I need another pencil case. As it is, I still have around 100 of them that aren’t in a case, and I’ve gone and added more. See all that lovely info on the Prismacolors? It’s stamped metallic, and if you do microwave to repair a core, it will go up in a pretty shower of sparks, so you’ll no longer have it. I prefer to keep my info intact, including the colour names. The Staedtler Noris Colour are lovely, much like Cretacolor, harder than the Prismacolor, they apply well, and keep a good point. The problem with sets is that there is zero identification on the pencil, no name, no number, so if you are looking to replace a specific colour, you’re rather screwed into buying a new set. I did buy the Prismacolors off the rack, so I’ll see how many broken cores I have to deal with.
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Wait-- you can microwave colored pencils to fix the broken guts? Can you do this to any of them or just the good quality ones? I feel like my art supply world just got rocked.
Yes, you can. I wrote about this a few days ago: https://freethoughtblogs.com/affinity/2018/05/27/getting-to-the-point/
This works best with Prismacolor and Caran D’ache, and other high wax content pencils. I can’t vouch for it on the harder, low wax pencils, generally speaking, I don’t have trouble with them. The high wax content is why you can use heat to heal the core. Sun, oven, or microwave.
That’s amazing. Second kid has a small assortment of Derwent pencils and I don’t know if she’s had trouble with the colored ones but if she does I will refer her to your post!