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Because your Garvey is just an analine dye ink. All analine dyes are fugitive -- ie, they fade in light over time. The adivce is right: just read back a little and you'll learn about everything you need to know. Besides, you should be making your own ink, slapnuts. :king: Hey, guys, I'm not dead, just really busy with the new job. Been getting a lot of painting done, though. For my friend in England: I'm really going to send out that package, so don't lose hope. I'm just off track a little... Be seeing you.

You don't even really need to add the methyl violet to this because Garvey is a methyl violet ink. I rock a Garvey/Nero mix all the time and I love it. Even half and half mixes of it look great. Got an OTR160 with that mix in my pocket right now, along with my Leeho full of basic black and a fluor yellow Sakura Solid. Standard equipment, yo. Be seeing you.

Re: CAR PAINT? I've used car paint, but only because a buddy of mine had a paint booth and he would throw me his leftovers. That shit is hella expensive -- like more expensive than 1-Shot or Ronan even. I thinned it with some turpentine and Stoddard, just like normal. Treat it just like you would sign painter's paint. Some of it is fairly translucent, so you might need to add some neutral (white) base to it so that you'll get opaque colour. Be seeing you.

Re: potas permang OK, you're getting a chemical reaction that basically shouldn't be happening. I doubt if it would really do any good. We've covered the fact that permanganate doesn't dissolve in alcohol and my experience with glycols echoes Rubbish's. The best choice with permanganate is to take a given volume of acetone -- say, half a pint or sommat. Then, dissolve some PP in it. Keep on putting in PP until no more will dissolve in the acetone. May take days... Now, you've got some "super acetone" to add to your ink. Plus, the acetone will bind polar solvents and keep everything mixed. I wouldn't use more than 25% in anything because acetone loves to eat plastic... PP doesn't have to seep into a surface to mar it. It works by oxidising the surface. Actually, if you had your PP suspended in DOT-3 it probably wouldn't work as well, because the PP couldn't oxidise the ground. I maintain, together is useless -- use one or the other. Be seeing you.

Throw in a little shellac and a splash of acetone and watch it get almost as much shine as krink... BTW, from whom did you get that methyl violet? I can't read the full URL on the bottle... Be seeing you. PS Back after a downright shit of a workweek -- I didn't have to work Monday, but by Thursday I already had 34 hours. Ouch.

Holy shit, Drunk Sober! That might just be one of the most awesome things I have ever seen. :D Just need to come up with a 3-foot-high tag to go with it... Be seeing you.

Poor Montana -- getting as bad a rep as OTR HTB! :lol: Honestly, I like it. It dries thick and black. Since I doctor the shit out of about every ink I use, it doesn't matter how easy it is to buff. However, the shit is way overpriced. Of course, it would only be $17.50 a litre if Montana NA actually carried it... Be seeing you.

Get that out to you. Why does Nero smell so good? That's my problem with Marsh, Pilot and Montana -- one whiff and you're busted. Especially with the Montana, which has to be one of the most vile smelling inks I've ever used. That and OTR HTB. One fellow on here (can't remember who -- sorry!) suggested adding some oil of eucalyptus, but even that can't tame the stink of Marsh or Pilot. Be seeing you.

OK, took a little more time to think about this. Since it only decomposes in alcohol that makes using alcohol a bit useless. So, you're on the right track. I would dissolved as much permanganate as possible into a given volume of acetone. Say, 100ml. Add some PP and get it to dissolve. Add more, do the same. Do this until no more will dissolve. Filter out the chunks and save your "super acetone" to add to inks. Not too much. Maybe instead of using straight alcohol in ink recipes, one could use 25% of the acetone/PP and 75% alcohol. I've got inks that have around 25% total volume of acetone and they don't melt the marker (yet). If this is confusing, as I've had a tendency to be the last couple of days, feel free to ask away. I haven't messed with permanganate in a long time. Looks like I need to buy some and get working... :idea: Be seeing you.

The interference colours are hella dope. All of them will flow through markers fine. I thought that the macropearl wouldn't, but it will through a valve marker. I wouldn't go more than 10% on the shellac. That's the most I tend to put in my recipes. If you're adding shellac, try adding up, but not more than, 5% acetone to help it all stay mixed. Be seeing you.

"Masstone" is paint makers' talk for straight opaque colour -- not pastel or transparent. Be seeing you.

That's what good oxidisers are for. Strip the ink right out of yer sink. I use that Clorox gel stuff and it seems to burn almost everything right out... Be seeing you.

Heh! Masstone colours rockin' some ass. Nice. Be seeing you.

Werd. And "Viking" is a hella kewl tag. [jealous] Be seeing you.

But, remember, you only use a very little bit of acetone or you will melt your marker. Acetone is vile to plastics and you don't really want more than 10% in your recipe. You raise a valid point, though. I don't know how much acetone would be the proper amount. Experiment. Now I've got to think more. Thanks. :D OK, perhaps it would be good to make two mixes. One would be the acetone/permanganate and the other would be the alcohol/permanganate. Then, use those instead of regular alcohol and acetone in your mixes. That way, you've got some oxidiser acting on your surface no matter what. Be seeing you.