How long do sakura microns last

The Microns work beautifully on good quality art papers. Hope that helps. I used my 08 and 1 pens on a crayon drawing stupidly, not even thinking how it would affect the pen, and they soon died. Please help, I love these pens for artwork! Yikes, Lily!

Put down the matches and step away from your Microns. They can write over wax with a very light touch on your part. I have used mine over Prismacolor Premier color pencil work when a defining line was obscured too much to my liking. Just use a really light touch, just enough to put some ink down, in little bursts, then draw a bit on some scratch paper.

That has helped keep mine from getting clogged. To unclog your pens, have thought about trying a hair dryer or heat gun, not too close to melt plastic, but maybe enough to melt wax. Heat it a bit, then try the pen on some scratch paper, back and forth between heat and draw, and see if the unclogs. I would blow the hot air at the pen while you have the nib pointed downward, and draw downward. For the future, you might try painting a layer of matte medium or some spray fixative, or even spray varnish, and let them dry and draw over those.

Also, the ultra-fine sharpies are fun to tangle 3D objects. Interesting comments. I guess I press to hard. My points become scratchy and in 3 days I need a new pen. If I give the pen a rest it will work again but not for long. Hi Celestine, someone may have responded to your comment. Usually I recommend students use the PN Sakura pen which is a wonderful substitute. Still by Sakura so same great archival ink, but more durable. Hi Lily R.

Then I wipe off the wax with a paper towel. Obviously one should not submerge a pen. Just hold the tip in the water for about 2 min. While wax is still soft begin drawing. Let us know the results. I was curious about these pens so I saw the post here. These pens seem to be complicated. I think that I will stick with my ultra fine sharpies, well at least until I get the hang of just letting ideas flow.

Thanks for all the helpful tips and patterns etc. I appreciate all the tips on the Microns. No pun intended! I hope this helps. Thanks for all the useful tips. I love tangling on fabric, and have found the Sakura IDentipen excellent for this. I use a light grey Tsukineko Fabrico pen for the shading.

The heat and moisture from your breath helps to dissolve the clogged ink. Use light strokes on a scrap of paper. Worth a try before sucking on them! Regarding tangling on canvas I have found the Faber-Castell brush pen works very well. Cheers Helen.

And it seems very risky to even contemplate getting the ink in your mouth! I would not advise it although your dentist might be pleased with the cleaning bill.

I used a Rapidograph pen for years but got tired with cleaning them. The Microns are great that they are affordable and disposable. I use the the most but have needed a finer tip llike the Rapidograph.

Are there smaller tips than ? Other suggestions? Thank you in advance. Hey all! Found this site while looking for tips to unclog a micron 05 tip.

It did work! Thanks Andrew, that sounds like a brilliant solution! Great information and great tips, everyone! This is a long thread, but I urge you to read the entire thing, as there are lots of tips and tricks to pick up from the replies.

The tip about very light pressure and a degree angle was a real eye-opener, and once I tried it, my tangling became much easier. In reply to Levi about the finer points available, you might try a Copic Multiliner, which is refillable and the nib is replaceable as well. Use VERY light pressure! When I first bought one of these, it dried up rapidly, so I started scribbling with it, pressing really hard, thinking that usually works with ball points… on these nano-tube nibs, not so much!

Of course the tip was totally ruined and I had to replace it. This reply is a little long, so please feel free to edit, Linda, and thank you so much for all the information and sharing on this site. These pens are so amazing that I still have a green, blue and magenta pen. The last few years I have had to use Unipins…. Taking care of the points is sometimes difficult since I draw and write with them on not always the best quality paper….

I had to send off for a new one to give the granddaughter. The first one had started looking very used! I have several 01 Microns in use, and have just emptied a 4th one. You can use these HTML tags. Name required. Email will not be published required. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Don't subscribe All Replies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting.

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