![]() ![]() Until next time, I wish you all happy lettering. Plus, you can use them to fill your nib with ink. They work great because ink doesn’t stick to the glass rods, so they are easy to clean up. He scored the rod with a glass cutting tool and used a pair of glass breaking plyers to make a clean cut. I usually just dip directly into the bottle, but when the ink level is low, it is easier to use the glass rod. Looking for a good glass rod? Rich bought several long ¼” glass rods from Amazon and cut them down to about 3”. Once it was ready to use, I used my glass stirring rod to put the ink on the pen nib. It also came back to life and lettered nicely. I had the same problem with the French Lavender. All of the Ziller acrylic inks will reconstitute with water, including the pastels. ![]() If you don’t have a stirring rod, you can use a swizzle stick used for stirring drinks, the end of your pen holder or even a small screwdriver. ![]() Then as it softened, I smashed it and stirred it with my ¼” glass stirring rod. Thankfully I had 2 weeks before the order was due! Add Waterįirst, I added water. The Speedball Super Black India Ink is a free flowing, non-clogging, dye free, ink that offers optimum lightfastness. That is what happened to one of my special reds that I had mixed for a customer who doesn’t place frequent orders. But like all of us – a bottle will dry up. I will add water to those jars that are thickening up. I try to check the ink colors that I use rarely at least once every six months. This can happen when we don’t put the lid on tight enough, or when there is crusted ink that prevents a good tight seal, or you have just not used the ink in a long time. We all have those frustrating times when you go to use a bottle of ink and it has dried up – me included. In the next blog, I will show her beautiful marbled papers. She also made some beautiful marbled papers and paste papers with the Ziller acrylic inks. She tested the inks using all kinds of nibs, both pointed and broad. Karen Ter Haar was one of our ink testers in 1998-1999. Hello All - My wife and I were at an antiques store and came across a large, black Speedball fountain pen with a gold band around the cap, and a very odd brass stick-like protrusion that extends out along the nib, which also sticks out quite a ways. stubborn and old dried-on Indian and Permanent inks from your dip pen nibs. An artist gave me the tip when I went to a computer meeting and was talking about the inks.” Check out our india ink markers selection for the very best in unique or. The ink works as good as it did originally when I have tried it. If you have a few hours, add water and stir occasionally. The black of the ink matches perfectly the black sections of the. A couple of very thin coats and a final polish with fret doctor and fine steel wool did the trick fantastically. I decided to use some Higgins India ink (sold by Stewmac and others). If you are in a hurry, crush the ink into small pieces, add water and stir. The ebony was of good quality but not uniformly black with tan, grey and pale maroon streaks. “Guess what? Just add water to the jar and the ink will become liquid again. How many of you have faced the problem of dried ink? Karen Ter Haar, Melbourne, Australia wrote: ![]()
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