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Hello, ink chemists! Recently, I've been thinking a lot about ink mixing, and stumbled upon the idea of making my own shimmer ink(Adding glitter particulate to an ink) Has anyone tried this before? If so, what were the results? What glitters would work best in pens?(Specific micron measurement of the particles that worked best?) My plan was to use mica powders, particularly because of the holographic options. Any experiences or ideas with using mica specifically? Thanks!

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Hi. Did you try this? What was the result?

My feeling is it will ruin the pen after a while. Might be still worth trying with a cheap pen (like Jinhao x450 from Aliexpress).

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There was some thread to this effect awhile back, but I don't remember offhand what the title of the thread was. You might try PM'ing Sailor Kenshin, who had been doing some similar experiments, IIRC.

Me, I figure I'll let the pen companies do the work for me -- there are several out there now besides J Herbin (Diamine has a whole line, some of which are quite nice, and De Atramentis was doing stuff with other colors of glitter/dust besides gold and silver, although I haven't yet had a chance to try any of the samples I got).

In my experience, having a base ink color you like is a definite plus -- which is why I had zero interest in the Herbin Emeralds of Chivor, but couldn't wait to get my hands on Stormy Grey.

I will say that any of those types of inks get limited pens that are easier to flush, and have nibs which bring out those types of ink to better advantage (the original formula of Herbin Rouge Hematite -- with the big gold flakes -- ONLY goes into a cheap Chinese pen with a fude nib).

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Also, HalloweenHJB did this too. We found that eyemakeup that was loose or the cake glitter did work. SUPER TINY

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I mixed ink with gum arabic and metallic (brass) particles but only used it with dip pens. Worked fine. Particles were 42 and 35 micrometers.

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I let a shimmer ink settle out in a sample vial and take off the ink on top of it. Wash shimmer a few times with water to remove color and let it settle down again. Remove water then add the ink I want to it to make it shimmer.

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