I Have Blotting Paper. Now What?

[Erasmus]

I ordered some J. Herbin blotting paper with my ink samples from Goulet Pens. It's not what I expected, and I don't know what to do with it. I was thinking that blotting paper would be like the stuff in my Lamy ink bottle: plastic-backed absorbent paper to keep your fingers clean of ink. So what do I do with my fancy-schmancy J. Herbin paper?

[hardyb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotting_paper#Writing

Section 2.4

 

http://www.pendemonium.com/blotters.htm

 

http://wooddeskblotter.com/

[amyx231]

is it cosmetics grade? if so, pass it to nearest teenaged girl.

[MrsGouletPens]

is it cosmetics grade? if so, pass it to nearest teenaged girl.

LOL.

 

No but seriously, you can use a blotter (with the paper) to blot up excess ink off the page. That's what it's made for. Or you can stick the blotting paper between sheets in a notebook if you're on the go and can't wait for the ink to dry without smearing onto the opposite page!

[Shangas]

Blotting-paper is used to soak up excess ink on the page. You write a passage, but the ink isn't drying fast enough. Or maybe you're writing on paper that feathers and bleeds. After writing, you press the blotting-paper on top of the wet ink and you SMOOTHLY and EVENLY apply pressure to the paper to absorb the ink before lifting it up.

 

The blotting should be done smoothly and evenly and with a fluid motion. If you don't hold the paper steady while blotting, your neat handwriting can suddenly look like a smashed cockroach.

[sombrueil]

I keep a cut-to-size piece of blotting paper in my checkbook (yes, I still write checks), another in my rocker blotter on my desk, generally used on letters and envelope addresses, and a whole piece in my journal at the page I last wrote. I use the stuff every day.

[TMA]

I was taught to write with dip pens and glacially-slow drying ink.

We had the pen in our right hand (if we were right-handed, reverse for lefties) and a piece of blotting paper about 4" square in the left. The corner of the blotting paper was held up between thumb and forefinger. As we moved along the line, the left hand rotated the blotting paper onto the ink. Write a few words, blot, write a few words, blot, etc.

 

These days, having a choice of inks, papers and dip pens, I tend to use combinations that don't need blotting. Also, you get a much richer line of ink if you don't blot.

[kernando]

The roll of blotting paper under the Lamy ink isn't for your fingers either.

[Erasmus]

The roll of blotting paper under the Lamy ink isn't for your fingers either.

 

Ok, then, what is it for?

[razors]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotting_paper#Writing

Section 2.4

 

http://www.pendemonium.com/blotters.htm

 

http://wooddeskblotter.com/

 

OH GREAT,now i've discovered rocker blotters..........ebay it is then this evening...thanks a bunch.

Edited February 26, 2011 by razors

[professionaldilettante]

The roll of blotting paper under the Lamy ink isn't for your fingers either.

 

Ok, then, what is it for?

It's to clean off your nib. :roflmho: If it were for your hands, you'd need a role the size of Bounty paper towels or something attached to the bottom of the bottle. Even then, I find I don't need it, since you can't refill it. Howevever, the bottle is wonderful especially if you got some other inks in less than FP friendly bottles.

[Erasmus]

The roll of blotting paper under the Lamy ink isn't for your fingers either.

 

Ok, then, what is it for?

It's to clean off your nib. :roflmho: If it were for your hands, you'd need a role the size of Bounty paper towels or something attached to the bottom of the bottle. Even then, I find I don't need it, since you can't refill it. Howevever, the bottle is wonderful especially if you got some other inks in less than FP friendly bottles.

 

Well that's what I assumed in my first post! So then are there other blotter papers with that plastic lining, or is that not blotter paper at all?

[amyx231]

thats counter/person protector! for lab and dentist use.