Solvents For Diluting Ink

[dpierrea]

I've had the same problem with W&N inks.

 

Some of them have a great colour (like sepia) but the inks are thick. You can see that when opening the bottle.

 

When I leave the pen uncapped for 20sec it's usually enough for the flow to stop. A dip in water is necessary for it to resume.

 

I injured a finger last fall and could write for 7+ weeks. The pen with W&N sepia was covered in caked ink. I had to soak it for 24 hours. A *lot* a gunk was left at the bottom of the glass.

 

I've tried several things to make it flow better (water, distilled and tap; dish soap) but I'm not satisfied with the result.

 

I'll try Photoflo but it comes in 16oz bottles here. That's probably enough for an Olympic swimming pool's worth of ink.

 

I've been looking at these surfactant threads for a while to finally solve my W&N ink problem...

 

Cheers,

D

 

I've used W&N Sepia in a fountain pen without any problems. I'm surprised to see others say you can't use them in fountain pens.

 

According to someone I talked to in an art store, W&N inks were supposedly okay, as long as you didn't leave the ink in the pen, but flushed the pen out well when you were done. I wasn't sure that was actually the case, so i decided to wait and not buy any (even though they did say on the box that they were FP safe).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth