From: none@none.com99   
      
   I like paint markers for marking stock, labeling equipment, and labeling   
   plastic storage boxes.  They work pretty good, but a lot of them don't   
   last for.. shi... er I mean manure.   
      
   Sometime back (several years) somebody on this group suggested Xylene   
   based markers.  In some ways they kind suck.  They smear for a while,   
   and take a long time to cure, but the markers themselves last for a very   
   long time, and after the paint does cure it holds up really well.  I   
   might have run one out of paint, but I have not had a single one dry up   
   on me.  I'm not actually sure I have run one out of paint.   
      
   In the past I had bought paint markers at an education supply store.   
   They were okay, but they didn't last.  One day in my local fastener   
   store (Copper State Bolt & Nut), I saw Milwaukee paint markers on the   
   shelf.  The really sucked, didn't last dried up, and gummed up.  Total   
   waste of money.   
      
   I came on this group to bitch and whine about it, and a member suggested   
   Xylene paint markers.  I've been using them for years now with little   
   issue.  Mostly just long cure time.  There is one other little issue.  I   
   use them to make lines on my write erase boards for tracking jobs,   
   chores, and maintenance.  I think the flash off chemical in the write   
   erase markers can affect the paint.  I have to refresh the lines every   
   once in a while.   
      
   Over all I can't imagine using any other paint marker except for the   
   limited number of colors.   
      
      
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