[kush&markers]

Originally Posted by Walalala (View Original Post)

yo guys, my kiwi mop's nib ripped when i pulled the cover off.

i replaced the nib with a cleaning sponge glued to the surface, but again, the nib came off when i pulled the cover off.

any suggestions?

chalkboard eraser, rolled up felt, a sock theres a few

[purehatecrew]

Stayzon nibs fit, same as the DED and oink mops, but I would just grab a new mops and tshirt the nib

[kush&markers]

ive rocked a few stayzon mops lol then the store i was gettin them from stopped selling em

[purehatecrew]

Why are you loling ?

[Walalala]

aren't oink mops just stazon mops?

anyways, thanks for the suggestions guys.

to what purehatecrew said, i will try that next time i get another kiwi...

in the meantime, i've tried using cleaning sponges wrapped in t-shirt fabric, then stuffed into the mop, it works pretty good. It soaks ink well, and doesn't wear that much too. Just dont use too much t-shirt fabric or the flow of ink is going to be very slow and restricted.

Oh and i used pilot ink in mine... it melted the plastic cover of the kiwi AND got all sticky...

have you guys experienced that before?

[a mutant rancor]

^ha yeah i was mixing some pilot with pen ink in a small plastic cup and it ate right through it. fuck.

[Walalala]

i heard xylene eats through some types of plastic...

[a mutant rancor]

yeah i didnt realise that it had xyene in it, i know it eats through softer plastics and not the high density stuff like the plastic body markers such molotow. but what about squeeze mops will it eat through or warp them??

[Walalala]

kiwi mop BODIES dont warp, but their extremely hard COVERS do... it's weird.

oh and the covers we have over here are screw on... so it's prolly a different material altogether.

(btw, i use a mop made from a glue pen bottle, and it's an extremely soft plastic. doesn't warp though)

[a mutant rancor]

I guess it just depends on the plastic. what brand are those glue pens?? did you have to modify the nib or its good to go?

[purehatecrew]

Oink mop bodys are the same but it has a far better nib, like a dykem

[Walalala]

@purehatecrew thanks for pointing that out

i use Bennon glue pens that look like this.

http://www.doubleacatalogue.com/prod....aspx?gid=4025

just the same as any glue pen i suppose.

i change the nibs to a piece of felt though, not chalkboard eraser felt, just thin fabric kinda felt.

it's pretty good on smooth surfaces.

i find them easy to use and maintain because when the nibs rip, i just cut up some felt and replace them. might just be me though, cause some might not like glue pens because they're not very enduring and leak a little. just gotta get used to them and work things out.

[JerseyViking]

^thought this kid was a spammer because when I clicked the link I had a bunch of Allah jihad type letter shit scrolling across the top of my screen and I might be on a watch list now... anyway, whilst I love illadel mops, almost every one i've ever gotten of the k-60 body style has had the head of the mop where the nib is inserted crack in one or more places, causing major leakage.

[Walalala]

Hey has anyone encountered a pilot supercolor refill that's larger than 30ml?

[LUGR]

^Nope, and that should be in the ink thread.

[Walalala]

right. sorry about that.

[LUGR]

so much green

[Walalala]

green?

i want to make a marker that's like about 50mm+...

any ideas?

[a mutant rancor]

I know molotow make markers with nibs that wide.

You could cut the base of a plastic hip flasked shape bottle and make a sock nib and fill, but youll have no cap and itll be super messy but ultra wide. can't think of anything else.

[Walalala]

yeah, the molotow masterpieces with the 60mm nib.
my graff supplies shop sells them for double the price, so just wanted to make my own.

no cap? how do you handle that? (if you do rock markers without a cap, tell me how!)

i was thinking of wide oval shaped deodorant sticks...

[a mutant rancor]

If you want to buy one get it off the net wayy cheaper.

personally i wouldnt rock something that wide as a marker you could keep it in a plastic bag but i can see it just being a whole lot of mess

yeah the deoderant stick would work but need to make the seal leak proof??

[Walalala]

i read somewhere that you could just melt some candle wax into the bottom of the bottle to seal it, but i haven't tried that before.

you mentioned a sock nib, how do you go about making one? and how's the flow like?

i thought of an idea for a substitute for a cap... get a larger container that can be used to cap your marker, then use some silicone sealant stuff and squeeze that around the marker so that the cap can fit snuggly...

[a mutant rancor]

yeah candle wax works as a seal, and some super glue, but ive found some other glues can get eaten through by xylene inks.

sock nib is the same as felt i dont prefer to use it, yeah that cap sounds like it could work just play around and get it right, if it works out let us know

[LUGR]

yeah, good luck with that

[Syte]

Originally Posted by Walalala (View Original Post)

i read somewhere that you could just melt some candle wax into the bottom of the bottle to seal it, but i haven't tried that before.

It could work, but as mentioned by A Mutant Rancor, it could be suseptable to getting eaten through, you'de also have to be really careful not to knock it, as candle wax isn't the most durable material in the world.