Filtering ink for a fountain pen - DIY carbon ink?

[@karigori6415]

This has gotta be one of the most creative uses for a KN95 I've seen in a while. If things were to get dire, I'd run this filtered sumi ink through an old kakuno or something, those are easy to take apart and clean. Good vid!

[@TheFutureLooksGrimm]

I clicked on this video because it reminded me of little secret I learned about how comic book studios and artists would eventually take the ink bottles left open air while working, dump them all at the end of the day into a big bottle, which would eventually be funneled through cheesecloth into a new big bottle to then freshly refill a ton of cleaned smaller ink bottles. This kept the ink fresh. I read this in “The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood” Vol 1.

[@Ensensu2]

Ah, is that because the carbon particles will eventually congeal no matter what chemical tricks you try to do with any ink and need to be filtered out to maintain a uniform particle size?

[@rdfjfgjyfdhfghy67456]

this is such a fun video! thank you for sharing❤

[@hameedn.b7004]

Those are some serious findings

[@spicyfam2498]

Alrighttt, while i was trying to to filter ink with a mask the same brand you used i forgot to wet the mask first so after waiting for about 20 minutes it was not being filtered 😅. After fixing my mistake it started filtering but i also needed to cut the mask in the middle inside with a scissor because it has a hydrophobic layer that needed to be removed. I used a needle to insert the ink in my ink capsule thingy and as soon as i write with it with my pilot kakuno . It worked! Now im gonna leave it and see what it does to the fountain pen.

[@Elvraie]

That's a very interesting experiment. Great sketches, by the way. Have a great week.

[@spicyfam2498]

HAHA, this is great! Finally, i dont need to buy about 30 dollars for a bottle ink

[@ivanpr9525]

Making your own ink is a slippery slope, but quite interesting

[@jonmahashintina]

where are you getting water resistant sumi from? i tried a hack recently with gum arabic and crushed up vine charcoal to make a watercolour. not sure why im mentioning it. guess i just wanted to brag about my own exploits.

[@Ashsibe]

Its cheap sumi from daiso. I would call it water resistant if you don't physically tamper with it. Like by brushing many times. Still much better than a dye ink. Nice experiment. In my first failed attempt to make carbon ink for a fountain pen I put charcoal in an old blender mixed with water. It was very black. But after I filtered it with a kn95 mask it was only light gray. The blender didn't make very tiny pigment particles.

[@jonmahashintina]

@@Ashsibe i guess if it was as simple as blending it, those sumi sticks would be more popular. i think it takes a while to make much ink with those sumi stick kits, so i dont think id recommend it.

[@mchlup]

What model is your Jinhao? I can't seem to find it online on Amazon.

[@solitaryascidian]

It looks like a 777

[@anandarochisha]

I have a plastic funnel..