I had a need to mark the ends of some boards (in this case, so I could keep them in sequence). Rough-cut end grain is always hard to write on, but I found this pen:
at Staples (about $3.00), and it does the trick. It’s basically silver paint contained in a roller-ball pen. I can even read my own handwriting:
The board shown is about 1/2″ thick.
-Steve
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Thanks for the tip. I've been using a red, felt marker (medium size) but for rough-cut, sealed ends it is not too good.
Frosty
"I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922
I have a selection of Lumber Crayons that my dad had for years, excellent for marking all lumber. These are made by Joseph Dixon Co. in NJ, now known as Dixon/Ticonderoga the pencil people. Their website is http://www.dixonusa.com and I took a quick look, the crayons are priced at $9.60 per dozen. These would probably last a lifetime, these are very hard crayons and not the wax based items that children use.
I've tried lumber crayons. They're just too coarse for making detailed annotations on end grain.
-Steve
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