Glop Ink (Pink Panther)

I bought this paint at oinkart, although they don't seem to be selling it any more at the moment.

Here's a video review I made of Glop Ink when I first bought it. I would still read this post, though, because my opinion of it has changed.

I bought glop ink because I wanted to try it out, and I was curious as to its quality. Other than that, there was no real reason.

The name made me think that it would be really thick. It is, and it isn't. This paint (even though its name says "ink" it's most definitely a mop paint; I cringe at the thought of what it would do to a flow-valve marker) seems to be mixed heavily with some sort of a gloss agent, so it is decently thick due to whatever they mix in with it. It is not, however, thick due to it's amount of pigment.

I'm pretty sure that this ink is the oinkart version of Smash Ink, which was the first paint I ever tried (and absolutely love.) Unfortunately, regardless as to whether or not it intended to be Smash competition, it pales in comparison.

Glop ink is, first of all, expensive for what it is. You're getting a decent amount of paint (8oz,) but it's about 12 dollars a bottle. Smash is far more expensive, but if you compare a price like this to some other mop paint like the OTR soul tip paint, you can see the price difference, despite Glop's quantity.

I wouldn't mind the price if its quality were better, but when I think of Glop Ink, the term "watery" comes to mind. I've only ever tried the one color of Glop (pink panther,) but by what I've seen on other reviews is that it's most definitely lacking in opaqueness. Whether you call it streaky, weak, watered-down, etc. the idea is pretty much the same: you're going to see patches of the surface you're writing on seep through the paint pretty often.

Another thing that I noticed with this paint is that, when applied through a moe-hair nib (I haven't ever tried it through a threaded nib,) it produces little bubbles, or a thin "foam," if you will. These bubbles eventually burst, but if they stay there for too long before popping, they will leave little holes of color on your tag, which I find irritating, to say the least.

A final thing that bothers me about this paint is that it will gunk up whatever mop you're using it in. Unless you run through your makers quickly, and tag often, this paint is going to shut up your marker, and make it hard to even refill it when you run low. This is more of a xylene-based ink thing, as Smash does it too, but it's still something to be noted.

Pros: Very glossy (this ink does top the charts in how glossy and lacquer-like it is, despite its other faults,) comes in a large quantity, decent array of colors (when it was available at oinkart, that is)

Cons: Expensive, watery, a step down from Smash Ink, and it will clog/eat/gunk up the cap of your mop/nib.

In the end, I wouldn't recommend this paint to anyone who could otherwise get their hands on Smash Ink, Mr.Black, or some others. I'm not a huge fan.