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Old 23-04-2008, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by frostfire View Post
Today I was told that galls used to be used for making yellow ink and it was taught at schools how to make it.
The main ingredient is the tannin in the galls so oak is preferred: needs iron salts as mordants to produce black inks. Other metals can be used to produce blues or greens I recall ....

The ink corrosion website: iron gall ink: ink recipes
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