I am relying more and more on Mildliners for my notebook annotation and illumination (i.e. writing the day of the week ll fancy-like) so when I saw the set of three Mildliner pens with the Mildliner no Moto ink refill, I had to try it out. Zebra Mildliner No Moto Mild Blue Ink Set ($17) comes with a Mild Fuchsia, Mild Gray, and Mild Lemon Yellow and a bottle of Mildliner no Moto ink in Mild Blue.
The Mildliner pens are the doubled ended design with the Brush tip and Bullet tip like we reviewed recently.
The information on the back suggests that you dip each of the Mildliner pens in the ink bottle to create a new, gradient color.
The Brush tip end, shown above before dipping.
Above, shows the same tip after it’s been dipped in the blue ink creating a vibrant green shade.
Above are samples of both the unblemished colors (quite standard highlighter colors) and then after we dipped the tips in the Blue ink to create gradients and alter the colors.
Information on JetPens recommends that you wipe the tip after using to remove the cross contamination color or it will slowly alter the pen color over time. I think the capillary action will cause the blue bottle ink color to be absorbed into the body of the pen so if you don’t want that to happen, be sure to clean the tips with a paper towel between uses.
They also advise not contaminating the bottled ink by dipping a dark colored Mildliner into the bottle. And not to use the Mildliner No Moto bottle ink to refill a Mildliner pen. Weird…
Finally, the bottle of Mild Blue ink can be used with paint brushes, water brushes and glas dip pen but do not use it with fountain pens or metal dip pen nibs.
There are nine individual colors of Mildliner No Moto bottle inks available ($11.50 for 10ml bottle) so if you already have a healthy collection of Mildliner and would like to experiment with ink mixing, you don’t need to purchase the set and there is a larger variety of colors available than the two options in the sets.
Overall, it was fun to play with the Mildliners, dipping them into the ink and experimenting with gradient colors but I’m not sure how often I will actually pull this out to use it on a day-to-day basis. There are so many great Mildliner colors available that I don’t often feel the need to create a new color but I guess I like knowing now that I can.
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