hi I'm Sophie and welcome to my world
you know I use this pen all the time not
this specific pen but this brand of pen
the Uni Posca pen I use it a lot in all
of my projects and people often ask me
hey Sophie will this pen write on say
ceramic will it write on rocks will it
write on plastic and you know I thought
it would be great to do a little
comparison of what this pen works well
on and what it doesn't and also give you
some tips and pointers on how you use it
on those different materials so today
we're gonna test out the Uni Posca pen
on different surfaces so not only am I
going to show you the product with it
actually drawn upon but we're gonna give
it a wet and a drive swipe test so you
can kind of see what happens after it's
dry whether it stays or whether it wipes
off the other thing is that Uni Posca's
have a drying time on certain
surfaces I want to show you this and all
of this will be on my website but here
you can see this is a slick-y paper
this has like a finish to it
zero seconds it just wipes right off ten
seconds it starts to smear 20 seconds it
leaves a residue but still smears 30
seconds again one minute it's starting
to get dry by two minutes it's
completely dry and you can rub it and
nothing will happen so you should just
be aware of that it works great for like
this poster kind of paper or like foam
core it's super super super great
because the colors stay really vibrant
but know that you have to allow for the
dry time this is tarp and tarp as you
can see nice coverage does really well
we're gonna give it the wet test doesn't
come off and with the dry test doesn't
come off so you know Posca on tarp
excellent then we're gonna try felt now
felt is a kind of matted fabric it's got
like all these little fibers but as you
can see it went on really nicely pretty
smoothly gave it good coverage with the
wet test doesn't wipe off dry test
doesn't wipe off and the cork it did
great it dried right away I'm gonna give
it a wet test
a little bit of rub off
there so that's important to know a
little bit of rub off there with the dry
test doesn't come off glazed ceramic I
didn't want to ruin my cup so I did the
bottom here and you see when we give it
a dry rub totally fine
this was really quick and easy
it dried I would say in like a minute
and even before when it went down and
went down nice and smooth I'm gonna give
it the wet test and see what happens
now that is important to see it does
wipe away so you wouldn't want to use
this on something that was going to get
wet so you wouldn't want to use this on
a coffee mug because you can end up with
Uni Posca on your lips however if you
were going to make this on a ceramic
like an ornament or something like that
you'd be completely fine duct tape and
as you can see covered pretty smoothly a
little bit a little bit smudgy in there
and let's see we're gonna give it the
wet test looks like it's staying on
there nice and good and dry test
completely fine so on duct tape Uni Posca
works really really well next up is
black paper I love writing on black
paper but I got to tell you Uni Posca
got absorbed right away so you really
want a black paper marker not a Uni
Posca unless you like that kind of matte
look and it's you know it's definitely
been absorbed into the paper and you
know what this dried like in seconds and
you know it's not gonna it's not gonna
come off but it's not it's the muted the
colors are muted not nice and bright
like you would get with a with a pen now
this is lacquered wood as you can see
and it went on beautifully went on
really smoothly it doesn't wipe off
let's try it with water doesn't wipe off
now there's a plastic bottle for you it
went on pretty smoothly as you can see
it's a little streaky but not too
terrible let's give it the dry first it
doesn't rub off with the dry it doesn't
rub off with the wipe I did try it on a
metal tin like an Altoid tin and here's
what I learned it beaded up and when it
beaded up I had to
really allow it to dry before I could
actually go any further with it
now it does stay on with a dry rub and
it does stay on with a wet rub but you
just have to know if you're gonna use it
on metal you have to give it its own dry
time and the other thing too is it will
scrape off if you use your finger it's
probably the best thing to use on
terracotta it doesn't wipe off at all as
you can see and it looks great and it
absorbs right away and really quickly
this is one coat this isn't two coats
and it goes really fast so I was able to
draw and then put my other color in
right away it's great terracotta is
fantastic now glass it went on
beautifully I had no problems with it it
didn't bead up or anything but check
this out dry is fine but when you do
water it starts to wipe off can you see
that so again just like with ceramic if
you're gonna use it on something that
you want to use for like drinkware or
something like that not a good idea
this is wax now it actually I thought
was going to bead up on the wax but it
didn't and it actually wrote on the wax
really really well now if you rub it it
comes off but you have to really rub it
to make it come off so I mean for the
most part putting it on wax as long as
you're not going to touch it it's gonna
be pretty cool and then I did use it on
a stone and this is what I you know this
is what we use these mostly for is
coloring rocks and stuff and they work
so great on rocks and they stay even
with wet and with dry they're awesome
cardboard likewise awesome fabric and as
you can see what's nice about this is
this is like a sock with some stretch to
it and the Uni Posca marker stretches
with it now I hope you find that helpful
I'm also going to be putting a PDF of
all of the different materials that I
tested and my results on my website
Sophie-world.com so if you want to
just be able to look at it and see which
materials that it worked best on you can
do so again that's Sophie-world.com
there's a link down below now if you
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