Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Leave the formula as is and just add a little Eboni.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Paul <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:

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> Paul,
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> I've gathered all my ingredients, syringes etc and am ready to mix up the
> C6b. (By the way I found a great source for 35 ml syringes... the local
> ranch supply store here in Billings, Montana. They had them for $1.19, and
> are used for cattle! I already have the blunt needles.)
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> I'll be using the C6b in my color position carts and I want my nozzle
> checks to be visible. So I'd like to add a ml or two of Eboni black to the
> 500 ml of C6b. Should I alter the recipe, say a mil or two less of
> distilled water, or a mil or two less of something else? Or should I simply
> leave the recipe the way it is and add the Eboni "on top" of my mix?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark
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> > > ... I want to mix up Paul Roark's C6c base, which calls for glycerol.
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> > > pharmacy only stocks glycerine... is that the same thing?
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> > Yes, glycerine = glycerol (aka glycerin). See
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol
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> > Note also footnote 8 of http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf.
> > I use 99.7% pure. I'm not sure what purity is needed. Someone once
> > commented that Walmart had glycerin. I went into one and looked at what
> > they had. It appeared to me that it was simply a cosmetic that was mostly
> > glycerin, but it had other things in it to make it smell nice, etc. I
> > suppose nice smelling ink is OK, but I don't know what affect other
> > chemicals might have. So, I'd stay with as high a purity as is
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> > available. Overall the ink cost is going to be so low as to not be much
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> > a factor in printing.
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> > Also, unless you are going to print on Arches watercolor paper, there is
> > no need to go to the C6c version with the additional surfactant in it.
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> > Good luck with the mixing.
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> > Paul
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