Pilot Pen Frixion Erasable Rollerball Pen - Assorted Colours (Pack of 4)

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It was used in different products from color-changing paper cups to kitchen toys where the play food would change color as you submersed it in cold water. I will continue to use these pens because I use them only to mark the backs of quilt squares for making HST’s.

I rarely use any starch, but will pick of some of Mary Ellen’s alternative to have on hand, and I won’t take any responses as gospel. Limited edition Pilot Kese Lamé Erasable Glitter Gel Pens take bestselling FriXion erasable gel inks and elevate them to new heights with sparkling glitter particles! I have also used Frixion Pens in garment sewing to mark notches and of course, these marks are hidden in seam allowances and are not a problem. Inspired by the changing color of autumn leaves, Metamo ink (short for “metamorphis ink”) was patented in 1975. I do not know whether anyone else mentioned this, but we also have “other chemicals” that could be interacting with the inks – these would be waxes and any treatment used on batiks to easily lift the wax after the dye is applied, the chemicals in the dyes, the chemistry of our water in the area where we live – perhaps this water element is THE key contributing factor that affects the ability of some quilters to remove the ink when laundering and others who saw no difference after laundering.

It taught me that no matter what “everyone” else is using, I need to consider whether I want to put that product on my quilt. I simply want quilters to understand the issues with Frixion pens on fabric so that they make an informed choice whether to use them. Like the retractable Ball Knock Biz, the two-color FriXion Ball 2 Biz features a streamlined body and hidden “eraser.

Using more chemicals to remove a chemical from fabric – well, that was enough to relegate my Frixion pen to the pen can!Haven’t tried it with the Frixion pens but the old method of removing ink used to be to soak the area in milk and salt. You don’t need to heat or iron the whole paper, the friction from the eraser adds the needed heat to make it “erase”. Students who use Frixion pens tend to have neater papers than those using ballpoint pens (which can also sometimes be erased) or other gel pens (which cannot be erased at all) and I’ve yet to see a single instance where a student ended up with ink all over his/her hands from a Frixion pen. The black ink no longer has a greenish tint, and the red and blue inks (availably separately) appear more vibrant.

Although most people know the ink system as thermo-sensitive ink, its official name is Metamo ink and unlike a regular pen ink, the ink in your Pilot Frixion pen has a number of microcapsules in it that contain three different substances. I might share that I used the blue marking pens on a denim-like material, and the it “bleached out” the color. I use them to mark the line for half square triangles because that line will be in the seam allowance. Although most people do tend to be surprised by this, it really does not take much to raise the temperature of the ink above 60°C to activate the temperature regulator in the ink. I don’t have a great marking system either-my go-to is a blue wash out…because it stays in until I wash it out and then it’s totally gone.

I’m an avid fountain pen user, and have used Amodex – works like a charm for most mainstream inks (e. The tip of the pen is rubbery and you rub it over the writing, creating friction and erasing the ink. I have had a lot of questions about the Frixion pens, and I think you have answered all the questions.

But I just recently read someone also writing about the frixion pen, and said that she washed the quilt, and the marks didn’t come back in the freezer after all. I tend to only use them to mark the piecing for applique that will be turned under, so if a little bit of the ink shows up, it will still be in a hidden location as long as I am careful to make sure to turn under accurately. The friction-generated heat caused when rubbing the paper with the eraser tip, turns the ink invisible. If you want to treat it, I would use one of the two products recommended in the article: Amodex and Mötsenböcker’s Lift-Off 3. But no matter what I or anyone else says, always do your own testing on your own project and then you will know for sure on that project and go with what works.

The Pilot rep said to rid the piece of ghost marks you would need to treat it with the ink removers listed above.