Fighting a new brand of ink. Watered down it looks grey and even when the ink is thinned the brush doesn’t spring back into shape after use. That’s a no for that ink.

The metallic paint can’t be thinned down, the brush “strains” it, so at the start of a brush stroke the ink is thick and dark , by the end it’s watery and grey. Looks grey even with added india ink. Nice sparkles tho.

Looks like Daiso ink for the win.