Have You Purchased the Frixion Gel Pen?
01-05-2011, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by plainpat
Where do you find them?
There are two pens in a package. It is by Pilot. The package has on it -- New Ink Technology -- Writes Smooth, Erases Clean -- Ball Frixion Erasable Gel Pen.
A vendor in Houston was selling them individually for $4.00.
01-05-2011, 11:54 AM
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Another test:
I marked on the piece of fabric quite a bit. Then I rinsed it out and gently scrubbed the marks off. Let it air dry. Put it in the freezer. No marks on it now.
I would test each fabric before I used it in a quilt.
I marked on the piece of fabric quite a bit. Then I rinsed it out and gently scrubbed the marks off. Let it air dry. Put it in the freezer. No marks on it now.
I would test each fabric before I used it in a quilt.
01-05-2011, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltingmimipj
It is an erasable gel pen by Pilot, and it is marvelous. You can mark on fabric, then press it, and the mark goes away.
However, there is one word of warning: If you put the fabric in the freezer, the marks reappear. So, to me it's just a little scary.
What if I make someone a quilt and it's freezing cold in their bedroom? Will the marks reappear then?
However, there is one word of warning: If you put the fabric in the freezer, the marks reappear. So, to me it's just a little scary.
What if I make someone a quilt and it's freezing cold in their bedroom? Will the marks reappear then?
01-05-2011, 02:48 PM
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Thanks.I looked in Joanns, but wasn't sure, so didn't buy.
I looked at Walmart and didn't find them. Walgreen's did.
There are two pens in a package. It is by Pilot. The package has on it -- New Ink Technology -- Writes Smooth, Erases Clean -- Ball Frixion Erasable Gel Pen.
A vendor in Houston was selling them individually for $4.00.
Originally Posted by quiltingmimipj
Originally Posted by plainpat
Where do you find them?
There are two pens in a package. It is by Pilot. The package has on it -- New Ink Technology -- Writes Smooth, Erases Clean -- Ball Frixion Erasable Gel Pen.
A vendor in Houston was selling them individually for $4.00.
01-05-2011, 04:33 PM
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We got to test one out at our quilting friendship group last night. Hot iron makes it disappear. There are several colors. I'll be trying it on some scrap fabric before I put it on a real quilt. But this could revolutionize marking quilts for quilting!!
01-05-2011, 07:05 PM
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I tried it. Wrote on several fabrics, let it set overnight. Ironed it the next day and it disappeared. I think I read somewhere on this board that it had to be really cold (like freezing 32)for the marks to come back.
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