3 Applique Starch Pen Reviews

 The three brushes in todays' review from left to right.

                                           1.  Ohuhu Water Color Brush Pens  $6.99(amazon)                                                                                 2. Traditional Primitives Starch Brush  $12 plus shipping                                      3. Clover Fabric Folding Pen  $11.16(amazon)

Each pen was fill with diluted Sta-Flo Starch using a spray bottle.

Filling the Traditional Primitives pen was a little harder due to the smaller opening.  Traditional Primitive sells a bottle of starch with a special tip for filling the pen.  The price is $5.95 for 3.4 ounces of starch.  Since I'm cheap I chose not to purchase their starch.

The Clover Pen comes with a small bottle of fabric folding liquid. I've not tested the liquid because it's too pricey.  The tiny refill bottle is $ 8.95.

All three pens hold the same amount of starch.

Each pen has a gripping area that reads push.  

Give it a little squeeze to push the starch out to the tip of the pen. 

The Clover pen(left)has a hard porous tip.  It's hard to see the starch coming out of the tip and it doesn't glide across the fabric.

The Traditional Primitive(middle) has a paint brush tip made with what feels like a soft synthetic material.   It seemed to glide across the fabric nicely and it was easier to see the starch as it was squeezed into the tip.

The Ohuhu pen(right) has a paint brush that is slightly stiffer than the Traditional Primitives and doesn't glide across the fabric as well.  But it's better than the Clover tip.

All three pens were used to make a few circle appliques.

The Clover Fabric folding pen will be my go-to pen because I have arthritis in my thumb and it's easier to squeeze the starch to the tip.  The other two pens made my thumb joint hurt with every squeeze.  If the Traditional Primitives had been easier to squeeze it would have been my first choice.  I really liked the paint brush tip. I tried to put the Traditional Primitives tip on the Clover pent the threading was different.  EDIT....I also tested each pen for leaking. They were laid on the table with the caps on overnight.  None of them leaked and the caps were not stuck to the pens.

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