Just realized my cheap highlighters were bleeding through my Leuchtturm pages after a month

Honestly, I kept seeing ghosting on my weekly spreads and couldn't figure out why, until I tested my old highlighters on a blank page and the ink soaked right through. Ngl, it ruined my entire February log because the back of every page is now a mess. Has anyone found a brand that truly doesn't bleed on 80gsm paper?

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theajohnson22d ago

I used to think all highlighters were the same until my favorite set wrecked a Moleskine. Now I only use the Zebra Mildliners on my Leuchtturm, they haven't bled once. The brush tip ones are way more gentle on thin paper.

iris_schmidt22d ago

Yeah the "brush tip ones are way more gentle" thing is so true. I read this whole blog post once where someone tested like ten different highlighters on cheap notebook paper and the brush tips always won. They put the ink down softer so it doesn't soak in and make a mess. I saw what williamhenderson said about his old store brand ones and I had the exact same thing happen with a planner, it just wrecks the whole page when it bleeds through. The Mildliners are the only ones I've found that actually work like they're supposed to on thin paper.

williamhenderson22d ago

My Leuchtturm from last year has the same problem on like fifteen pages from some old store brand highlighters. It's so frustrating when you put work into a spread and the tools ruin it. I saw what theajohnson said about Zebra Mildliners and I switched to those too. They really are different, the ink just sits on top of the paper. I keep a pack of the pastel colors in my bag now because I don't trust anything else.