Parker Super Quink Ink

[quixotemancha]

I have a question about parker super quink ink. How long does it last before it goes bad? I want to buy a few bottle of ink, but I don't want to find out after a year that the ink is not good anymore.

 

Thank you guys for your responds.

Edited September 24, 2009 by quixotemancha

[Gran]

If ink is kept under climate-controlled conditions, and out of bright light, it will last for decades.

 

I have some Quink that is about forty years old, and writes just fine!

 

I'm sure others will report.

[Sandy1]

Hello,

I have never seen nor heard of SUPER Quink, so I will respond in terms of my experience with ordinary Quink.

 

I agree with prior post by Gran, although my experience has to do with 20-year old Quink, and that was an unopened bottle. I have noticed that an opened bottle of permanent Quink BlBk was a tad darker than originally, but over time the Washable Blue didn't seem to change at all.

 

Best Regards,

Sandy1

 

 

 

Slightly off topic: The most recent line of Quink does not designate certain inks as being 'Permanent' or 'Washable'. Also, strangely enough, the recent BlBk comes in 2 versions: one with a UK address, and 'Sanford' on the bottom of the box; the other version comes in a different box, with a French address. The UK version is somewhat lighter in density/saturation, but the colour/tint seems very similar. (Tests done with an inked - not dipped - Lamy Safari on laid paper.) Both bottles are molded on the bottom to read 'France'.

[Chaositech]

I recently obtained a box of 12 72ml plastic bottles of Super Quink. They appear to have been made in Canada and I'm guessing they're about 20-30 years old. I opened one of them and it looks about 60% full. These were supposed to be new old stock so I expect there has been a bit of evaporation.

 

I'm thinking that the phenol, a main part of Solv-x, has probably evaporated too since I don't smell any and it is a known volatile.

 

I'm thinking of adding a couple of drops of phenol solution as a biocide when I reconstitute the ink to its proper dilution.

 

Anyone know any ink chemists?

[CS388]

Anyone know any ink chemists?

 

Head over to the ink forums on FPN - all kinds of alchemy happening there.

 

Not sure if I've ever had Super Quink, but Quink is one of my regular go-to inks.

I did have a large bottle, which I found in my late father's stuff. It was decades old and wrote excellently.

Parker Quink is the only ink I can still find on most UK high streets. It's usually reasonably priced, so I pick up a bottle quite regularly. Great basic ink, imho.

 

Enjoy.