Posted by electricbluetoad from IP: 67.169.196.226 on 01/14/10
Scappoose
I have been doing a little research into the reality of metallic or silver non-toxic ink. There is a substance called Conductive ink that is a safe metallic ink used on the body to conduct electricity. Some of these inks have a 71 percent dissolved or micro-solids of silver with a small amount of carbon in them. These inks modified may be the silver tattoo ink of the future.
http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/conductive-ink-for-your-skin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_ink
These inks would be virtually harmless to the human body, with only a couple of safety precautions to be observed. The most common is a symptom of overdose turning the skin blue over the entire body when too much silver is absorbed into the body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_uses_of_silver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria
The use of colloidal silver as a matrix for the micro-fine silver particles may prove an effective medium for silver ink applications. I will let you know, as I had this strangely vivid dream last night that I got this tattoo of Excalibur down the length of my entire arm that had totally metallic chrome look to it, and it peeled off in a solid metallic foil, leaving a silver satin sheen just under the skin. I was so excited, then I woke up. Bummer. But it defiantly got my interest peaked, to say the least!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidial_silver
http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/24/bare-conductive-ink-turns-your-skin-into-a-conductive-surface/
If one could find or make there own micro-fine silver powder, and carefully formulate an ink using various silver compounds, I believe it could be the fabled "Silver Ink" that everyone seems to want to find, the veritable 'Holy Grail', the 'Ink of Inks', the 'Sonum Bonum ' of Skin Alchemy. (Of course, I will test it on myself first!)
Check out the links and let me know what you think. Am I crazy, or not?
Rick Wilding
Milk of Paradise Tattoo
http://milkofparadisetattoo.blogspot.com/
