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I Am Looking For A Waterproof Teal


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Hello

 

I love teal ink. Diamine Teal is my teal ink... HOWEVER, I need a Teal waterproof ink or water-resistant. If I can't find something that is true waterproof I will take a water-resistant ink.

 

I am getting a list together and then I will get try some samples.

 

So Far:

 

KWZ IG Turquoise

KWZ Iron Gall Green 1

 

Noodler's 54th Massachusetts (needs to add some yellow)

Noodler's Air-Corp. Blue Black

 

Are there more out there?

 

I need this January, so I have time. Thanks!!!!

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You might try Noodlers Prime if the Commons (Pure Pens exclusive).

It's a cracking ink.

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Koh-I-Noor document blue writes teal (or close to teal) when fresh. If you let it sit in the pen it may oxidyze and become darker, though.

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If you can handle the maintenance due dilligence, you can look at iron gall inks; Rohrer & Klinger Salix. You can also check out De Atramentis document inks and Sailor nano inks like Sei-boku; keep in mind you can also try and mix some of these inks to get the color of teal that you want.

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I don't think of Salix as being teal. My first suggestion would have been 54th Massachusetts, but Starrfish has already discounted it; so I'm thinking that Sailor Seiboku might be a good one to have a look at (although I don't know how water resistant/waterproof it is -- I'm not a great fan of teal inks in general, so I prefer Souboku).

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I don't think of Salix as being teal. My first suggestion would have been 54th Massachusetts, but Starrfish has already discounted it; so I'm thinking that Sailor Seiboku might be a good one to have a look at (although I don't know how water resistant/waterproof it is -- I'm not a great fan of teal inks in general, so I prefer Souboku).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Sailor sei boku's color depends on the paper. In some it looks teal- ish , in others light blue. But it's very water resistant.
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I don't think of Salix as being teal. My first suggestion would have been 54th Massachusetts, but Starrfish has already discounted it; so I'm thinking that Sailor Seiboku might be a good one to have a look at (although I don't know how water resistant/waterproof it is -- I'm not a great fan of teal inks in general, so I prefer Souboku).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

You're quite right, I was thinking along the lines of blue-blacks. But R&K blau permanent or blue mare may be more teal-ish.

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Is Noodlers Legal Lapis teal?

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KWZ IG Turquoise would be my choice, will darken with oxidation a bit, but will still have a fair bit of teal in the final color. Nice wet, and well behaved ink.

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One part Noodler's Bad Blue Heron and one part Noodler's Bad Green Gator. It produced a nice teal for me. YMMV. Get samples and save a little of each for tweaking.

 

Waterproof, laser proof and such....

Rick

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Another vote for SeiBoku. It's a great performer and very water resistant, completely water proof with some paper/pen combinations. It is not teal like Diamine Teal is (great choice, btw), but has a definite teal lean to it. Sailor Miruai is far from waterproof, but will be readable (if messy) after casual spills.

Yet another Sarah.

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I use my Iron Galk Blue Black + Carbon Black mix for these needs I just kind of had them 1:1 but really exact.

Which iron gall blue black? Platinum,,?
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For quite some time I've been looking for a waterproof version of yama-dori.

 

Finally am happy with a 50/50 mixture of de atramentis document green and blue with a few drops of d.a. document black. It's teal, closer to yama-dori then SeiBoku and totally waterproof. As a matter of fact, it's anything-proof.

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You can mix Sailor Sei-Boku nano-pigment with some Sailor pigment Storia Baloon Green to get a teal to your liking. There's also a Sailor Storia pigment blue, which could be mixed with their pigment green as well. I've done this with no negative consequences. Highly water-resistant and also fading resistant.

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