"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
TSherbs (July 10th, 2020)
I like cats but love dogs
Anyway, when evaporating ink I would leave it in the desk or in a cupboard cause having no cat I would most probably spill it myself.
Glad to know that Dewey had not tried to do an ink review, by leaving pawmarks on the white carpet, pillows, sheet and then rolling in the ink to do abstract paintings on the upholstery
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"Hey, Look At This Thing!!"
Artist: DeweyMixed Media: Ink on wood flooring, glass shards - July, 2020
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Not bad... It goods well with the wood.... I have some Baystate blue on the wood....Not as spectacular as yours though, or should I say Maestro Dewey
Not only a piece of art was created but also a gallery has been established
Jon Szanto (July 17th, 2020)
Thanks for the Post. I am trying this same experiment using Pelican 4001 Royal Blue. Not as cheap as your option but still fun to experiment.
Cheers,
VT
I tried the Pelikan 4001 Royal blue with a 200% mix and my Pilot SF Falcon did not like it. It would not go through the nib.
I might try it with my Pelikan 600 and see if it will flow but I am not holding my breath.
Last edited by VerticalTwin; April 30th, 2021 at 06:03 PM.
When you remove water from any ink and concentrate it, it automatically becomes a thicker liquid that will not travel through some fountain pens in exactly the same way as it did before it was concentrated.
This is the same reason why some highly saturated (lower water content) inks work less well with some fountain pens than others.
When you have pens that tend to dry out ink, they start to work less well as soon as the ink has been concentrated down.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
Well, yes, but it is quite a bit related to the overall saturation which is not what Pelikan RB is famous for And also the wetness of the standard concentration. I wonder how does it flow in a standard concentration in Falcon SF since anything but super wet inks did not flow well in my Falcon SF.
And the last thing, especially in case of dry inks it takes ages to flow after filling, if a cartridge was refilled instead of filling using a converter from a bottle.
P.S.: I have seen guys using locally made school inks in a 2000% (yes, 2000, not 200) concentration without issues
Last edited by aurore; August 18th, 2020 at 05:25 AM.
As ink manufacturers make saturated inks with more dye and less water, I can only assume they also tweak the wetting agent.
Some of us remember an experiment from when the SuSeMai powdered inks were released by Blackstone. There were several different amounts of water that could be added to the packet of powdered ingredients to make up an ink to the saturation each user wanted it to be. However, what happened was they could not guarantee how much of each of the supplementary ingredients were originally present in each pack of powder. Therefore some packs didn't have any mould inhibitor or maybe some packs also had less wetting agent. They all became variable, so the experiment wasn't continued at that time.
When Blackstone issued their ink range they issued them as saturated inks. Since then they have also issued "lighter" inks. i.e. less saturated inks that contain more water, and they state that these "lighter" inks can be used in all fountain pens. Whether they were also suggesting that maybe the saturated inks weren't as suitable for some fountain pens as they were for others isn't mentioned.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
Yes, in general terms. But we are not talking about a powder ink but about a very traditional and not much saturated ink. The half-evaporation is supposed to double all the non-water components which indeed might affect significantly the perfomance of very saturated inks (for instance some highly saturated Sailor inks such as Yonaga tend to dry out when uncapped very quickly causing hard starts), but Pelikan RB is not such. Honestly, if this ink does not write in a double concentration it will not write properly in a standard concentration either(in this pen). Just my 2c as for the practical experience.
I didn't know that Pelikan 4001 was so unsaturated. i.e. it has twice as much water in there to start with that makes it into a saturated ink when you evaporate it to half as much. That makes sense.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
I simply cannot imagine a 200% Pelikan 4001 RB not working if it worked as 100% (in the same pen, with the same way of filling) Well, I still have about 20ml of Pelikan 4001 RB left so I am going to do a 100% vs. 200% comparison in a week using Sailor EF (medium flow, definitely not a gusher)
TSherbs (August 18th, 2020)
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
NP. As you have some left at 100% I would go for it. You never know until you try.
I've tried reducing the water content of Parker Quink Blue but I only guessed. I didn't measure it down to half as much. Just stopped when it looked and swabbed concentrated enough.
Oh and I left it in the bottle so that I didn't spill it. I used your method of a piece of coffee filter paper secured on top of the bottle with a rubber band. I had slight worries when putting on the rubber band, but managed it OK without sending the bottle flying across the room. Or "doing a Jon Szanto" as we may now call it.
Last edited by Chrissy; August 18th, 2020 at 02:10 PM.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
TSherbs (August 18th, 2020)
@aurore
I am curious also. I hope that you will publish your results here.
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