Copic Woes

[Hoboken Paper]

I am brand new to Copic markers and finally got a handful of Copic Sketches. Most of them are working great, but I have one marker that randomly drops ink blobs while I'm drawing with it.

I did a little research online and saw some advice to just take both caps off at the same time. It seemed to work at first, and then just as i was finishing an image a big blob of brown ink went splat on my owl.


Is there something more that I can do? Or should I go back to the retailer and ask for a replacement?


Would love to hear from someone who has more experience than I do with these markers.

[Skippet]

I have 2 Copic markers, a red and a brown one, that do this constantly. I have ruined so many projects because of it. I haven't found anything that stops them from "blobbing". I did try filling an entire sheet of cardstock in each of the colors to see if maybe once they lost some ink they might behave, but no such luck. I think it is a defective brush tip. I gave up and don't use those colors any more unless I use the chisel end which doesn't seem to have the same issue as the brush end.

[prairiecrafter]

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Originally Posted by Skippet

I have 2 Copic markers, a red and a brown one, that do this constantly. I have ruined so many projects because of it. I haven't found anything that stops them from "blobbing". I did try filling an entire sheet of cardstock in each of the colors to see if maybe once they lost some ink they might behave, but no such luck. I think it is a defective brush tip. I gave up and don't use those colors any more unless I use the chisel end which doesn't seem to have the same issue as the brush end.

You mentioned that the chisel tip does not drip and think it is a defective brush. You can get replacement brush tips. Good luck!

[Hoboken Paper]

Thanks Skippet!

The most frustrating part is that it will work fine for awhile and then surprise me at the worst moment with a big blob.

I�ll go ahead and look into a refund/replacement. Otherwise, I�ll try a new brush tip.

[Scrapjanny]

I would return it if you can. They aren't supposed to do that, and that's never happened to me. I think yours is defective.