Does Anyone Use Fountain Pen Ink For Anything Other Than Writing Or Drawing?

[hazcat]

I ask because it is nearing midnight and I still, after a day of housework and cooking, have Pelican 4001 Red stains on my hands. Obviously, this might make a good fake tattoo.

 

Then I thought about the scratches on my car's plastic bumper skin. It probably would not last long, but if my car wanted to be pretty for an occasion, this might be a good "make-up" for my deer magnet nice coupe.

 

Just a funny, inky thought.

[79spitfire]

Nearing midnight and how many??

 

I understand BSB can be used for dying underwear blue...

Edited January 31, 2012 by 79spitfire

[krz]

I've always thought fountain pen ink would make the best looking snow cones.

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

Lamy Green . . .

 

(Ooops - I almost did ink bashing!)

Bye,

S1

Edited January 31, 2012 by Sandy1

[Tweel]

- I just used india ink to touch up some tiny nicks in the black fronts of my stereo speakers, although in this case (wood fiber), I could have used bulletproof black;

- Nathan Tardif has mentioned people using other Noodler's inks as denim dye;

- I think there are Vanishing Point owners with real FP ink tatoos;

- I vaguely recall someone using blue FP ink as a marker in some sort of fluid flow experiment.

Edited January 31, 2012 by Tweel

[Lloyd]

Dessert topping.

[hazcat]

I forgot to mention that the red ink had been on my hands for 14 hours when I posted.

 

I'd had ballpoint fabric enhancements before. I haven't thought of fountain pen ink versions.

 

 

 

Cracking up at ink enhanced snow cones and desserts.

[JimB]

I use it to ruin white shirt pockets and, on occasion, stain some otherwise beautiful oak hardwood floors with black ink drops from dropped pens.

[wallylynn]

I like to squirt it out of my lever-filler!

[Scrawler]

In Russia women dye their hair with it. Raduga-2 Gamma Violet is popular for this purpose, and I am told that more is sold for this than for use as ink. This must be quite a lot, because until recently at least, it was the required ink for school work.

[Lloyd]

I turned my neighbor's Golden Labrador into a Chocolate Labrador.

[KCat]

I have used it to fix spots that accidentally got bleached. (lesson not learned - don't decide to do a last minute cleaning task in a good shirt )

[lapis]

Sure, I use 'em all the time to lend a few new colours to the top of my antique desk and solid wooden floor.

 

Thor

[kestrel]

Weed killer. I had an almost full bottle of (deleted to avoid ink bashing) that had me so infuriated I just stepped outside and dumped the contents. Aggressively dumped the contents. OK, I spread the stuff over a couple of square feet of yard. Within 24 hours sandspurs, dollarweed, grass, dandelions all started to die. It was better than Round-up.

[Scrawler]

Weed killer. I had an almost full bottle of (deleted to avoid ink bashing) that had me so infuriated I just stepped outside and dumped the contents. Aggressively dumped the contents. OK, I spread the stuff over a couple of square feet of yard. Within 24 hours sandspurs, dollarweed, grass, dandelions all started to die. It was better than Round-up.

Is it cost effective compared to Roundup? Any staining problems?

[ajoe]

It's the only way to trick people into putting cranberries on their ice cream.

[hazcat]

OK, I spread the stuff over a couple of square feet of yard. Within 24 hours sandspurs, dollarweed, grass, dandelions all started to die. It was better than Round-up.

 

I wonder if the right color ink could make the dead weeds look like flowers?

 

 

 

Maybe not . . .

[Messmer]

Think I used ink to change the colors of a white flower... Primary school experiment!

[PENitent]

I use it sometimes as a wash on my woodblock prints.

[Sandy1]

OK, I spread the stuff over a couple of square feet of yard. Within 24 hours sandspurs, dollarweed, grass, dandelions all started to die. It was better than Round-up.

 

I wonder if the right color ink could make the dead weeds look like flowers?

 

 

 

Maybe not . . .

Diamine Deep Magenta

 

Maybe . . .