Baystate Blue - Uv Max Exposure

[Safari_Camo]

This is my first review post, English is not my native tongue, so be kind please

 

A sample of Baystate Blue was exposed to extreme UV levels in summer season in my country (Perú).

Below is a table with the UV index, so you can get the idea.

 

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/indiceUV.jpg

 

From the UV scale 1 ~ 12 the sample exposed to 11 ~ 13 level for three consecutive days, my initial plan was to leave the sample for a whole week,

but after the third day I thought it was enough, America UV index has only 11 levels, in the southern hemisphere the highest level is 14 !!!

(Earth conditions are degrading in alarming way).

 

My City UV Index:

 

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/lima_uv_index.png

 

I know this is not a scientific was to make experiments, but this experiment is with common house ware items.

 

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/IMG_0398.jpg

 

The sample was exposed to plain sunlight inside a room with a 68 % ~ 78 % humidity and 24 ~ 27 °C, the paper is a 90 gram Brazilian bond paper.

Two samples were placed in the paper, a sample (exposed to the sun) and another (covered the whole process of the experiment inside of a leaflet).

 

The write sample was made with a Platinum Preppy 0.5 nib size and Baystate Blue ink.

 

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/muestra_01.png

 

The result was interesting, some fade in the hue of the sample is evident, as well as the paper presents some "burning" or photo-sensible effect.The left

sample looks like a R&K Salix colour ink.

 

 

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i455/rendergroup/Fountain%20Pen/muestra_02.png

 

Final comments, trust me, the UV exposure in the southern hemisphere is very,very strong, every year the UV index increases in alarming rate.

 

 

 

The next "volunteer" for this UV test will be Noodler's X Feather.

Stay tuned

[JefferyS]

Thanks for the report. At least the bleached side still looks blue, just not bright blue.

[ravantra]

Wow that is a big change for 3 days! At least it did not disappear and is still legible.

[RobbW]

UV brings out the shading in BSB! lol

 

I like the new color. It reminds me of a more traditional iron gall ink. But yeah, that's a lot of degradation.

 

Be careful down there in the sun!

[Yoda4561]

Yep, that's Baystate Blue. After a week or two it would have faded to a light grey or barely legible shadow on the paper.

[mirosc]

thank you - I have right now something similar on my windowsill. Let's see when BSB is going to fade... Luckily I'm in Europe, so it won't be as dramatic.

[amberleadavis]

I'm so sad that BSB fades. I've already discovered it to be true, but I'm not giving it up because the color is amazing.

[mirosc]

After 3 months in winter on the windowsill BSB has gone almost completely. But the "protected" BSB inside my books only became a bit darker, but is still very bright.

I still love BSB - especially with 1.1 italic for short notices for my coworkers: they just can't ignore it :-)