Re: Ink Reviews: Orange, Apricot Orange, Quick Lime

On Thu, 1 May 2008 12:52:17 -0500, "Bluesea"
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>"The Drunken Lord" <fkrgrrjob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I've got one Herbin ink and I've seen writing samples of a few others
>> and have received vials of a few others, and damn if I know why
>> anybody would want to use that high priced colored water when they can
>> go to the grocery and get food coloring or just write with Kool-Aid...
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>NO! NOT KOOL-AID! OH, THE SUGAR...AUGGHHH!
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>Er...does Kool-Aid have sugar in it or does the sugar have to be added?

You can get it either way.  But if the sugar gums up your pens, it
should dissolve in water.

You know, regarding food coloring--you know they use that stuff as if
it were crystal violet or methylene blue to stain bacteria and that
kind of crap to look at it under a slide.  Maybe next time I'm at the
grocery store I might buy some food coloring and try it out.

Easter egg dye might be worth a shot too.

There is also this outfit called darma trading at www.darmatrading.com
that sells dyes for tie dying in small quantities.