Hi guys! Today’s video is my honest review of Molotow Markers. I know it may be completely contrary to the other reviews out there, but I feel like before you buy molotow markers, you should hear from people who love them and people who….well me haha
So first, why would you want “paint” markers? Over a normal marker? Well, it gives you that painted look instead of the streaky marker look. So if you are looking to give your drawings a “painted” edge, I would go with a paint marker. Also, you get this look without the mess of brushes, pallets, water bowl, and paint bottles everywhere.
Here’s the kicker, I’ve heard reviews that say that the Molotow Marker is the greatest of all time, but honestly it depends on the medium that you use them on. If you use them on printer paper, they are the worst of all time. If you use them on a paper that can handle the moisture they put out, then they are the greatest of all time.
They are HORRIBLE on the Master’s Touch Sketch Pad, unless you are doing simple tags. The paint dried before I could blend it which resulted in little paint turds (definition in the video :p ). It came out so streaky that it was almost impossible to blend them. The paint didn’t come out smooth so my straight lines were jagged. When I tried to layer I ended up with a puddle of paint. So needless to say, it seriously depends on your medium.
On Hardwood, it was better but it still flowed through the veining so I couldn’t get a clean, straight line. On canvas, they are really good just because the canvas can absorb the moisture coming from the marker. They are also really good on Hot Pressed Water Color Paper and Canvas paper. So, if I were you, I know you don’t want to spend more money on the right type of medium, but you will save yourself alot of heart ache if you do.
But be warned, even on the correct paper or medium, there are still the occasional bumps so you can’t get too close to your painting without seeing these.
Unless you want to take your finger and get them off, but then if you do that you’ll end up with a lovely smudge in your paint.
Alright so you can get these a bunch of places and the price is generally the same to get the set of 10 basic colors. – Bombing Science: $59.75 and no returns – Amazon: $47.99, ships very fast, returns – Jackson’s Art Supply: 45.01, 30 days from receiving the item. – Hobby Lobby does not carry them (they also don’t carry spray paint caps; I asked and embarrassed myself. More detail in the video :p)
As far as what you will need to know to use these guys, they require activation so you have to shake them to stir up the paint inside. Then you gotta push on the nib a couple of times until you see the paint coming down. You have to do it often but not so often that it gets in the way. But fair warning, you have to do a couple of layers to get good coverage. Not really a one and done type deal. And you also have to wait a second for it to dry. The Nib is very hard, it’s not like a paint brush.
There are also different sizes so I have the 4mm which was right in the middle and they have the 1.5mm which is the smallest, and then it goes up to 15mm which is the largest size. These guys are refillable which is dope. And it’s a super easy process because all you do is take the top off and then pour in the paint. You can get refill bottles on spray planet for 4 bucks and it’s called a refillable marker. Finally, these guys are nontoxic and environmentally friendly 🙂 I hope this information helped you decide whether you want to test these guys out or not.
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