Basic Ink Configuration

Oily organic solvent + dye + resin + surfactant, Water-based is the basic structure of the aqueous + dye + moisturizing Agent + surfactant + preservative. As for the oily ink, it may be felt that it...

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The ink of one of the twin tip disappears first.

For a batting twin, a thin core may not be able to be written first, regardless of which nib you are using. This is because the capillary power of the two nib is different, the ink in the batting is ...

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Ink injection method

As for how to put in ink, a certain amount of ink may be injected into the filling with a syringe or the like, but the best way is to dip the filling in the ink and let it suck up the ink. The refill...

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Why fluorescent ink looks fluorescent

As can be seen from being a highlighter when expressed in English, it is possible to show the color more vividly by converting the light by sunlight and illumination to the wavelength of a certain lig...

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The difference between a marker and a sign pen

There is no definite definition, but generally it is called a marker, the thing with the direction of the line width of 1mm or less and the one with the direction with a line width of more than 1mm is...

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History of marking

It is said that the marker which came in from the United States in 1949 is the beginning of the history of the oil marking. In the Tombow was released for the first time in Japan the water marking ca...

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The marking pen is a Writing of the pressure “zero”

Unlike ballpoint pen and the like, the marking uses a capillary phenomenon, and the pen tip is also responsible for its function, so you hardly need pressure when writing. Because the core is relative...

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Writing distance

The writing distance varies depending on the type, but it is said that the longest writing is about 1000m in a fine pen and about 100 to 150 m of the highlighter when becoming short. The pen tip and t...

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About liquid-type ink Induction

The liquid type is often thought that the ink is only coming out as it is unlike the batting type, but the relay core is still necessary. The ink stored in the bellows is guided sequentially to the co...

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About ink Induction (capillary phenomenon)

The ink of the marking is drawn out by using the principle that the ink is pulls to the narrow one of the gap even if power is not added from the outside. A rough flow is the form of batting (relay co...

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What is a marking pen?

First, when you think about what you call a marking, it is defined as a pen that is an ink storage body of batting or liquid type and that induces ink to tip nib by capillary phenomenon. And, the mark...

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Tips for sharpening a pencil with a knife

In order to cut the blade as hard as possible, it is better to use the front of the blade to cut only the wood first, and then use the original blade to make the blade stand and cut the core. The poi...

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Why pencils are used in elementary schools

In the Ministry of Education, we are promoting the transcription of hard general writing to 3 from small to medium, so that we can "write Japanese easily, clearly and efficiently." In order to do this...

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How far is the pencil written?

The writing distance that can be written in one pencil (HB) is about 50km. It is an overwhelming long distance and economical compared with other Writing instruments. However, the written load is set...

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About JIS of pencil

Pencil JIS was established in 1951 and has contributed to the improvement of pencil quality in Japan for about 50 years, but in 1998 the item designation was canceled as part of the deregulation and i...

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About the shape of the pencil axis

When I have a pencil, because it is three fingers, it is be able that the number of times is correct. In general, it is said that it is rolling. There are many circular axes in colored pencils, and i...

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The length and thickness of the pencil

The length is 172mm or more in JIS standard. The first person to decide the length closest to this is Germany Luther Farber. It proposes to "7 inches (17.78 cm)" around 1840. This length is said to h...

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Core differences

The difference in the core is mainly in the grain size of graphite and clay, in other words, the technique and nerves are used for grinding, refining and processing of raw graphite as a high-grade cor...

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Pencil Price Difference

There is a price difference in a pencil first, it depends on the difference of the core. The difference in the core is mainly due to the granularity of graphite and clay, or fineness. There is a diffe...

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On the degree representation expressed in 1, 2, 3

In Europe and the United States, the degree was expressed in 1, 2, 3. 1 equals B, 2 is HB, and 3 is H. It is now a way of expressing H, HB, and B....

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About the types of colored pencils

Separating the colored pencils from the shape is divided into the one that the entire tree axis, the paper winding, and the axis are the core. Although the wooden axis colored pencil is a very common...

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What do you mean by the thickness of a pencil?

In JIS, the reflectance when written under certain conditions is defined as 0.30 ~ 0.47 in HB, otherwise it is good if the upper and lower degree is not reversed respectively BASED on HB. It is said t...

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What is the degree and concentration of the core?

It is a symbol from 6B to 9H representing the thickness and hardness of the pencil core. The core of the pencil is from stiff to soft, depending on the proportion of graphite and clay, for example HB ...

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Color Pencil Core Ingredients

The core of the colored pencil is made of coloring, extender pigment and wax. Looking from the ingredients, it is oily. After you draw a picture with colored pencils, you can dissolve the water by mel...

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A tree used for pencils

Pencils are mainly used in North American incense Cedar (Hinoki). Wood is a natural recycling resource and environmentally friendly material. Trees used for pencils are also planted and managed well....

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Clay used for the core of a pencil

Pencils use Germany clay. Although the clay can be taken Japan, there is plasticity suitable for the molding of the pencil core, the crystallization proceeds at a relatively low temperature, the physi...

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Graphite used for the core of a pencil

Graphite (graphite graphite) is also known as a stone ink and is naturally produced as a companion of Diamond and Coal (allotrope). Unlike the same fellow coal, it has a layered structure and is slipp...

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Pencil Paint

In general pencils, oily paints are used. I use the undercoat paint to flatten the surface of the tree, the middle coating to color, and the clear which produces the gloss of the surface and finish it...

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Is there a lead in the pencil?

Lead is not included. The core is made of graphite and clay. Graphite is made of carbon and is a fellow of coal and Diamond (allotrope). In addition, lead is not included in the paint of the surface....

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The inventor of the pencil with rubber

In 1858, an American Mr. Lippmann was invented with a rubber pencil. He thought that the eraser which had been put Plastic Eraser on by the side during the drawing disappeared soon, and it was trouble...

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History of the pencil industry

In the Meiji era, a civilization enlightenment was created, and it was imported in large quantities. In 1885, 25,750 Gross, and in Meiji 38, statistics that were imported about ten times remain. The ...

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History of Colored pencils

The oldest colored pencil of the Japan remains the handwriting written with a red pencil in the ancient manuscripts of the Himeji shrine, but the red pencils themselves do not exist....

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