Wood Burning Pen - Professional Scorch Marker for DIY Wood Marke Projects - Dual Tip (Oblique/Bullet)

The product description said that I could use a blow dryer and someone mentioned putting it in the oven. I tried both methods but they didn't seem to work for me.The pens seem easy to use but it took a bit of shaking and pushing the tips to get the product to reach the tips. In the process, I almost broke one of the tips as it seems too soft. Now it feels like I drew on the wood rather than wood-burned it. Maybe I just need a heat gun for it to work. Too bad because they seem to be fun.

This is a fun way to get woodburning results without dealing with a very hot tool. What could be easier than a marker? There are a few caveats, but this is a craft that even preschoolers can do with a little help, as heat is still required.First, you get two markers with four different size and shape tips along with four extra tips should they be needed. Select the desired tip and then prime the marker (pump it up and down on a scrap of paper until you see the amber liquid come out (each tip needs to be primed separately). Now you're ready to draw on your surface. That surface can be wood or any wood fiber substance, like paper, paper mache, cardboard, or cork. I used a wooden Christmas ornament and the top of a star-shaped paper mache box that I had leftover from other projects to try these pens before I use them on the project I have in mind. (I strongly recommend this!)If you find the liquid isn't flowing as freely as you draw, prime again. Draw more slowly than usual with markers and make sure there's plenty of liquid laid down to get a good coat. The liquid is amber-colored so you can see where you've drawn already. Note on the top of the stocking, the liquid has bled. This is not the fault of the markers as any liquid stain, paint, or marker would bleed like this.To achieve the burnt look, it must be heated. A heat gun is useful, but if a heat gun isn't available, you can use a toaster or regular oven at 350F for about 10 minutes. That's what I did. Fair warning: this does create smoke and may set off your smoke alarm and your kitchen with the smell like burnt wood. I pulled them out after I turned off the smoke detector, but they might have benefitted from staying in a little longer.Using this with stencils on wood or natural fiber surfaces that aren't prone to bleeding is ideal to ensure that the lines are clean and multiple coats can be used to ensure it doesn't look like markers. Though it could be very endearing to have a wooden spoon created by a young child writing their name as a gift for a parent or grandparent. The marks are permanent burns so they don't wash off (they can be sanded off). It's a fun project with lots of applications.

This is the third type of wood burning marker I’ve gotten and I can’t seem to get them to work. I follow the directions to a tee. I’ve tried 3 different heat guns and various settings. They turn a little dark, but still have that reddish tint to them. I’ve held heat on them until I though the wood would actually catch fire.

I ordered these pens just to try for fun. I love doing crafts and had never seen anything like these before. They are okay, but I can't see myself using them more than once or twice. Only one of the pens I received worked. I tried everything I could think of to make the second one work and it just wouldn't. The pens do come with replacement nibs and the nibs are nice sizes and are easy to draw with. It took about four minutes with my heat gun on high to darken the design. I tried holding the heat gun (with it set on high) about two inches away from the design for the first couple minutes and nothing really happened so I moved the heat gun much closer to the design and that worked. I guess from a distance it might look like it was drawn with a traditional wood burner, but up close it really doesn't. It was interesting to use, but I'm not sure I will use it again. On the plus side, the ink doesn't seem to bleed on the wood like traditional markers often do.

It fills in large areas well.

Well, it works. Sort of...I tested it out on a bit of 2x4 with just some lettering. The first attempt gave me very little darkening before the wood itself started to smoke and darken. This process was with me setting the heat gun to gradually increasing temperatures over a 10 minute period.To double check, i tried again on the other side and again slowly ramped up the heat. This time i stopped just as the lettering started to darken. The darkening continued after i removed the heat source and that's what you can see in the second picture.Personally, i think for a non-instructioned tool, this has a lot of potential. It doesn't look as good as an actual wood burning job but for something intricate and less heirloom, it would be interesting to apply the mystery chemical through a die or stencil. Otherwise this looks more like magic marker.

Wow! This is not anything like what it's billed as. I have used actual wood burners for years and this is about as close to one as a bird is to a car. It is basically a marker has a thin solution in it. Even after 5-6 minutes with a heat gun the most reaction I saw was some minor bubbling or balling of wood; that could have even been from the solution itself. The only time the pen reacted was when we used a hand held torch to it. The design was much darker than the area around it, but seems to defeat the purpose of a pen replacing a hot tool. With proper safety, a wood burner gives much better results and doesn't run like the pen does. Hard pass.

These are okay for small projects but you have to make sure the liquid is still wet when you heat it definitely not good for large projects and it sometimes flakes off