If you use nankin (india ink) you must let it dry for a day
before puting it in ethanol, otherwise it will fade a bit.

 --- Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
escreveu:
> >I have seen labels written in what appears to be india ink,
> on a variety
> >of paper qualities and contained in formalin and ethanol,
> which have
> >maintained their integrity very well over periods of up to
> several
> >decades - one batch i curated into a local collection dated
> to the 1930s
> >and was quite easily read.  That said, paper selection is at
> least as
> >important as ink (archival-type paper can be obtained from
> many
> >scientific supply companies): i've also seen labels which
> have virtually
> >disintegrated over a period of less than a decade!!
> >
> >From the gentle clime of early fall in New Scotland,
> >Joseph Ross Mayhew .
>
> Green ones last best of all, eh, Ross?
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <[log in to unmask]>
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>
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