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!
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
Making your own ink is a slippery slope, but quite interesting
That's a very interesting experiment. Great sketches, by the way. Have a great week.
HAHA, this is great! Finally, i dont need to buy about 30 dollars for a bottle ink
Those are some serious findings
I have a plastic funnel..
What model is your Jinhao? I can't seem to find it online on Amazon.
It looks like a 777
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.
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.
@@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.