrator on purpose.

I am actually not a big fan of Noodler's inks. Every single one of them that I have tried exhibits odd behavior.
Some oxidizes to a different shade. Others take FOREVER to dry (I had a couple words written on Tomoe River with an Ahab Flex that took well over 2 weeks to dry... actually, the count is almost to 4 weeks now and last time I checked, there were a still a few bits of the word still wet!). Some look questionable to use in FPs as the ink seems to stick like oil to the walls of the vial that contains it. Many feather like crazy, though X-Feather and Bulletproof are fairly named.

Which really is a shame as they have a number of really nice colors.

[Laura N]

forget it it was a joke

[naimitsu]

forget it it was a joke

Oh boo
I was hoping that at least something interesting would come out of the mix.

[Mags]

If you have a problem with BSB staining your sink, use hand sanitizer gel. Rub it in and wash it away. My problem with BSB is that it fades. This kind of ink should have a single pen reserved for it. DO not under any circumstances let BSB get anywhere near Private Reserve Hot Bubblegum, it will bring on the apocalypse. You have been warned.

I am curious it congeals or explodes or what happens?

[tandaina]

If you have a problem with BSB staining your sink, use hand sanitizer gel. Rub it in and wash it away. My problem with BSB is that it fades. This kind of ink should have a single pen reserved for it. DO not under any circumstances let BSB get anywhere near Private Reserve Hot Bubblegum, it will bring on the apocalypse. You have been warned.

I am curious it congeals or explodes or what happens?

Nah, it just stains. There have been various reports like 'it ate my feed' or 'it became sentient and took over my country' but mostly it just stains.

[Scrawler]

If you have a problem with BSB staining your sink, use hand sanitizer gel. Rub it in and wash it away. My problem with BSB is that it fades. This kind of ink should have a single pen reserved for it. DO not under any circumstances let BSB get anywhere near Private Reserve Hot Bubblegum, it will bring on the apocalypse. You have been warned.

I am curious it congeals or explodes or what happens?

Nah, it just stains. There have been various reports like 'it ate my feed' or 'it became sentient and took over my country' but mostly it just stains.

It ate me out of house and home, ran off with my wife, stole my car, abused my cat and poisoned my fish.

[TAYLORPUPPY]

If you have a problem with BSB staining your sink, use hand sanitizer gel. Rub it in and wash it away. My problem with BSB is that it fades. This kind of ink should have a single pen reserved for it. DO not under any circumstances let BSB get anywhere near Private Reserve Hot Bubblegum, it will bring on the apocalypse. You have been warned.

I am curious it congeals or explodes or what happens?

Nah, it just stains. There have been various reports like 'it ate my feed' or 'it became sentient and took over my country' but mostly it just stains.

BSB will even take out a walker

[Wile E Coyote]

I am curious it congeals or explodes or what happens?

First it explodes, then it congeals on your skin and then it finally spontaneously combusts and stains.

[Neo]

I am curious it congeals or explodes or what happens?

First it explodes, then it congeals on your skin and then it finally spontaneously combusts and stains.

Well, that'll leave a mark.

[mhosea]

It doesn't stain stainless steel, at least not in any sense that the word "stainless" refers to. The word "stainless" refers to staining of ordinary steel by infiltration of water, oxidation, and corrosion. None of that is a factor here. BSB is only painted on the surface, a residue that isn't soluble in water, soapy water, ammonia, etc. And yet, you only need the right solvent to remove it. Those are just the wrong solvents. It can be bleached, but as Scrawler notes, hand sanitizer gel works--the main ingredient is alcohol.

Before BSB:


BSB:


The BSB "stain" (residue, not stain):


The solvent:


The solvent at work:


Apply the solvent wetly and rinse (scrubbing does not speed the process much):


I find it useful to load an ink syringe with alcohol and just squirt and rinse, as this uses the alcohol in a more efficient manner than pouring it, and it's less work by a long shot than trying to wet paper towels with it.

Ceramic sinks are much the same, IME.

Having said that, while I discount at the idea that cleaning it off a stainless steel or glazed ceramic sink need be a factor, I do find that difficulty in cleaning it out of pens is quite relevant, and concerning, since this residue that gets on the sink also takes hold of parts of the pen, and neither alcohol nor bleach is prudent for cleaning pens. It is therefore very difficult to justify loading BSB in a fountain pen that is not to be dedicated to it. And feathering and bleed-through make it rather difficult to justify dedicating a pen to it. Still, the color is stunning. Presently I have it in a Platinum Preppy with a felt tip. It's actually quite well-behaved in that application. I don't use it in fountain pens anymore.