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> Use ink, not pencil Ink will run when wet. I recommend taking notes with a pencil.
by Raphmedia 9y ago
> Use ink, not pencil
Ink will run when wet. I recommend taking notes with a pencil.
- dezzeus 9y agoIt may not last for long on the paper, that's why it is suggested to use ink.
- criddell 9y agoI have 20 year old notebooks that are mostly filled with pencil and I refer to them occasionally. They are all perfectly legible still and I used a wide variety of pencils.
- oasisbob 9y agoFor true lab notebooks pencil is unacceptable because of their erasability, not longetivity. A formal lab notebook is used in such a way to provide a nearly immutable record. That's why corrections are done with a single line, blank space is blocked out, the notebook is bound with numbered pages and used chronologically, etc.
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoIn a college chemistry class I took our lab notebooks had carbon(less) copy paper for every page. It made handing work in easier, but it also made an unerasable copy of the original record. Quite handy.
- kajecounterhack 9y agoUse the cheap bic ballpoints. They don't run or smudge.
- beaconstudios 9y agoI use Staedtler pigment liner pens (http://a.co/i0tN5Bz http://a.co/i0tN5Bz) and they have never run on me. The different widths really help for sketching vs writing vs annotating too.
- cgore 9y agoGet better pens. There are waterproof ones that I use, they are the anti-fraud ones that they market for use with paper checks.
- chatmasta 9y agoWhy are your notebooks wet?
- ProAm 9y agoStuff spills, rain, etc... accidents happen.
- tanderson92 9y agoNot all inks. This for example withstands pretty much any liquid (yes, including industrial strength solvents -- I've checked): https://www.amazon.com/Noodlers-Black-Waterproof-Fountain-Pen/dp/B000MVZ2E6 https://www.amazon.com/Noodlers-Black-Waterproof-Fountain-Pe...
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- flor1s 9y agoI was reading through some of my journals that I wrote a few years ago and noticed that the ones written with a pencil are much more readable than the ones written with a fountain pen. I guess picking the right kind of paper and ink is very important for a notebook not to lose its quality.