Mixing Diamine Orange with SwishMix Apricot Orange

Don't. They don't play well together.

While waiting for my Falcon and cartridge to soak clean, I decided to
brighten up my pen with SwishMix Apricot Orange by topping off the cartridge
with Diamine Orange. I aspirated the ink mixture back into the syringe a few
times to mix it well.

The pen wrote almost an entire line before stopping completely.

After flushing the pen and cartridge and letting them air-dry awhile, I
mixed the Apricot Orange with Conway Stewart Orange, 3:2.

Much better. I want to try a ratio of 4:1 next time, but at least my pen
works again.

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On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:22:20 -0500, "Bluesea"
wrote:


Don't. They don't play well together.

While waiting for my Falcon and cartridge to soak clean, I decided to
brighten up my pen with SwishMix Apricot Orange by topping off the cartridge
with Diamine Orange. I aspirated the ink mixture back into the syringe a few
times to mix it well.

The pen wrote almost an entire line before stopping completely.

You know, I've had this happen with mixes before and just put some
soap in the cartridge and it cleared up. But not every time.

You might want to try some Noodler's yellow as a mixer. Thing is, you
could probably just use inkjet yellow as long as you weren't going
heavy on it.

After flushing the pen and cartridge and letting them air-dry awhile, I
mixed the Apricot Orange with Conway Stewart Orange, 3:2.

Much better. I want to try a ratio of 4:1 next time, but at least my pen
works again.

"The Drunken Lord" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:22:20 -0500, "Bluesea"
wrote:


Don't. They don't play well together.

While waiting for my Falcon and cartridge to soak clean, I decided to
brighten up my pen with SwishMix Apricot Orange by topping off the
cartridge
with Diamine Orange. I aspirated the ink mixture back into the syringe a
few
times to mix it well.

The pen wrote almost an entire line before stopping completely.

You know, I've had this happen with mixes before and just put some
soap in the cartridge and it cleared up. But not every time.

It's better to use detergent because soap build-up isn't good for fps.

You might want to try some Noodler's yellow as a mixer. Thing is, you
could probably just use inkjet yellow as long as you weren't going
heavy on it.

Thanks.

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~~Bluesea~~
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