Comments about Speedball Super Black Waterproof India Ink:

I bought the 16 fl oz bottle months ago at the Boston location. When I first started using it, the ink was great. Completely waterproof. Now, suddenly, it smears dramatically when I go to wet the paper. It doesn't matter how well I agitate the bottle, or how long the ink dries. It just STOPPED being waterproof.

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I have 5 other inks to compare to speedball. It just doesn't work for me, it's too watered down. Try a test: put some Speedball on wet media acetate and put another product next to it (something other than Higgins ink) Speedball acts just like a bead of water on an oily surface, all my other inks react differenty, like they have a binder or more pigment and hold together when spread out. Why waste the money! Speedball should do better as they can if they wanted to.

Comments about Speedball Super Black Waterproof India Ink:

I am building a cabinet with solid Red Oak using your Speedball India Ink as a "stain."

Wonderfully "black" and really gives the Red Oak wood a great color while still showing the grain pattern of the wood.

Your folks at Blick recommended the Speedball versus the others due to it's inherent deep, black color.

Very pleased.

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I'm a young graphic artist that was working with a low budget. I required a nice india ink so my pictures wouldn't look unprofessional so to say. So I went with Speedball having trusted their products before. For one thing that stood out was the shape of the 2oz bottle. Its like you need to diliberately try to knock it over in order to do so.

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I've tried other inks to use with Copics and watercolors, and this ink really held up, especially in combination with my Copics. Note- if you ARE using Copics with this, DON'T PRESS TOO HARD!! Be gentle! =)

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I recently compared a bunch of inks I have, taking a Qtip and drawing a line on bristol to see which ones were darkest black. Speedball Super Black won out among the 7 inks I tried including Dr. Martin's Hicarb which is very expensive. I use Super black for brush inking and filling in. It works with dip pens but the less dense inks like Hicarb are a little better for that. A quart of this stuff for this price is a fantastic deal.

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I have always used Speedball Ink. It is very black, and waterproof if you let it cure for awhile. I can wash colors over it in a matter of hours, most of the time. I work with pen & ink, scratch board, and clay board. I always have at least a quart of this ink on hand, as it is my primary medium.

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I love, love, love this ink. After trying Higgins (which I found to be weakly-tinted) and the ink in cartridges (Sheaffer, Pilot) for use in caligraphy, I found this to be far superior to anything else. The ink is a deep, rich, intense black. It has great body--liquid enough for good flow, yet the texture is not watery. It doesn't bleed at all on any of the papers I've used (a caligraphy practice pad; cheap bond; nice, thick water color paper). It also dries relatively fast, i.e. almost immediately if I use a C-3 pen, or within 5 minutes--10 at most--if I use a brush or a C-6.

When using the ink with watercolors, I usually I lay my watercolors on the pages first, then ink over it--that's just the process I prefer. I'm trying to remember if I've ever had any problems with smearing like the other reviewers, and I do think that happened a couple of times, when I tried watercoloring shortly after laying down the ink. If you let the ink "cure" overnight, for instance, I don't think you'll have this problem. I know that's impractical for many people who use ink with watercolor. For me and the way I usually use this product, however, (as either a caligraphy ink or as ink over dried watercolor) it really is the perfect ink.

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Did an ink drawing and went to color it with watercolors the next evening and the ink just smeared everywhere and ruined the drawing. Nowhere near permanent or waterproof. I have some Winsor & Newton that the black seems to dry waterproof so far from my testing.

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Well I just poured out a bottle of ink that was waterproof only to get the new bottles that are not waterproof. Not sure if I need to let the ink dry longer or what I don't think that is the case. O well