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Another Ink Test for Waterproofness, Testing Seven Inks

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Well time for another soak test with some of the new inks purchased recently. This time most of my pens are filled with blues of one sort or another. Here is the list:

  • Noodlers Blue Black (rated Near Bulletproof by Noodlers)
  • Diamine Prussian Blue
  • Noodlers Legal Lapis (rated Bulletproof by Noodlers)
  • Noodlers Black (rated Bulletproof by Noodlers)
  • Waterman Blue Black
  • Waterman Florida Blue
  • Noodlers Blue

Here is the "Before" scan of the inks written out on a clean white grid paper. For what it's worth these colours look fairly accurate on my monitor.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa230/Video11/20070610InkScanBefore001-1.jpg

 

And then the paper was sliced vertically the length of the page...

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa230/Video11/IMG_4491.jpg

 

The right hand half of the paper was submerged in a sink of water...

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa230/Video11/IMG_4504.jpg

 

And left to soak for about 15 minutes. Here is a picture showing the blue in the Noodlers Blue Black floating off the page...

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa230/Video11/IMG_4514.jpg

 

After letting the page dry it was taped back together and scanned once more.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa230/Video11/20070610InkScanAfter001-1.jpg

 

The Waterman inks faired worse, almost disappearing from the page. The bulletproof and near bulletproof Nooders did excellently, as expected. The Diamine surprised me still, it did wash out some but is still perfectly legible. I love the Diamine Prussian Blue, it has good flow, is an excellent colour for me and now shows that it will survive a soaking. If anything I write needs to survive a soaking.

 

Enjoy,

 

Rick

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This is very interesting. I am surprised that the Diamine Prussian Blue did so well! It is interesting that, with some of the Noodler's "near bulletproof" inks, the color washes away or feathers badly, leaving the black. I have noticed this in other combinations as well.

 

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Thanks for an interesting test. I have been using Legal Lapis for several months and I have been please with it. It looks loke Noodler's Black will also be a good option.

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Thanks for your efforts, Rick. Very nice test. Several noodlers colors are like this.

Aircorp BB is the same, the turquoise part leaves but the black part stays indelible.

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This is a great test, and a wonderful idea to split the paper in half and set them side-by-side after the test for a good comparison.

 

Great work! :clap1: :clap1:

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Thank you for doing this. It helps with those ink decisions.

May you have pens you enjoy, with plenty of paper and ink. :)

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Always the show-off eh?

 

Well, if you really want to test some blue ink, you know where to find me!

 

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Thank you for this test.

 

Your ink tests are always very useful. I like reviews with waterproof tests and different brands. Excellent :thumbup:

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