From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 8/8/2025 4:35 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > 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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      I scored a Dymo unit with several rolls of tape, 3 font wheels , and   
   a nice case at a yard sale for like two bucks . So far it's been used to   
   label seedling pots for the garden . If I was more organized out in the   
   shop I'd probably label stuff out there too .   
   --   
   Snag   
   We live in a time where intelligent people   
   are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
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