A Two Year Odyssey – My Experience With 8 Types Of Permanent Ink – Second Submission

[Vimy13]

Subject: Results of Waterproof Test with 8 permanent inks

 

This is the second submission in a series documenting the use of permanent inks with my fountain pen collection. In the first submission I indicated that pictures of a recently conducted waterproof test would be submitted. Please see files attached to this submission. The first image is a before and the second an after test. The images document how well the 8 inks I will be reviewing did, when submerged in cold tap water for 45 minutes. The inks tested were:

 

- deAtramentis Document Ink Blue

- deAtramentis Document Ink Black

- Montblanc Permanent Black Ink

- Montblanc Permanent Blue Ink

- Montblanc Permanent Grey Ink

- Platinum Carbon Black Ink

- Diamine Registrars Ink

- Private Reserve Invincible Black Ink

 

Waterproof Test Conclusion: 7 of the 8 inks remained virtually unchanged. The only exception was the Montblanc Permanent Black - some ink washed away but the text remained perfectly legible. The paper used was white Cranes Crest 100% Cotton. The inks that I was most impressed with were the deAtramentis (both Blue and Black) and the Private Reserve Invincible Black. More about this in later submissions.

 

 

 

 

 

[mulrich]

This afternoon my daughters spilled a cup of milk on some of my notes made without permanent ink. I've been debating about using only permanent inks just for situations like this, I just have limited experience with them. I like MB permanent blue and just finished a sample of Storia pigmented night blue that was great. I need to find a nice permanent brown to replace MB toffee brown or Herbin Lie de The.

[amberleadavis]

Sorry I missed this test. Thank you for sharing.