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sallen
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Sep 8, 2016
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I use both Lamy and Parker Quink inks for my journaling when I use FP. Since I live in the soggy Pacific Northwest, I have to be sure my inks are fairly resistant to water as occasionally I get caught in a rain shower. Some of the no-name-brand FP ink in Ebay has been horrid for water resistance. I once mistakenly set a beer bottle wet with condensation on a page (thankfully not a journal page) and watched the ink flow away even though the writing was several months old. Thankfully, it was in a part I had already transferred to digital.
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Sep 8, 2016
dementia
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Sep 11, 2016
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sallenSo Lamy is waterproof or water resistant?
Sep 11, 2016
sallen
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Sep 12, 2016
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dementiaMost of my Lamy ink is somewhat water resistant when I use drier nibs. Using my wetter nibs, the Lamy ink does tend to wash out a bit, but still leaves enough that I can read most of it after a dousing. Parker Super Quink Black, Pelikan Royal Blue, Herbin Poussiere de Lune and Bleu Nuit are the four of my most used inks for journaling. Most are fairly water resistant to some degree, but I have learned to wrap my journals in plastic bags just in case I get drenched again. JetPens did a real good test on many inks for water proofness. http://www.jetpens.com/blog/waterproof-fountain-pen-inks/pt/829
Sep 12, 2016
SeadonkeyLove
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Jan 18, 2018
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sallenOutstanding advice.
Jan 18, 2018
j-e-g
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Jan 19, 2018
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sallenJust revisiting this topic - ( evil eye @SeadonkeyLove ). I thought I’d share a small something that I find works well for me. Granted, I am not writing a book or journaling my daily events.. both would be a very dull read. Thinking about the permanence or lack of with most inks... I thought I’d share what works for me. I have found that using Noodler’s Lexington Gray with color inks does help make the mixture pretty water tolerable. I won’t go so far as to say it isn’t at all affected by water, but it stands up to water drop/smear really well. Not to mention that you can get some terrific colors specific to your liking. I mix Lexington Gray with blues, reds, greens, browns .. the possibilities are endless. The two I use most often mixing it with blue and purple inks. A perfect blue-black and a deep, dusky purple. They make beautiful, water resistant inks that show excellent shading and character. @pharaonis did a great review of Diamine’s Sepia ink and mentioned thinking sepia would be a darker brown. I haven’t tried that particular ink, but I think sepia mixed with Lex-Gray would make a very unique color with some improved permanence. I have used Lex-Gray with DeAtramentis Gold and made a beautiful golden brown.. that isn’t going to completely wash away. I can do a water test with them if anyone is interested... or, not. I’ll just drop that tid bit right here and tip toe off.... Forgot to add that Noodler’s describes Lexington Gray as Bullet Proof. The Jet Pens tests sallen shared indicated it was Highly Water Resistant.
Jan 19, 2018
SeadonkeyLove
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Jan 19, 2018
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j-e-gVery interesting!
Jan 19, 2018
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