Timeline for Are there any "permanent" or close to permanent rollerball inks?
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| Jan 1, 2021 at 12:04 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
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| Oct 17, 2020 at 8:34 | comment | added | Elmy♦ | Well, graphite and charcoal pencils are extremely lightfast and waterproof, but prone to smearing. If you're comfortable to move away from the ball pens, this is a very cheap and good alternative. Apart from that, good old iron gall ink was favored for several hundred years because it was the most lightfast and waterproof ink at the time. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 13:32 | comment | added | binarylegit | Since I'm thinking primarily of journaling, my main concern is for waterproofness and that the ink won't fade (that it will stay legible). I have a journal from ten years ago that was written in ballpoint ink and it is now a faint yellow, I'd like to avoid that. Withstanding UV would be nice but isn't critical since the journals will generally be closed. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 7:08 | comment | added | virolino | I guess "permanent" refers to water-resistent. I am interested in the subject too. During university, a colleague used to use a black ink, water-resistent. To prove, he would spit on the written paper, "massage" the area, and the ink was perfectly unaffected. Later I asked him about it, but he did not remember any more what he used. So the info is (temporarily?) lost. We were using "normal" fountain pens, not roll balls. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 5:59 | comment | added | Elmy♦ | How permanent do you need the ink to be? Most paints and inks are damaged by UV light or by acids in the paper, so where/how do you want to store your journals and how long do you need the writing to last? Would changes in color be accaptable as long as the writing stays legible? | |
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