Is It Okay To Mix J. Herbin Scented Inks?

[Zilknitha]

I was wondering if it okay to mix j.herbin's scented inks with each other, or with another ink? I have a bottle of amber orange that I love, but wish it had a slightly stronger colour.

 

Any suggestions, or should I leave it be and just change the paper that I use?

[Algester]

normally no the scent is technically an oil based fluid well technically most scents are oil based some are water but they react very badly with other inks just so you know

[flyingfox]

I have a set of 5 little bottles (10ml/ ea.) of J. Herbin scented ink. I think they use a special formula to make them safe... i LOVE scented ink in general, I also have a whole bunch by De Atramentis.

 

Since the purple was about the only one I could use it "as is", I have been mixing all other colors little by little, to make them usable. No negative results yet.

 

So far... I mixed the orange with a bit of red (from a cartridge- after opening the cartridge, I used the syringe to transfer about half of the ink into a vial, then filled the cartridge back with the J. Herbin orange ink.) I mixed the green apple one (which looks more like a yellow) with Pelikan turquoise, approx. 1:1, to make it into a teal. I also mixed the red rose with Bleu Myosotis, approx. 1:1, to make a purplish color. I am hoping to use them all up eventually, so that I will be able to reuse these bottles, as those are pretty good/ easy to fill up my pens from!

[amberleadavis]

Use general mixing rules. Don't mix in the pen, mix in small quantities. Wait for a day. Try it out on a dip pen, then in an easy to clean pen.