Worst Ink Spill Story

[Erggg]

I don't know if this belongs here, but what's your worst ink spill story?

 

Mine was while I was inking up my Nemosine singularity with Diamond Majestic Blue 30 ml. The bottle tipped over and 2/3 of the bottle spilled out. It got all over my desk, chair, carpet and curtains. While trying to clean up the mess, I only ended up spreading the ink more. I currently his the ink spill by shifting my desk over it. This occurred 5 months ago and the ink stain is still there to this day. Every now and then, I try to blot the ink out. Progress is slowly coming along.

[lapis]

Hmm... My inks have inherited my love of wood. I don't know what the worst case was but here's two....

 

White Forest on the desk:

 

Or Tiananmen on the floor:

 

BTW both wiped off immediately and then washed, but still years later....

[Jan2016]

3 words:

 

Noodler's Baystate Blue

 

[Erggg]

Hmm... My inks have inherited my love of wood. I don't know what the worst case was but here's two....

 

White Forest on the desk:

 

Or Tiananmen on the floor:

 

BTW both wiped off immediately and then washed, but still years later....

How hard was that to clean off the wood?

 

3 words:

 

Noodler's Baystate Blue

 

I once sprayed Noodles HOD all over my white covers because I didn't realize I had some in a syringe.

Edited March 18, 2018 by Erggg

[Almu]

Dropped an open (and almost full) bottle of Sailor Irori just a few weeks ago. Ink everywhere . Oh well, at least the bottle didn't break, and I lost only about half of the ink.

[lapis]

How hard was that to clean off the wood?

It took a few minutes before I could get my hands on the roll of kitchen paper towel and then i soaked up everythging. Washing with just pure warm water washed off a lot but apparently the rest had already just gotten absorbed into the wood. I guess the slight disappearance over the years was due only to light (mainly sunlight on the desk). In the meantime I load my pens (and fill sample vials) exclusivley out of ink bottles on a wide tray which I can w/a wash out later in the sink.

[Chrissy]

I knew I would regret reading this thread. I resolve to be more careful with my inks.

[inkstainedruth]

Nearly full 4-1/2 oz. bottle of Noodler's Kung Te Cheng. Knocked it off the bathroom vanity by accident, and the bottom of the bottle sheared off. Just as I was getting ready to meet people for dinner. Glass everywhere (it's amazing how far glass travels -- there was some behind the toilet! and this with MOST of the bottle still intact ), ink everywhere, the cats being nosy and wanting to come in and "help"....

I think there's still KTC on the side of the bathtub. I KNOW there's still some on the floor tiles next to the vanity.... And that was about 5 years ago....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[KLscribbler]

My worst ink spill to date is detailed in this thread: Kujakunobyl

Not as bad as most of the other stories here, but it was quite some work cleaning that up.

 

In summary: while prying open a stuck bottle cap liner, a clumsy prod resulted in a big glug of ink on my tablecloth and shirt.

 

After a few days of work I managed to almost completely remove the stains from my shirt, but that tablecloth is still faintly blue to this day.

 

When asked about it nowadays, I'll say that I invited a nauseous smurf into my home once...

 

Fortunately, the spilled ink wasn't, say, Sailor Sei Boku. But with that ink (and with Noodler's bulletproofs) I normally fill right next to the bathroom sink, often while in a... um... state of nature. No fabrics to stain then.

[ErrantSmudge]

Nearly full 4-1/2 oz. bottle of Noodler's Kung Te Cheng. [...] ink everywhere, the cats being nosy and wanting to come in and "help"....

 

Did you have little KTC footy-prints all over the house?

[DrDebG]

I think I have been very lucky - or I am just insanely careful (working in a biomedical research facility will do that to you).

 

My worst ink "spill" was when I was in church. This is one of my "absent minded professor" events. I was going to write down a friend's email address, and had my Pelikan 400 out. I was listening intently to the story that my friend was telling. I had already taken the cap of my pen off. And somehow, I forgot that I had already unscrewed the cap - which was in my other hand - and , without looking at what I was doing, I began unscrewing the piston. And the nib was pointed towards me. I squirted and dribbled DeAtramentis Aubergine all over my hands, my gray wool sweater and black wool pants. IAfter I got over the shock, and the cleanup, we all had a good laugh. t never did come out of the sweater or pants.

[ca49reber]

I pulled a drawer of ink bottles out too far & it fell on my kitchen hardwood floor. Six bottles of DeAtramentis ink broke & covered the floor & splattered the wall.

[inkstainedruth]

 

Did you have little KTC footy-prints all over the house?

 

No, fortunately not. But I was more concerned about a sudden visit to the emergency vet's office (instead of meeting people for dinner) from tiny shards of glass in said little footy-prints. Given that *most* of the bottle remained intact, with only maybe the bottom 3/8" inch or so of the bottle shearing off, there was still a LOT of glass.... And it's amazing just how far those little shards can travel....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[JakobS]

I have been pretty lucky with ink spills. I have had none done personally by my hand, but my 2 or 3 yr old niece got hold of a sample of Diamine Grape when visiting once and dumped the whole thing on the carpet, fortunately a few sprays of hydrogen peroxide got it out completely, the carpet could of also been stain resistant too I suppose.

[Corona688]

Not so much ink as ink precursor but I once had a gallon jug of ferric chloride spring a slow leak.

 

There was no saving that corner. It's got a shelf on it now.

[ReadyFireAim]

I've had 3 of these but nothing inside the house.