Platinum carbon ink and watercolors

Platinum carbon ink is a carbon based pigment ink. So I should be good for watercolors right? Or 'watercolours' depending on where you live. I live in a 'watercolour' country but I do appreciate the brevity of American english.

Note: You could also just do your line art after the watercolouring. Then you could use any ink you like as no water will be messing it up. That's not a process I like though because I like to do pencils before hand as a guide, which I want to erase after the inking is done. I don't want to rub an eraser over a finished piece.

[danieljamesbinderystu]

I use Rotring black drawing ink in everything. I use it in fountain pens, gold nib flex pens, brush pens, fountain brush pens, even in airbrush. It is waterproof, truly waterproof... and remains waterproof after years. Most inks like carbon black, DeAtramentis archive ink, etc etc... even my Kuretake black ink 60... are waterproof at 1st, but after a couple of years... they lose their waterproof capabilities. Rotring is also archival and lightfast btw. As a full time professional artist and Bookbinder myself, I swear by it! I also love eon's vortex ink... made by a professional comic book art supplies company... but that ink as well, falls victim to losing its waterproof capabilities, after a couple of years. Test your older "waterproof" inks... and you will find they smear in water now.... unfortunately. Thanks for the video mate, cheers

[TinRoofVintage]

"Every computer nerd knows blue means death." I laughed ... I forgot about the "blue screen of death" on those old DOS-based computers! 😄 Thank you for the ink review ... I can now stop agonizing about which ink is compatible with what pen. Any one will do with this ink! I think the ink may not bleed as much on certain types of paper ... my waterproof rollerballs seem to bleed more on mixed media than watercolor paper. New sub here. Blessings from Texas USA 🌹

[Iwanttodrawachicken]

Great video as always.

My very first fountain pen had instructions for filling where we remove the converter, fill with the piston, then put it back in the pen. It was 20 years before I learned most people fill through the nib. I'm not a big fan of filling through the nib because it's difficult when the bottle is low and there's a lot of ink waste when cleaning up after filling.

[dl]

It is my understanding that what makes technical pen ink waterproof is the shellac in it (not because it is pigment ink, although that sure helps, I am sure). This Platinum Carbon doesn't have a binder (ie shellac) in it, I have been told, and so it is impressive that it still manages to be mostly waterproof. I just got some because I want to use it in technical pens without them drying/clogging as often

[edmundronald]

I find ink movement depends a lot on the paper. Possibly this ink is the best general purpose write/draw ink, but it may be necessary in the end to get a Platinum pen to go with it; I got their desk pen but my capless is much nicer, possibly I’ll have to get a broader nib though just for this ink, it flows a bit less than Pilot black.

[thanatos]

Have you considered going through the drawabox.com drawing lessons and vlogging your experience?

[samia]

Thanks for the in-depth analysis of the platinum carbon ink. What is your favourite waterproof fountain ink besides this one? I want to buy one but this one seems to be a bit pricey, so I am looking for other options. Thanks

[StinkersMcPoopers]

I found I have to let it dry for 12+ hours before adding water.