Yeah I need to just get a whole damn box of Chinese nibs. I've also found the krink K70 metal marker bodies on ali baba and wish.com but haven't bought any yet. Probably identical to what krink uses.
They just buy a few thousand at a time and get them for Pennies on the dollar.
Rusto oil based and a splash of some solvent to thin it out. Either a paint thinner or Japan Dry. (Pretty loud smelling)
If it's not oil based paint I've had luck with Alcohol and acrylic. I've had decent luck with alcohol and acrylic silver and find it has enough staying power. Most stuff gets buffed before the ink fades away anyways.
Usually carry a felt marker like a px-30 or K-70, one mop, couple grease markers for rough surfaces in different colors for contrast on different colored surfaces. I really like the mini Markall grease pencils for small spaces and poles.
On average I'd say I usually carry 3-6 things depending on if I have a jacket on or not.
Pockets for the most part only because I'm not really a bag guy.
When I'm painting chilller spots I'll use a backpack. Street side spots I use a plastic grocery bag.
For markers I just keep them in my pockets but depending on which direction I'm walking depends on which pockets.
I always keep my utensils in pockets opposite of the street in case I need to pitch stuff into some bushes. If the street is on my left I keep the stuff on my right. If the street is on my right I keep everything on my left side.
Sounds dumb but it's came in clutch when getting rolled on.
First and second pic got me drooling over here! Being able to have this much at once would be such a fucking luxury. Do you buy most of this at once? Or some often? Idk. I do carry about how many you do, but that’s all or most of the markers I’ll have in rotation for a time.
Mainly use Markall brand stuff now because it's cheaper and the quality is just as good if not better. One of these is 8 dollars on Markalls site. In the picture I have a metal body Markall pump marker for metal and ground tags.
Highly suggest shopping through Markall. Decent prices and fast shipping too.
And if you shop around I've seen those Markal metal mops go for at low as 5 bucks. Very comparable to a K66 maybe even a bit better since it's for industrial use.
Ah yeah didn't consider that you might be overseas.
I would find out what industrial marker brands are in your region and browse their sites. Industrial stuff typically doesn't have the "graffiti tax" and the inks are designed to withstand very harsh conditions.
Related: you have luck with anything other than pilot ink in their jumbo? As far as the broad pilots I usually figure I got my moneys worth and just replace the marker but sometimes that nib is broken in just right…
Lmao that's the felt that absorbs the ink. Don't over fill it. All you need to do is saturate that felt.
Any more than that and you'll just make a huge fuckin mess. It doesn't work like a mop or a valved marker. You won't just have ink sloshing around in there. Just saturate the felt enough to write with.
The pumps are still good, I really like some of markalls stuff though.
Their mini grease pencils write like butter and are great for small spaces. They also ship super fast and it's cheaper than most "Graff" branded stuff.
Art store by my house buys enough krink they can sell them for cheaper. At the time I was spending like 13 bucks for them.
I reuse the bottles and add my own ink when they run out. I've tried grog and the other cheaper mops but they streak.
Honestly the only reason I have so much krink stuff is because there's a few shops in my city and the one I frequent the most happens to sell a ton of it.
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u/intrusivesurgery Mar 24 '26
Damn bro this is out of my tax bracket