Making your own marker ink is very simple. All you need is a
solvent and a pigment. It is so simple people have been making ink for about
5,000 years. The ancient Egyptians were the first to make ink. The first ink
was made from the soot generated from burning lamps combined with vegetable
gum. Even today, most inks used by printers are vegetable based. Printers
usually use ink made from soybean oil because it is non toxic and
environmentally friendly.
Instructions
Black Ink
1. Measure out two tablespoon of linseed or soybean oil and pour them
into the bowl. The oil will act as the solvent as well as the vehicle for
carrying the pigment.
2. Burn a wooden match partway. Break off the black part into the
oil. The carbon from the burned wood will produce a black color. In this case
the carbon is the pigment. As an alternative to burned matches, you could use
tiny strips of carbon paper.
3. Grind up the burned match tips until they are completely
dissolved in the oil. Let the oil sit overnight until it turns completely
black. If you use carbon paper, mush the paper a bit with a spoon. Leave the
mix overnight and then remove the paper.
Red Ink
1. Put about two tablespoon of linseed or soybean oil into a bowl.
2. Use a butter knife to scrape some of the rust
from your rusty metal into the bowl.
3. Stir the rust into the oil. Let it sit overnight
until the oil turns red.
Blue Ink
1. Pour about two tablespoon of linseed or soybean oil into a bowl.
2. Squish out the clear flesh of the blueberries. Put the skins
into the oil and mush them really well with a spoon.
3. Let the oil sit overnight until the oil turns blue, then remove
the blueberry skins.
Brown Ink
1. Pour about two tablespoon linseed or soybean oil into a bowl.
2. Grind up a small piece of dry bark with a butter knife or spoon.
3. Put the ground-up bark into the oil. Stir the mixture with a
spoon. Let the oil sit overnight until the oil turns brown.
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