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Overheard a weird tip about ink mixing at the local pen shop
I was picking up some paper at Pen Haven yesterday and heard a guy telling the clerk he adds a single drop of distilled water to his shimmer inks after they sit for a month. He said it keeps the particles from clumping at the bottom of the bottle without changing the color much. I tried it with a sample of a popular gold shimmer ink that had gotten thick, and after 3 days it flowed way better in my pen. Has anyone else tried this trick with other types of ink, like ones with sheen?
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walker.rowan27d ago
wade_hall, you remind me of this guy I knew who swore by adding a splash of vinegar to his car's radiator because it "cleaned things out" - ended up eating through a hose in two weeks. That ink trick sounds risky, especially with sheened inks that already have a delicate balance of dyes and solvents. One drop of water might work on shimmer but messing with a chemically complex sheen ink is asking for trouble, best to just shake the bottle and move on.
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wade_hall3mo ago
Honestly that whole story just shows how people love a quick fix. We see it with everything from car repairs to home cooking, right? Someone finds a shortcut that works once and suddenly it's gospel, even if it ruins things for the next ten people. Water in ink feels like that, a tiny change that could go perfectly or turn into a huge mess. Why do we always gamble with the stuff we care about just to save a little effort?
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