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   On 8/8/2025 2:04 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 8/8/2025 1:59 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >    I've been using Flysea branded oil based paint pens for marking   
   > duties here . Takes a minute or 2 to dry but is semi-permanent . Got   
   > about a dozen colors for just a few bucks . Got them originally a couple   
   > of years back to mark hoses and 'lectrical connectors when I was doing   
   > motor work on the 4Runner .   
      
      
   I can't even imagine how many thousands (tens of thousands, maybe   
   hundreds of thousands) of communication wires I marked with a Sharpie   
   marker.  Then I get into all that voice and data Cat 5/5E/6 that specs   
   permanent "label" and I had to buy a Dymo label printer.  I never   
   bothered to tell the customers, IT managers, Staff Srgt in charge of the   
   building, etc I still marked them all with a Sharpie, and then came back   
   and printed labels when I was done.   
      
      
      
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