dachemist
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I know someone else (Mikey) posted a ? on the best ink for use in FP's, but I have a different question so I took the liberty of making a new post. In the previous post there were a number of suggestions for a waterproof ink. However I need something "solvent proof". I realized a month or so ago the reason why I haven't won a Nobel yet is simply because I haven't been writing in my lab notebook with a FP. All the great chemists of old surely must have used a FP, therefore I need to as well. I've made a couple of Berea FP's (one assembled, holly, no finish, sort of a prototype) and one of African blackwood (that still awaits finishing). I've tried the ink that came with the kit (i.e. scribbled on a post it note and let it dry for a few days) and it worked fine. I ripped the paper into pieces and rounded up every squeeze bottle of solvent I had (water, methanol, ethanol, acetone, acetonitrile, methylene chloride, hexanes, ethyl acetate) that could possibly drip into my notebook. Not a single one of them "smeared" the ink when rubbed with a finger. There were a few that gave the paper around the writing a blue hue, but the lines remained crisp and clear. All of this would be great, except, the ink is blue. We can only use black ink in our notebooks.
I don't suppose any one happens to know what type of ink is included with the Berea kits? Or a "Name brand" equivalent (in black)?
Thanks.
I don't suppose any one happens to know what type of ink is included with the Berea kits? Or a "Name brand" equivalent (in black)?
Thanks.