How To Evaporate Water From Ink?

[ukobke]

Does anybody know how to evaporate water from ink? I want it to become more saturated....

 

 

 

Is it dangerous ro boil it?

Edited September 19, 2012 by ukobke

[handwriter]

Don't need to boil it, just leave it open. It will evaporate, just slowly.

[JLT]

I second the natural evaporation method but with a twist. I would fix some coffee filter paper over the open bottle (a rubber band will keep it on nicely) to ensure that mold spores don't find their way into the ink. It'll take a couple of days but this method will allow you to test for the desired saturation more conveniently than heating/boiling.

[lapis]

If you have a friend who works in a medical or biochemistry lab, ask them to lyophilize it (but not down to a powder).

 

 

Mike

[Bo Bo Olson]

Simpler to ask for a real supersaturated ink and buy it.

 

Would help to find out what ink don't satisfy you, in case you bought a shading ink by mistake.

[KCat]

boiling is not recommended.

 

evaporation is the way to go following JLT's suggestion.

[fourseamer]

What Bo Bo said. With so many inks to choose from including saturated inks, I'd just buy one instead.

[ukobke]

Thank you all people.

 

I like shading inks most.

 

I ask this for my experiments with inks.

 

Some inks although diluted with water, do not create shading.

 

I just wanted to know if there is a quick method to evaporate it.

[Sasha Royale]

I failed chemistry twice. However, I believe that fountain pen ink is more than

just water and pigment. Would not evaporation also lose certain solvents and

preservatives that benefit the ink and the pen ? How much does evaporation

change the ink pH ?

 

In any case, I would restrict use of "thickened" or "concentrated" inks to a pen

that can be fully disassembled and scrubbed. Like a Parker 45. Sorry for being

such a coward.

 

The safer route might be buying an ink with the desired characteristics.

Ink is cheap.

 

I love fountain pens and fountain pen inks because they are highly refined

technology. I tend to use them unaltered.

[ukobke]

I failed chemistry twice. However, I believe that fountain pen ink is more than

just water and pigment. Would not evaporation also lose certain solvents and

preservatives that benefit the ink and the pen ? How much does evaporation

change the ink pH ?

 

In any case, I would restrict use of "thickened" or "concentrated" inks to a pen

that can be fully disassembled and scrubbed. Like a Parker 45. Sorry for being

such a coward.

 

The safer route might be buying an ink with the desired characteristics.

Ink is cheap.

 

I love fountain pens and fountain pen inks because they are highly refined

technology. I tend to use them unaltered.

 

You are right.

The reason I want to evaporate it is that I added more water to a mixture of inks than what was finally needed. Now I want to evaporate some of the water.

 

 

 

[fiberdrunk]

Does anybody know how to evaporate water from ink? I want it to become more saturated....

 

 

 

Is it dangerous ro boil it?

 

I would let it evaporate. You can rubber-band a paper towel across the top of the bottle to keep the dust and ink beasties out.

[rockspyder]

Surface area and airflow are your friends. Empty the bottle of ink into a large, flat container, like a oven dish or a tray. Speed up evaporation with an electric fan. You'll have your saturation in no time.

Needless to say, keep things clean and work in a dust-free area.

Edited September 20, 2012 by rockspyder

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

I'd like to add a wee suggestion:

When its time to get the ink out of the evaporation vessel, use a syringe to draw-off the main volume, avoiding sediment, floaters or gunk from the sides of the vessel.

Bye,

S1