And a final postscript to the story. The card continues to dry between paper towels (replaced a couple of times a day), and there is none/zero/zip/nada ink appearing on them. Perhaps I was a little overzealous with the Q-Tip in the red ink area, and it caused a tiny bit to bleed into the cotton. It probably looked a helluva lot worse due to it becoming diluted in the water. But no black or red ink came off onto the paper towels. So I got that going for me, which is nice.
|