Can I mix india ink and alcohol ink?

Hi Diana, this is Peggy. Hope this is the information you need. Differences Between Alcohol Ink and India Ink | Alcohol Inks | India ink ...

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How to Paint with Alcohol Ink - Blowing Flowers Demo - YouTube Art Journal .... How to Use Isopropyl Alcohol with Dr Ph Martin's Bombay India Inks and FW Acrylic Inks ..... art journal - mixed media - cover - by *Crowandthefox on deviantART.

Just experiment. That's what a lot of art is.

that was great. thanks for your help.

NO.....They are two very different kinds of ink. India Ink is a pigment based ink,alcohol inks are dye based. The India ink once dried doesn’t move when alcohol is applied on top. The reason they don’t move is that they are pigment based. Pigment based means that the particles sit on top of the paper and don’t merge with the alcohol. The alcohol ink colorant is a dye that completely dissolves into solution and in our case it is alcohol. When you add more alcohol the dissolved dye merges into the new solution. When you let the alcohol evaporate off the dye is more concentrated because there is less solution.So what difference does it make if we are using dye rather than pigment? Dyes are designed for maximum brightness and color saturation. What about light-fastness? “Light fastness is the resistance of colours to fading, changing shade or darkening under the influence of light” Dyes are less light-fast than pigments because the quantity of the colorant exposed to light is more. Think of the dye completely dissolved in alcohol like sugar water spread out in a pan. Most of the dye is exposed to the light. Think of the pigment as little rocks. Only part of the little rocks are exposed to the light.

Thanks for the info . I bought India. The clerk in the store said it would work the same.

I cleaned my ceramic tile with rubbing alcohol. Using blending solution and an airbrush I started but my alcohol ink started separating. What am I doing wrong?