Posca Marker Info

Uni Posca Markers

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Uni Posca Pens are acrylic filled markers that come in different sizes with different sized tips. The beauty of the Posca Pen is that you are actually painting with the convenience of a marker. The ink will dry and act exactly the same as a high-pigment, high-quality artist's paint. It will be water-proof, light-fast and remain vibrant. The nib sizes you see on the Posca page are described according to the width of the line they can draw.
So, the Ultrafine, which is described as a 0.7mm line is perfect for outline or fineline work. The line it produces is the same as a ball-point pen. The actual size of the barrel is about the same as a skinny pen. Please note that the makers of Posca are pretty generous with the amount of paint in these pens. The next size up is the Fine, which draws a 1.3mm line. This is a line similar to a kids texta pen. The barrel is about the size of a fat ball-point pen.
The Medium, which is probably the most popular Posca Pen for art work, draws a 2.5mm line and like the two pens before, has a bullet-tip. The barrel actually feels like a true marker. It's fat and chunky like a Nikko.
Next, the Medium Chisel are the first Posca Pen to deviate from the bullet tip. These have a chisel tip which can be used at different angles to produce different thicknesses of lines. Described as a 8mm tip these pens actually do a couple of different thicknesses but 8mm is the thickest line with the tip turn side on. The barrels of these are quite fat, at least twice the width of the mediums and a little shorter.
The biggest Posca Marker is the Broad Chisel Posca. This also has a chisel tip which when turned side-on will produce a 15mm line. The barrel on these things is huge. The length is 16cm and the width is equal to a twenty cent piece.
All Posca's come with a ball-bearing inside and you have to give it a good shake before each use. If the ball-bearing is not moving around at first, keep shaking back and forth until you hear it come loose inside the pen. The liquid can separate in all paint markers so make sure you do get into the habit of shaking them before use. Posca Markers can be used on many surfaces including glass, metal, plastics, canvas, wood and many other surfaces. Our Posca customers include fine artists, body shop estimators, car sales (as windscreen markers), surfboard artist's and shop keepers for presentations on glass windows.
To remove Posca Paint from glass use an open blade held flat to the glass turn it at a bit of an angle as if you were trying to wedge the blade between the paint and the glass and scrape away. Use glass cleaner to clean up. No residue should be left.

Liquid Chalk Markers - New to Uniball.

Posca Chalk Markers are here! These are a removable version of the Posca. Available in 8k and 5m sizes. These liquid chalk markers go onto glass, whiteboards, metal, plastics, blackboards and heaps more. They are rain resistant and wipe resistant, but when wiped off with a wet rag they remove cleanly with no residue.
On whiteboards they can be left on for extended periods without leaving that ghosting smudge when cleaned off. They are a superior whiteboard marker.

Great on glass too. I used these on my shop windows for our Christmas display. I used cut stencils and coloured in on the glass with the red, green and white. They worked perfectly and clean-up was a breeze. Highly recommended.