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| Capt. Cave Man... |
 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:17 pm |
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:17:31 -0500, PeterD <peter2 at (no spam) hipson.net> wrote:
[quote]Dry Erase
markers don't work.
Thanks!!!
-mpm
Whiteboard marker pen. Available in standard and fine point versions.
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Idiot. READ the above AGAIN. |
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| Capt. Cave Man... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:20 pm |
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:16:11 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmillard at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
[quote]Sharpies do the trick!!
I really thought I had tried Sharpies previously and they didn't
stick. (?)
I must have tried a dozen markers. Guess I got my markers mixed up.
But I just tried several Sharpie colors. All work well.
And as you say, a little alcohol (isopropyl was all I had handy), does
indeed wipe clean.
FYI - Dark blue seems to dry the fastest, though all dry acceptably
fast enough.
I'm going to let some test samples "cure" overnight and see if they
still come clean in the morning without scrubbing.
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You obviously haven't been around a manufacturing realm in many years. |
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| Tim Wescott... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:41 am |
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:16:11 -0800, mpm wrote:
[quote]On Nov 5, 4:31Â pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I... at (no spam) My-Web-
Site.com> wrote:
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:52 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
speffS... at (no spam) interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:08:16 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmill... at (no spam) aol.com
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Off topic:
Anyone know of an inexpensive way to handwrite on polypropylene
plastic film?
Must be cheap! Â ($1 or less, in small qty.) Must be erasable with
nothing more than reasonable deliberate effort.
For example:
A wax China Marker works, but is just a little bit too difficult to
remove.
All the other markers either won't stick at all (stays wet), or are
permanent (i.e., Staedtler Lumocoloer markers)*. *Of course, the
Lumocolor markers cost too much anyway. Â Dry Erase markers don't
work.
Thanks!!!
-mpm
Have you tried a grease pencil?
http://www.filmtools.com/noname9.html
Sharpie? Â Erases easily with denatured alcohol (learned after 6
year-old son wrote on my white board ;-)
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Thanks Jim!
Sharpies do the trick!!
I really thought I had tried Sharpies previously and they didn't stick.
(?)
I must have tried a dozen markers. Guess I got my markers mixed up. But
I just tried several Sharpie colors. All work well.
And as you say, a little alcohol (isopropyl was all I had handy), does
indeed wipe clean.
FYI - Dark blue seems to dry the fastest, though all dry acceptably fast
enough.
I'm going to let some test samples "cure" overnight and see if they
still come clean in the morning without scrubbing.
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They may take a bit of soak time, but I've taken years-old sharpie marker
marks off with isopropyl.
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| Michael A. Terrell... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:20 am |
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Tim Wescott wrote:
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:16:11 -0800, mpm wrote:
Thanks Jim!
Sharpies do the trick!!
I really thought I had tried Sharpies previously and they didn't stick.
(?)
I must have tried a dozen markers. Guess I got my markers mixed up. But
I just tried several Sharpie colors. All work well.
And as you say, a little alcohol (isopropyl was all I had handy), does
indeed wipe clean.
FYI - Dark blue seems to dry the fastest, though all dry acceptably fast
enough.
I'm going to let some test samples "cure" overnight and see if they
still come clean in the morning without scrubbing.
They may take a bit of soak time, but I've taken years-old sharpie marker
marks off with isopropyl.
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A good coat of 'Turtle Wax Paste Wax' will seal the surface and make
it a lot easier to clean. I made some custom 4' * 8' dispatch &
schedule boards for a company and the wax lasted over a year of daily
changes.
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| Archimedes' Lever... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:15 am |
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:06:15 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmillard at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
[quote]Jim's Sharpie suggestion (earlier) seems to be the right approach.
I had neglected to test it properly, and that's why I had incorrectly
ditched the idea.
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Which is why I said the Mfg remark, because they are so widely used
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| Archimedes' Lever... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:18 am |
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:06:15 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmillard at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
[quote]On Nov 5, 11:13 pm, Archimedes' Lever <OneBigLe... at (no spam) InfiniteSeries.Org
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:52 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
speffS... at (no spam) interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:08:16 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmill... at (no spam) aol.com
wrote:
Off topic:
Anyone know of an inexpensive way to handwrite on polypropylene
plastic film?
Must be cheap! ($1 or less, in small qty.)
Must be erasable with nothing more than reasonable deliberate effort.
For example:
A wax China Marker works, but is just a little bit too difficult to
remove.
All the other markers either won't stick at all (stays wet), or are
permanent (i.e., Staedtler Lumocoloer markers)*.
*Of course, the Lumocolor markers cost too much anyway. Dry Erase
markers don't work.
Thanks!!!
-mpm
Have you tried a grease pencil?
http://www.filmtools.com/noname9.html
Make a rubber stamp, and use printing ink, thick.
Or a painter's tubes. Mix your own color.
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Interesting idea. Thanks.
But not practical for this situation.
Jim's Sharpie suggestion (earlier) seems to be the right approach.
I had neglected to test it properly, and that's why I had incorrectly
ditched the idea.
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Use the Sharpie ink for the rubber stamp. :-)
It is only one extra operation. AFTER you extract the sharpie ink. :-] |
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| JeffM... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:45 am |
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Rich Grise wrote:
[quote]mpm wrote:
For example: A wax China Marker works,
but is just a little bit too difficult to remove.
We used to dip the corner of our rag into the (dry) ashes
in the ash tray.
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Daddy did that too back in the days when everyone was a drug addict.
I always assumed it came from a military origin. |
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| Rich Grise... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:13 pm |
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On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:45:45 -0800, JeffM wrote:
[quote]Rich Grise wrote:
mpm wrote:
For example: A wax China Marker works, but is just a little bit too
difficult to remove.
We used to dip the corner of our rag into the (dry) ashes in the ash
tray.
Daddy did that too back in the days when everyone was a drug addict. I
always assumed it came from a military origin.
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I don't know the original origin, but I was, in fact, in the military
when I learned it. We'd use the wax markers - what's the difference
between a "China Marker" and a "grease pencil?" - for scheduling and
stuff - the board was plexiglass, and was usually edge-lit - that way,
the wax markers light up. ;-)
Cheers!
Rich |
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| Rich Grise... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:20 pm |
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:26 -0800, mpm wrote:
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Maybe if I had a better Newsgroup reader than this P.O.S. Google interface
(complete with Chinese spam!), I could keep better track of who's
responding to what.!!!
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Go to www.eternal-september.org and sign up for free.
Use any newsreader except butthook distress to log into
news.eternal-september.org, and voila! You have a real NNTP interface! :-)
Took me about three minutes to sign up.
(I wonder where they get their money? I hope it's not some bait-and-switch
scheme.)
Cheers!
Rich |
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| JosephKK... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:29 pm |
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:01:46 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmillard at (no spam) aol.com>
wrote:
[quote]On Nov 5, 4:18 pm, Spehro Pefhany <speffS... at (no spam) interlogDOTyou.knowwhat
wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:08:16 -0800 (PST), mpm <mpmill... at (no spam) aol.com
wrote:
Off topic:
Anyone know of an inexpensive way to handwrite on polypropylene
plastic film?
Must be cheap! ($1 or less, in small qty.)
Must be erasable with nothing more than reasonable deliberate effort.
For example:
A wax China Marker works, but is just a little bit too difficult to
remove.
All the other markers either won't stick at all (stays wet), or are
permanent (i.e., Staedtler Lumocoloer markers)*.
*Of course, the Lumocolor markers cost too much anyway. Dry Erase
markers don't work.
Thanks!!!
-mpm
Have you tried a grease pencil?
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I always assumed a grease pencil was a China Marker??
Are they different?
The China Markers I'm talking about have this little string you pull,
that takes off the paper spiral wraps, and that sharpens it.
I've seen China Markers in pencil form that you could sharpen in a
standard pencil sharpener.
Is that what you're talking about?
And if not the same thing, then I should get one to try it out.
I hadn't previously, because I thought they were the same thing.
Thanks.
-mpm
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There is also grease pencils that have advance mechanisms a lot like a
standard mechanical pencil. Just the same i cannot point to a
reliable statement of the difference. |
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