white ink

[infernotatz]

I have been watching this forum for a year and a half and untill now I have not had a question that has not been asked already. Untill now. I need to find a really good white ink. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Dave

[hydrophidian]

I thought there was a thread about a week ago that touched on white inks. I believe Forgiven said he preferred Unique brand white. If you've been following the forum you know who he is and why you should trust his opinion. I personally prefer Starbrite white. I suggest trying a couple different brands and getting a feel for what you personally prefer. You can buy ink by the ounce, or sometimes by the half ounce, so it's not too expensive to experiment. Alot of companies are making single use ink shots now too. Makes it very convenient for this sort of thing. Hope it helped.
Rico

[infernotatz]

thanks for the info . I just needed a general direction to start my seach for my "perfect " white.

[x5150x]

so far ive tried prizm,voodoo(throw them 2 away) starbrite,ironbutterfly,moms,and intenze right,, now in liking the moms power white,my second choice would be the starbrite(ironbutteryfly was too thin for my liking compared to starbrite even thow there made by the same company) ive also heard great things about unique

[black raven]

eternal white is da bomb .

[NeedleJack]

Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania (Cl 77891), is the naturally occurring oxide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxide) of titanium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium), chemical formula TiO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen)2. When used as a pigment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment), it is called titanium white or Pigment White 6.

Accross the board - every tattoo ink manufacturer to include ourselves use titanium dioxide. Pigment is pigment. There is only differences in what is used as the carrier, isopropal alcohol, witch hazel, distilled alcohol, etc. There are slight differences in the actual micron size which has a huge difference in actually premating the skin as it should. A lot of this depends on how the actual pigment is milled down. So, to answer your question, we have our own line of pigment called Fusion Ink. Unleashed yet - NO. Soon, 3 years in the development phase. Short and sweet - this year. In the meantime, you can use just about any white pigment provided that you remember the golden rule, if you see blood where you punctured the skin (the white is in). This same rule applies to yellow which is a problem child for a lot of folks. Hopefully this will clear up a bit and allow you the freedom to experiment with different whites that you already have in your cabinet now. You may find that simply adding a bit of distilled water or alcohol may be all that is needed to breathe new life into pigment that doesn't seem to cut the mustard.

[tadt]

i second the seeing blood comment the first time i used white it bled but i didnt see any white so i went over it a few times still didnt see any white but i didnt go over it again in fear of tearing up my skin, when it all healed it was there. But yellow and white give me problems becuase of the bleeding(not being able to see the ink becuase of the blood) but i dont go over it in fear of tearing the skin up id rather see how it looks after it heals, and go over it again if i have to.

[EvilOfTheNeedle]

good tip!:p