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OH, and here are some sample of the reconstituted purple inks.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inklings/slides/2013-Ink_657_6.jpg

 

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inklings/slides/2013-Ink_657_1.jpg

 

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Tests/Fade/2013-Window/Waste_A/slides/2013-Ink_561.jpg

 

 

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Thank you for the experiment and for sharing. It's mind easing. I have a few bottles out, not under direct sunlight or anything, and was wondering whether it will hurt them on the timescale of few years. Glad to know that I'm safe for a while.

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Glad to put your mind at ease.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Agreed, Thank you for running the experiment and posting. You have a lovely ink storage system. :)

 

I wonder what it is that fades when the ink dyes are on paper and exposed to light...

 

It certainly is nice to know that I can display my ink bottles and not have to hide them away in a deep dark cave with no light. :)

 

Awesome post.

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Glad to have been helpful!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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I had been wondering a bit about this -- I have most of the bottles in boxes, but I've been trying out a bunch of samples recently and don't have them all put away yet. They're not in direct sunlight, I don't think, and up until recently I didn't have vial trays in a box either (and some of the other samples are at least a year old).

So this has been a very enlightening thread (no pun intended).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Thank you for this experiment. I'm glad to know that sitting on the shelf for a while won't hurt my ink. The bottles are just too aesthetically pleasing to squirrel away in boxes.

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I think my daughter will still be able to use all the inks I don't finish using in my lifetime. Even though I proudly displayed them. Thank you for the feedback!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Thanks for doing this! The results were very interesting. :thumbup:

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Agreed, Thank you for running the experiment and posting. You have a lovely ink storage system. :)

 

I wonder what it is that fades when the ink dyes are on paper and exposed to light...

 

It certainly is nice to know that I can display my ink bottles and not have to hide them away in a deep dark cave with no light. :)

 

Awesome post.

 

 

My first guess is that it is a combination of the light and the oxygen in the air.

 

If you asked me for a mechanism, my suspicion is that either the light somehow photoactivates the dye molecule which then reacts with oxygen, or even more simply, it may be that in bright sunlight the oxygen molecules split into free radicals/ozone more easily, and these directly attack the dye.

 

One interesting test would be to do a fade test in a nitrogen box!

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My first guess is that it is a combination of the light and the oxygen in the air.

 

If you asked me for a mechanism, my suspicion is that either the light somehow photoactivates the dye molecule which then reacts with oxygen, or even more simply, it may be that in bright sunlight the oxygen molecules split into free radicals/ozone more easily, and these directly attack the dye.

 

One interesting test would be to do a fade test in a nitrogen box!

 

Oxidation of the dye molecules after photoactivation sounds reasonable.

 

On the paper, however, there's the significant effect of the paper itself. For instance, some inks are very sensitive to alkaline environment. They keep nicely in bottles but will show quick color degradation once on the paper even without being exposed to light. This is, for instance, what happens with Waterman Blue-Black.

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Good to know.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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Sweet!!! Im so glad u actually did this experiment. Savoring the results.

THE BOTTLES STAY ON DISPLAY FOR ALL TO SEE!!!!... well not the sunlight...

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Woo hoo, ink bottles are coming out of the closet.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Okay, I was asked for an update --

 

The Lux blue bottle seems to have gone away. The KTC had evaporate back to an ink stone and I'm trying to resurrect it.

 

The brown has shown NO signs of fading whatsoever.

 

The Cartier and Pelikan have not faded, however, they have evaporated.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140712_215810.jpg

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140712_215742.jpg

 

 

20140712_215742.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140712_215735.jpg

 

 

20140712_215735.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140712_205943.jpg

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Inked_Today/slides/20140712_215719.jpg

 

 

20140712_205943.jpg

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Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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