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What Is The Difference Between A Water-based Pen, A Water-based Pen, A Water-based Pen, And An Oil-based Pen?

Oct 28, 2021

Fountain pen: This is the popular name. Some people call signature pens fountain pens, some call oil-based pens fountain pens, and some people call markers fountain pens. Anyway, those with ink are used to call fountain pens, so this name is nothing. Professional reference instructions.


Let's summarize it from the category of marker pens/markers.

Water-based pen: The main ingredient is water, water-resistant paint. It will not melt and stain when exposed to water. Generally, art drawing has more uses for hooking. It is characterized by no staining on paper and no odor. It represents the water-based syringe of products such as cherry blossoms. Pen, Mitsubishi's water-based marker. Can be erased with organic solvents;


Water-soluble pen: The main ingredients are water, dyes, and resins. Generally used for industrial marking, its ink is hydrophilic and will dissolve in water. In general industrial processes, the marking and marking requirements are easy to erase, so water-soluble Marker pens, so they are also called wet erase pens. (Whiteboard pens are generally called dry erase pens);


Oil-based pens: mainly organic solvent formulations, such as alcohols (such as ethanol), ketones (such as acetone), benzene (such as xylene. This type of pen is generally used for industrial marking, with a larger odor, and different solvents. The formula writing fastness, smell, and quick-drying effect are different. The ink is waterproof, firm and not easy to fade, and the color is bright. But the writing paper will be smudged.


There are also paint pens. You can check the difference between paint pens and oil-based pens in the article on the website.


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