Satirical Taunt, I’m going to riff on a few different aspects.įor writing sentences I’m guessing your letters are typical graffiti tag size, meaning each letter is going to be – at most – 2 meters / 6 feet tall? Tip will be torn apart if used on a rough surface. Mops seem to really burn through ink/paint. The Bad: Not a great pen for beginners and toys as the drips can be hard to control. The Good: Great for large tags on smooth surfaces. If you don’t have a good cap/lid (most don’t) and your mop tips over in your bag, car, or pocket you can expect to have a long and permanent clean up ahead of you. Mops are known to be messy, since there’s rarely any regulator stopping the paint from coming through the tip. Since most mops use sponge or hairy tips, when used on a rough surface like concrete they will fall apart or – in cheaper models – the lid will pop off. The paint being squeezed out will allow your mop to glide over the surface (and drip!) easily. Mops really excel when you use them on smooth surfaces like doors or other smooth metals. In time this becomes a natural habit and your tags will get better. If you’re looking for more drips, it’s a matter of squeezing the bottle and/or slowing down your line. Mops are great for big, dripping tags on smooth surfaces. In general, felt tips are fairly easy to buff.īuy the UNI Paint PX-30 (Silver) Perfect for metal doors, medium-width juicy lines The Bad: Performs terribly on rough surfaces. Tips can feel rigid and not leave great when you first use the pen. Often these are refillable (same colour), and come with sturdy lids that won’t leak. Perfect for consistent widths on your lines, and if you want a clean tag with minimal drips. The Good: Great for silent use, and indoor tags. If you are using on concrete (unless polished), your felt tip will get eaten up and torn to shreds. They come in chisel tip and a broad tip (meaning rounded), so depending on the style of your tag, you might want to make sure you’re buying the right pen (or learn how to cut/customize your own nip). With pump-action felt tip markers you will have the ability to drip your tags, but in general felt tips are harder to drip than a steel tip or a mop. These paint pens seem to last a long time because the felt tip regulates the amount of paint to come out. Felt tip pens come in all shapes and sizes but generally the Medium, Wide and Ultra Wide are used in the graffiti world. In you’re writing on smooth surfaces, you could argue that there’s no better pen for the job. Terrible if you want to throw large tags or have a ton of drips.īuy a Presto White Out Pen Perfect for metal surfaces, small tags, thin linesįelt tip pens offer the classic tag on smooth surfaces. The Bad: Not very durable, and fairly easy to buff. Absolutely no issue if the cops catch up with you carrying one of these. Great for finding a small spot that the buff won’t reach. The Good: White out markers are great for thin lines and hard to get places. Since the line is so thin, the pen seems to last a long time. They easily fit in your pocket and are easy to get ahold of. White out markers are common school/office supplies, so – unless caught in the act – shouldn’t draw too much attention if you get stopped with one in your pocket. White out markers are great for small tags on fairly smooth surfaces. Now, they are a common weapon in most graffiti artists’ arsenals. White out pens (depending on where you grew up, you might know these as correction markers) have grown in popularity since I saw them start to pop up in the late 1990’s. Mops are squeezable and allow you to release as many drips as you want.īuy the Krink K66 Perfect for metal doors, concrete, and drippy tags Mop markers are great for big, dripping tags on smooth surfaces.Felt tip markers are great for thick lines, large tags and do best on smooth surfaces. Felt tip markers are a typical graffiti paint pen, and are the most commonly used.White out pens are a miniature version of the steel tip paint pens and are great for smaller areas, and if you want a super thin line, and let you drip out your tags when moving slowly.Steel tip graffiti markers are often filled with thick paint. Steel tips are great for thin lines, drips and painting on rough surfaces.Before you invest in a paint pen, know where you’ll be using them – what surfaces? What color backgrounds? How strong is the buff in your city? When it comes to graffiti paint markers, there are tons of options available to you. When you want to leave a thick line which is opaque enough to cover the surface and anything underneath, then you probably want a paint marker.
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