Can you tell me what this means & which would be classified as the most suitable. Possibly it means jack & I've just wasted a small period of my time.
Today I had eight small glass jars with lids & four different brands of fountain solution. I partly filled four jars with each concentrated fountain solution, then the remaining four jars with each premixed(press ready) fountain solution.
I then added a very small blob of ink to the concentrated FS jars, and observed.
I noted that three of the four jars the ink sank to the bottom of the jar after a small period of time. One jar the ink continued to float.
I then put the lids on the jars and gently agitated them and noticed that the jars where the ink had sunken to the bottom, the ink started to break up with little particles of ink floating around in the concentrated fountain solution mixture, once left to settle they would drop to the bottom of the jar.
The Jar where the ink had continued to float, once agitated the ink stayed intact & there were no particles, once the jar was left to settle the ink would float to the top again
I left these jars on the bench and went onto do the same test with the premixed fountain solution jars. Noting the same results as prior, but on a slightly slower rate.
Looking back at the original jars you could see the ink blob dissipating in three jars and effectively melting into the FS, but one jar the ink was still intact and floating.
The same results happened with the premixed fount after a period of time.
Today I had eight small glass jars with lids & four different brands of fountain solution. I partly filled four jars with each concentrated fountain solution, then the remaining four jars with each premixed(press ready) fountain solution.
I then added a very small blob of ink to the concentrated FS jars, and observed.
I noted that three of the four jars the ink sank to the bottom of the jar after a small period of time. One jar the ink continued to float.
I then put the lids on the jars and gently agitated them and noticed that the jars where the ink had sunken to the bottom, the ink started to break up with little particles of ink floating around in the concentrated fountain solution mixture, once left to settle they would drop to the bottom of the jar.
The Jar where the ink had continued to float, once agitated the ink stayed intact & there were no particles, once the jar was left to settle the ink would float to the top again
I left these jars on the bench and went onto do the same test with the premixed fountain solution jars. Noting the same results as prior, but on a slightly slower rate.
Looking back at the original jars you could see the ink blob dissipating in three jars and effectively melting into the FS, but one jar the ink was still intact and floating.
The same results happened with the premixed fount after a period of time.