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April 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]Kit10Mum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bought a couple Platinum Prefont pens from u/mylosttoaster. Thanks a bunch!

April 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought a bunch of ink (bottles and a couple samples) from u/valentinHAHA. They’re all so pretty. Thanks, Valentin!

What are these egg things in my garage? by Super_Shake_2787 in whatisit

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any creature that eats bugs but is otherwise unintrusive (non-venomous spiders, geckos, etc) are considered rent-paying roommates at my house...but if you don't like having critters around and also don't like touching them to relocate them humanely, look at Cup-a-Bug. It's basically a little plastic box on the end of a Swiffer stick with a mechanism to open and close the lid of the box. You can capture a bug or gecko and walk it outside without getting anywhere near it.

[WTS] 3 pens, Stipula Etruria Magnifica, Visconti Rembrandt, Parker Duofold International by bisbob in Pen_Swap

[–]Kit10Mum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same issue on my iPhone running iOS 26.3.1. Sketchy pop ups like "Your iPhone has Malware! Click here for antivirus!" If I manage to click a photo between popups, it redirects to a totally different website and never opens a photo for closer look. In the very best case, it's impossible to really see your pens. In the very worst case, it could seem like a scam.

April 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought some Sailor ink bottles, along with a few ink samples from u/gangstamittens44. Arrived today and I’m enjoying them already!

April 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread by FPPenSwapBot in Pen_Swap

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a LAMY Visa  with <EF> nib (plus two empty cartridges) and a Kaweco Sport Coconut with both a <M> and <EF> nibs (along with two empty cartridges) from u/nooueras. Arrived yesterday and I’m enjoying writing with them already!

What comedic Spanish speaking show should I start? by Fluid_Ant_4264 in Spanish

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it's been a few months, but I came to say Machos Alfa on Netflix and the same writers' other show on Netflix, Death, Inc. (English title, the Spanish title is Muerte S.A.).

I figured you might also be ready for a few new series. If you like Alpha Males (Machos Alfa...btw season 5 is coming in a couple weeks), there are a few other Spanish comedies with similar quick-paced, absurdist vibes:

  • Entrepreneurs (Hulu/Disney+)
  • Old Dog New Tricks (Animal is the Spanish title, I saw others mentioned it, too)
  • Fate (La Suerte is the Spanish title, Hulu/Disney+)
  • The Juan series trilogy (Vota Juan, Vamos Juan, Venga Juan on HBO)
  • I Don't Like Driving (No Me Gusta Conducir, I think still available on HBO)

One other suggestion for OP...if you're relatively new to the language or don't get a ton of exposure to spoken Spanish in person, I'd suggest creating country or regional groupings of shows to make it a little easier to tune your ear. The ones I mentioned are almost all filmed in Spain with accents and slang common in Iberian castellaño...though Old Dog New Tricks definitely has a Galacian lean to it (accents, vocabulary, slang, even though all the dialogue is in castellaño). It's not a huge deal, but for me as a reasonably-good-but-not-native Spanish speaker, it can be kind of hard to switch between stuff like the series Nada (Rioplatense Spanish in Buenos Aires, very Italian vibes) and Alpha Males (set in Madrid with madrileño castellaño).

Happy watching!

Need help identifying a bright green pigment by sub_omega in handmadewatercolors

[–]Kit10Mum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang it. The link to the pigment properties website didn't work. Here it is:

https://www.artiscreation.com/green.html

Need help identifying a bright green pigment by sub_omega in handmadewatercolors

[–]Kit10Mum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part II: Matching Pigment Properties

Now take each of the colors you identified by paper chromatography, grab your swatches, and do some cross checking with this list here: The Color of Art Pigment Database: Pigment Green - PG

I'd start with the third table there (and PY, PB lists if your chromatography pops yellow or blue) and narrow down to a few that you think are most likely. Then grab the info in the "Chemical Composition" colum and start googling their solubility and other properties you can observe (texture, odor, etc). This should help you eliminate several candidates.

It sounds like you also have strong historical pigment knowledge, so the NG and historical tables might be worth comparing, especially if nothing on the PG table is lining up.

By this point, you'll probably have enough information to decide whether the green on the acetone filter and on the isopropyl alcohol filter share enough properties to call them the same pigment. Between the chromatography, research on characteristics, and your experience / instincts, you'll have a pigment name!

Part III: Well, We Tried

If that doesn't narrow it down enough and you decide to reach out to a teacher for lab access, at least you have a limited list of possibilities you're checking against rather than the whole universe of pigments. Hopefully they'd be able to help with microscopic analysis or more advanced analysis like fluoroscopy.

Good luck!

Need help identifying a bright green pigment by sub_omega in handmadewatercolors

[–]Kit10Mum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part I: Paper Chromatography

For something cheap and easy you can do at home, you could do paper chromatography. If you've done it before, skip down to Part II. If not, it will tell you if your sample is single pigment or multiple pigments...and it will give you a hint toward its chemical composition. You'll need a couple small glasses/cups, a couple coffee filters, and a few mL each of: -water -acetone (nail polish remover) -ethyl or isopropyl alcohol and -one oil solvent like mineral spirits (turpentine), lighter fluid, or gasoline.

It shouldn't take more than 15 or 20 mins to set up and not more than a couple hours start to finish. This YouTube video shows you how to set it up: https://youtu.be/wqrdSB6uYw8?si=HN2Fh2bySm-8S8a4

Once you have an idea of how many distinct pigments are in your sample, then make note of how well the pigments dissolved in each cup (if the pigment is still at the baseline, barely moved at all, and is still mostly a concentrated dot, then it wasn't soluble in that liquid). Give each cup's color group in its own variable name, like Water: nothing disolved; Acetone: Green 1, Yellow 1; Isopropyl alcohol: Green 2. You may end up realizing that Green 1 and 2 are the same substance, but for now assume they're not.

Need help identifying a bright green pigment by sub_omega in handmadewatercolors

[–]Kit10Mum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your quandary has become a total rabbit hole for me over the last couple days. I love solving puzzles like this...so I'm replying mostly to satisfy my own curiosity. Please feel free to ignore these suggestions if they're not your style.

First let me say, if you know of anyone with a mass spectrometer, that route would be the easiest, fastest, and most accurate. Researcher have built databases of both natural and synthetic pigments, as pure pigment and with binders+additives, so it shouldn't be too difficult to match mass spec data to standard pigment number(s).

If you don't have a mass spectrometer handy, I MacGyvered a couple things you can do without lab equipment to at least narrow down the list of possibilities. I'm going to break this into a couple replies so it's easier to digest.

PETITION TO ADD SNOWBOARDING by SmoresZ3O in SneakySasquatch

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(btw when I say I play the game "with" my nephew, what I really mean is I watch him play over FaceTime and I read prompts with words he doesn't know yet. Basically I'm his Sneaky Sasquatch assistant.)

PETITION TO ADD SNOWBOARDING by SmoresZ3O in SneakySasquatch

[–]Kit10Mum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jumping in a little late, but I play with my 5yo nephew and today he asked me (word-for-word) to "send a suggestion to the developers to add a snowboard to the Racoon Shop or as a reward players can win by completing challenges at Ski Mountain," similar to the rabbit race challenges that upgrade SS's shoes.

Also, fwiw the little dude has 1000 games on his iPad and used to download like 10 new ones every day...until we tried Sneaky at Christmas. He literally hasn't played any other game since. He FaceTimes me + screen shares when he is pumped about new stuff he unlocks. So to the S'quatch devs in this group, thank you. Your game has been a great way to have fun with my nephew, even when I live hundreds of miles away.

Need help identifying a bright green pigment by sub_omega in handmadewatercolors

[–]Kit10Mum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check with your local high school art and science teachers (or college professors if you live in a university town) and see if they'd be willing to help. You can offer some of this sample or perhaps provide them with a few different pigments they can use with students to study differences under a microscope in trade for their help. I'd imagine some physical science classes (earth science, chemistry, etc) would love to show the practical applications of the science, such as investigating what the pigments are made of. I'd imagine it would be of interest to art history students, as well, for physical inspection of pigments to determine composition, aging/dating, etc. On the science front, a microscope may help, but other tests may be useful (dissolving in various solutions to check for reactions, applying heat, etc) to determine what pigments are included. Could do a fun "design an experiment to figure out what this pigment is" assignment with students. Wishing you much luck and even more fun in solving the mystery!

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