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Actually squeezing it from a highlighter is messy and unnecessary. You can buy bottled highlighter ink for fountain pens pretty cheaply. (there are special su
by paulmd 7y ago
Actually squeezing it from a highlighter is messy and unnecessary. You can buy bottled highlighter ink for fountain pens pretty cheaply.
(there are special super-broad pen nibs for highlighting work. To use bulk ink, you have a "converter" cartridge with a piston or squeeze-bottle that allows you to suck ink out of the bottle and into the pen)
Since you specifically seem to be after fluorescent, here's somewhere to get started:
https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink?filters%5Bcustom_fields.fluorescent%5D%5B0%5D=Yes https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink?filters%5...
Here's an "invisible ink": https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink/products/noodlers-blue-ghost-4-5oz-bottled-ink?variant=11884744540203 https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink/products/...
Or a yellow highlighter ink: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink/products/noodlers-firefly-4-5oz-bottled-ink?variant=11884744278059 https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink/products/...
Pink: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink/products/noodlers-hellfire-3oz-bottled-ink?variant=11884742180907 https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/bottled-ink/products/...
I am not 100% sure that the viscosity will exactly match what printer ink is, but if it's too thick you could cut it with isopropyl alcohol or similar.
edit: on further reflection if your goal is something that is visible outside of a blacklight, the darker colors might have more pigment and thus be more visible, although still probably quite light.
- pugworthy 7y agoEmily's a hacker who does a lot for fun and amusement. I get the sense that doing this in an efficient and effective way was not the end goal.
- djsumdog 7y agoYea, she has another video where she uses an Arduino to run an old printer, when it would have been way simpler to get a USB to parallel port adapter.
- pugworthy 7y agoSeriously, I've followed her for a while on Twitter, and she does a lot of really fun crazy stuff. I've really enjoyed having a twitter feed centered around positive, fun feeds.
- myu701 7y agoGood to see the Goulet Pens links. I never found a reliable refillable rollerball to use with my FP ink, so I ended up using a Pilot Precise V7 refillable model from JetPens. I thought I was pretty clever. I never thought of refilling inkjet carts with this though, so clearly I'm not too clever yet!