Trying out a newly re-inked ribbon in the Skyriter. I think this is going to be a good way of getting those really dark tones without having to go over and over the same spot on the paper.
Re-inking a ribbon is a bit messy, and you have to use metal stamp ink, NOT ordinary stamp-pad ink for rubber stamps, as this will corode your type. And we don’t want that. But re-inking, for me, is worth the slight hassle and time involved. Making typed drawings is using a lot of ink, and I hate to be chucking lots of plastic spools away. Spraying the ribbon with WD40 works, but works best for text typing.
Also hope that a heavily inked ribbon will work better in the large type Classic 12 when it returns from its hols in the Spa.
Type The Clouds 
The WD40 rejuvenation method works great, but I will have to try the re-inking method if I can find some metal stamp ink.
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Oooh, metal stamp ink. didn’t think of that. I have a recipe somewhere from some old book for typewriter ribbon ink. I seem to remember it used an oily/waxy base solvent to hold the ink and keep it from drying on the ribbon.
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I’ve seen an old recipe as well, it used castor oil and soot!
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