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c/fountain-pen-ink-alchemistsuma306uma30623d agoMost Upvoted

My friend told me to always add a drop of dish soap to fix flow issues

She swore by it for any ink that felt too dry, so I tried it with a mix of a blue and a black ink. It worked way too well and turned my pen into a firehose, ruining a whole page in my journal. I learned the hard way that 'a drop' means like, a toothpick tip's worth, not an actual drop from the bottle. Has anyone else messed up a batch by adding too much surfactant?
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matthewp52
matthewp5222d ago
Yeah, that reminds me of the time I tried to fix a squeaky nib and ended up with ink just pouring out.
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daniel511
daniel51122d agoTop Commenter
My bottle of Noodler's Black is still a gusher from a similar mistake last year. That stuff is potent.
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