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Thursday 20 October 2022

Review - Camlin Scarlet Red fountain pen ink



Camlin Scarlet RedCamplin Scarlet Red Packed

Overview 
Presenting the Indian made ink: Camlin Scarlet Red. This ink looks like a cross between red and pink inks.  The ink is water and dye based and is very thin, so it shows some degree of shading with medium and broad nibs. The flow of the ink is good but the colour of the ink varies with different nib widths and so does the flow. This ink works best with a Medium nib or broad nib pen. The multiple passes on the ink give a nice dark reddish pink color.

The drying time of the ink is a bit longer; it takes around 30 seconds to dry completely on a normal 75 gsm copy paper. Ink feathers on both 75 and 100gsm papers, but the bleed through is not prominent on 100gsm paper(almost nill). The ink is non waterproof and withers easily with water. Other costlier inks are definitely better but it would be unfair to compare this ink with any of those. Being cheapest this ink does its work very well.

The price of the ink is Rs 15 or (around 25 cents ) for 60ml bottle.

Likes
  • Nice color
  • Nice flow
  • Very very cheap
  • Produces shading(to some extent)
  • Good flow
 Dislikes
  • Feathering
  • Very thin
  • No sheen, kind of dull ink
  •  Longer drying time(but it all depends on the conditions the ink is being used.)
Conclusion 
All in all I would say that this ink is solely for academic purpose. It can be used for some minor work and not long writings on normal paper, I would say it will bleed through and feather. I would suggest this ink be used with a high gsm paper only and preferably with camlin fountain pens.

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Camlin scarlet red packed 
Camlin scarlet red pack and bottleCamlin scarlet red pack bottle
Camlin scarlet red ink - various tests - 75gsm
 Camlin scarlet red bleed through - 75gsm paper
Camlin scarlet red various tests-100gsm paperCamlin scarlet bleed through - 100 gsm paper 






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