When is a Red paint pen, not a Red paint pen? When it's a Pink one!

Ditzy_Mitzy

Per your last comment @Justdonna, you'd be better off removing the pink stuff (it washes off, apparently), giving the surface a good clean and degrease and a rub over with fine grit paper to key it and then either blowing over with a tin of spray paint or brushing on coach enamel.  

photome

Justdonna said:

Thankyou everyone for your comments and replies, 
This is a copy of the reply I got back from the online Pen Company, 
I had continued to colour the whole top of the postbox, as I thought the paint was only "pink" while wet, this is why it looks like I've used a lot, and I did a bit on the sides and the date the next day for photographic purposes,
I think I will challenge the decision of my right to a refund,
Also, I'm not sure that a big company as POSCA would like to me known as the company who's pens are, "often different in colour to the actual cap of the pen"
and as for them being "used" how on earth can someone tell beforehand if the colour hasn't been used and allowed to dry?
I usually buy acrylic paint pens from Amazon, their Red pens are real true red and vibrant, I use them to paint toadstool ornaments for my fairy garden, the only reason I could not use those, as the chisel nibs were far too small to paint my postbox with,
So I searched Internet for "good quality Giant paint pens" and POSCA is what came up! 
So, there isn't even an argument that Red pigment cannot be made to go in pens, as other companies can get nice real reds in theirs.
Has anyone out there used any other brands of giant nibbed paint pens that are actually really postbox/pillar box Red?
Please tell me, as I need to get my post box painted asap
Donna

I think I would fwd that reply to Posca  themselves  and see what they say

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

One quick search of the Duck, https://duckduckgo.com/, brings up letterbox red paint available in Wickes for £23!
Justdonna said:

Hi everybody, 
I'm wondering if what an online retailer has told me is correct and I have No right to a refund, OR, were the items I bought, either, Not as described, not satisfactory condition, or Not fit for purpose?
(or any other catagory I've missed)
I bought some very chunky Posca paint marker pens, ones that have a 15mm nib, to cover larger areas,
I bought 3 Red and 3 Green, for a garden project,
The problem I have are regarding the Red ones, 
I bought them to brighten up a dull weathered garden postbox ornament, 
I read the instructions and shook pens well before use, (hearing ball bearing inside shake good)
I removed lid, and primed the nib as you are meant to, to allow the paint to flow,
The paint/ink/was deep pink and most definitely not Red, The lid was a nice "post box Red" and the pen was described as being Red.
I put lid back on and shook thoroughly again, the paint/ink was still deep Pink and I could not use it to colour my post box Red!
I wrote an email to the online pen supplier/shop, and they replied something like this,
"I'm sorry about your experience but the Red Posca pens are actually a pink colour dispute the lid showing Red, and your pen was not faulty, and as you have used it, we are sorry we cannot give a refund"
So am I wrong, or do I have to accept that a clearly Red paint marker pen that I bought, is "meant" to be Pink, and basically it's hard cheese on my part, 
Any consumer advice would be welcomed, 

As far as I can see, these pens are for artists and not for weathered cast iron trinkets!

Spank

I doubt it's cast iron BoP probably mild steel.

Hasbeen

So about £9+ for the 3 pens or: £6:48 Amazon   https://www.amazon.co.uk/151-Drip-Gloss-Pillar-180ml/dp/B002W14IT4

Worth a try?

Justdonna

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth said:

One quick search of the Duck, https://duckduckgo.com/, brings up letterbox red paint available in Wickes for £23!
Justdonna said:

Hi everybody, 
I'm wondering if what an online retailer has told me is correct and I have No right to a refund, OR, were the items I bought, either, Not as described, not satisfactory condition, or Not fit for purpose?
(or any other catagory I've missed)
I bought some very chunky Posca paint marker pens, ones that have a 15mm nib, to cover larger areas,
I bought 3 Red and 3 Green, for a garden project,
The problem I have are regarding the Red ones, 
I bought them to brighten up a dull weathered garden postbox ornament, 
I read the instructions and shook pens well before use, (hearing ball bearing inside shake good)
I removed lid, and primed the nib as you are meant to, to allow the paint to flow,
The paint/ink/was deep pink and most definitely not Red, The lid was a nice "post box Red" and the pen was described as being Red.
I put lid back on and shook thoroughly again, the paint/ink was still deep Pink and I could not use it to colour my post box Red!
I wrote an email to the online pen supplier/shop, and they replied something like this,
"I'm sorry about your experience but the Red Posca pens are actually a pink colour dispute the lid showing Red, and your pen was not faulty, and as you have used it, we are sorry we cannot give a refund"
So am I wrong, or do I have to accept that a clearly Red paint marker pen that I bought, is "meant" to be Pink, and basically it's hard cheese on my part, 
Any consumer advice would be welcomed, 

As far as I can see, these pens are for artists and not for weathered cast iron trinkets!

Hi, 
The pens say they can be used on metal (plus many other surfaces),
This old postbox is not a weathered cast iron trinket, it is a garden ornament now but it is kept under the cover of corrugated plastic,
I have used blue Posca pens for colouring vintage irons and horseshoes for outside use in the past and never had a problem, 
My only problem I have at the moment is with the colour,
It's coverage was good, it was easy and non messy to apply, it went on smoothly,
But, it was NOT the colour on the lid, and nowhere in the description of the pen, said "this is an approximate shade, what's inside may not be anything like colour shown" 

photome

Have you asked Posca for a comment on the retailers reply

Justdonna

greyteam1959 said:

I just can't think of a good reason to use something like this ??
A small pot of red gloss paint from one of the DIY sheds would have been cheaper & done a much much better job.

I'm sorry, I should have explained that I can sometimes only hold something for a short space of time due to disability, and using conventional paint, things like lid removal, stirring, holding and moving paint and brush, dropping brush with paint on,
Are all things that have taken the fun out of "painting" in this way for a good few years now,
I enjoy the feel of a pen, and if my hands play up, I can simply put the lid on, with no cleaning brush or tapping lids on.
The size of the pen made painting my post box easy peasy, 
The flow of the pen was lovely and smooth,
it just wasn't Red! 

Justdonna

I am just trying to find an email address for Uniball, who make Posca pens, but there seems only to be a contact direct form to fill in on the website, but by contacting them that way, I cannot send my photos and reply email from the online pen company,
Also, I'm going to ask them who were the manufacturer of the pens they used to colour in the Red "P" and the "A" on their own POSCA logo,
as it definitely wasn't their OWN Posca Reds.

photome

Justdonna said:

I am just trying to find an email address for Uniball, who make Posca pens, but there seems only to be a contact direct form to fill in on the website, but by contacting them that way, I cannot send my photos and reply email from the online pen company,
Also, I'm going to ask them who were the manufacturer of the pens they used to colour in the Red "P" and the "A" on their own POSCA logo,
as it definitely wasn't their OWN Posca Reds.

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