Frozen Ink

How do your now if your ink has been frozen ,and is one more susceptible. For instance is powder pigment / acrylic resin inks more susceptible then a gray wash , because it's ink and not one of the others . If the possibility dose happen ???

normally the fact that it dosnt flow out the bottle when opened or is still in a solid state if your unsure bin it

After it has been frozen and then thawed back into liquid is what I'm saying............

Curious of why that is a concern? Do you feel like you got ripped off by buying old, premixed ink? I purchase my ink from a supplier that mixes it fresh when I ask for it, but if I chose to freeze it (maybe to prolong its life), I don't see the issue there.

It a question of if it's still good after it has been frozen then thawed , or if it can screw some one's skin up ????

If the question is: is frozen ink bad? My answer is no. I would not think twice about it. The bigger issue for me would be: Can I trust how this ink was handled? I have bought plenty of used equipment in bulk just to glean parts and some interesting odds and ends, but all ink, unopened or not, goes right in the trash! I have seen people with far more experience and years commit what I consider STUPIDITY.... that is, cutting corners to save pennies! I won't get into it, but ink is cheap, rubber bands are cheap, so are needles and tubes, so is barrier film etc... Toss the shit into the trash and buy more....

So the pigment whether it be a powder , resin acrylic , or even a polymer based ( is polymer the cheapest ) on a molecular structure being frozen then thawed , would not hurt or damage it . Maybe braking it down more might even be a good thing depending on the type ??? ...........................................And yes I'm talking about not being tampered just caching a chill while being shipped .......

So the pigment whether it be a powder , resin acrylic , or even a polymer based ( is polymer the cheapest ) on a molecular structure being frozen then thawed , would not hurt or damage it . Maybe braking it down more might even be a good thing depending on the type ??? ...........................................And yes I'm talking about not being tampered just caching a chill while being shipped .......

But after being frozen then thawed and braking it down would it become to brittle and ruined and compromise the the ink all together ........To much thinking i guess .................I'm kinda thinking the opposite of ink being homogenized ... and looking for that creamy texture characteristic for the smooth flow ... if you can tell the difference both before and after applied... .... don't ask me i don't know anything ....... just too much reading i guess Ha ha haaaa ???