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i-m-chickie

i-m-chickie

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I was just wondering if anyone else uses these...Sharpie Touch up markers.
http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=SharpieTouch-UpPermanentMarker%28Sharpie%20Catalog%29

I am a Sharpie Nut! I LOVE colors for anything from posting parcels to making up list for orders. Then I found a pack of these on clearance in Office Max one day and thought I would give them a try. LOVE them...they are permanent markers and strong so i am careful not to use them on just any frame....But these are wonderful when a nice strong pen is all that will do.;)

....anybody ever try 'em???
 
We haven't tried that particular set, but we have a 12-pack or so of colored Sharpies and have been known to use them on occasion.
 
I LOVE SHARPIES!!!!

NEVER even KNEW they had wood ones!!!!! AWESOME! ;) :p
 
Sharpies are far from permanent, though they don't ever seem to fade away completely. For a more durable marking pen try the Copic pigmented markers. Huge color selection, and extremely fade resistant. I keep 6 in stock from a black to a light cherry (Dark Bark gets the most use). The nibs are replacable and the pen bodies are refillable. They are a bit pricey, but do a heck of a job. The pens I get are double ended with a typical chisel point on one end, and a softer brush point on the other (great for detail touch up).
The only down side is refilling can get to be a bit messy, and the pigments are solvent soluble.
 
johnny said:
The tips look too small to be a functional as chartpak
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Mentioned ultra fine point for marking off charts for cross stitch, because they a perfect.
Touch Ups have a 'regular' point for the wood.

They are more 'potent' smelling and different that regular Sharpies.
 
Every Sharpie I have ever seen has been plastic or the big ones are aluminum, with felt guts.

Not one is made out of wood.
 
Hey Baer, how is your wood stove working?
 
wpfay said:
Sharpies are far from permanent, though they don't ever seem to fade away completely.
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We have a signed piece we purchased prior to getting in this business and ALL the signatures are gone and worthless.

I never advise useing a sharpie unless it is for short term use and know it will fade away.
 
DanGray said:
We have a signed piece we purchased prior to getting in this business and ALL the signatures are gone and worthless.

I never advise useing a sharpie unless it is for short term use and know it will fade away.
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They do funny things on paper sometines, yes...But....Funny, they are VERY permanent on Fabrics(like painted clothing),and for some reason the small dragon I painted on our previous van,and painted in with colored laquers stayed perfect for at least 5 years. Presumably there is a Caravan in a junkyard with a small colorful dragon on it someplace......L.
 
Luddite said:
they are VERY permanent on Fabrics
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Absolutely not so. Maybe painted fabrics but autographs direcly on fabric disappear. One item I had personally was a golf visor signed by over 40 pros at the Memorial Tournament and within 6 months there was almost no evidence that it had ever been signed. The only ones that lasted were the couple of pros that used qualty pens for signing.
 
I wonder if that is the difference - using a sharpie over paint or just on bare fabric? Doesn't seem like it would make any sense but I know an artist who painted jean jackets and used sharpies over the top of the paint and those images, years later, are as good as new. I have even washed some of them, soaked in washing soda to remove years of grunge and the marker and the paint emerged absolutely brilliant.

Could it be also that awful material sports jerseys are made out of? Got to be a petroleum product - no natural content at all. Jean jackets are 100% cotton. So maybe the sports jerseys are reacting with the marker ink and hastening the disappearance?

Oh Hugh, Rebecca.......any ideas from the professional point of view?
 
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