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I vote for graphite on paper. Ink will run if the paper gets wet. Of all the damage that has occurred to my papers, water is the most common. I keep a copy o
by fhdkweig 8mo ago
I vote for graphite on paper. Ink will run if the paper gets wet. Of all the damage that has occurred to my papers, water is the most common. I keep a copy of important phone numbers written inside my wallet in case I ever lose my phone. Between an unexpected rainstorm, to an unchecked pocket before putting pants in a washing machine, to a spilled drink, I have gotten my wallet wet several times. Every time I used ink, I had to rewrite the list, but now with graphite, it isn't a problem.
- rambambram 8mo agoThanks! I appreciate the input. Do you just use regular graphite pencils, like with the HB scale or something?
- fhdkweig 8mo agoI just use the same BIC mechanical pencils with #2 lead that I picked up in college. No reason to get complicated.
- adrian_b 8mo agoOnly ordinary dye-based ink will run if the paper gets wet. It is easy to find either roller pens or ink for fountain pens that are pigment-based, lightfast and waterproof. It is very easy to test yourself that with such ink water has no effect whatsoever over the written text (after a minute or so of drying after writing). For example, there are many kinds of Uni-Ball roller pens with waterproof ink, but there also many other brands with similar products. (Only fountain pens, roller pens and gel pens may have pigment-based ink, the paste ink used by ball-point pens is easily washed by alcohol or other organic solvents.) In my experience with graphite on paper, it is a much worse choice, because the writing will fade over the years, due to the rubbing of the paper sheets from each other. The pigment-based black inks also use carbon, like graphite pencils, but any ink contains not only a pigment, but also a glue that binds the pigment to the paper, so it will not be rubbed out by touching it.