What to use to paint metal black? - Page 2

> norminn@earthlink.net wrote:

> > I used indelible marker on my kitchen wall once, for a

> > important message to my husband....I had painted the kitchen

> > with Ben Moore alkyd semi-gloss. Hubby was able to remove

> > traces of the marker and left no scratches :o)

> What was the message (if it can be relayed on a family-oriented

> The mind reels.

>> norminn@earthlink.net wrote:

>>> I used indelible marker on my kitchen wall once, for a

> particularly

>>> important message to my husband....I had painted the kitchen

> myself

>>> with Ben Moore alkyd semi-gloss. Hubby was able to remove

> all

>>> traces of the marker and left no scratches :o)

>> What was the message (if it can be relayed on a family-oriented

> newsgroup)?

>> The mind reels.

>
> my guess ...
>
> For the F'n last time ...
> put the lid down and
> clean this F'n indelible pen off this F'n wall and
> don't leave any F'n scratches on my F'n fine BM paint job 8^O.
>
> and for an On-Topic question ..
>
> What magic was used to remove the indelible ink from wall with no
> scratches ?
>
> robb
>

> robb wrote:

>>> norminn@earthlink.net wrote:
>>>> I used indelible marker on my kitchen wall once, for a

>> particularly

>>>> important message to my husband....I had painted the kitchen

>> myself

>>>> with Ben Moore alkyd semi-gloss. Hubby was able to remove

>> all

>>>> traces of the marker and left no scratches :o)
>>> What was the message (if it can be relayed on a family-oriented

>> newsgroup)?

>>> The mind reels.

>> my guess ...
>> For the F'n last time ...
>> put the lid down and
>> clean this F'n indelible pen off this F'n wall and
>> don't leave any F'n scratches on my F'n fine BM paint job 8^O.
>> and for an On-Topic question ..
>> What magic was used to remove the indelible ink from wall with no
>> scratches ?
>> robb

>
> No profanity in the message....just a notice of something I had
> previously informed him of and he claimed that I had not. Much too long
> a story to put on n.g. He used a green 3M pad, of all things. Don't
> remember whether he used dish soap or Windex. I was rather sorry that
> it all came off, as the issue was (and is) important.
>
> I will never use latex paint in a kitchen or bath again. Ben Moore is
> my brand, and will have new residence soon to try it again :o) Alone.

> No profanity in the message....just a notice of something I had
> previously informed him of and he claimed that I had not. Much too
> long a story to put on n.g. He used a green 3M pad, of all things. Don't
> remember whether he used dish soap or Windex. I was rather
> sorry that it all came off, as the issue was (and is) important.
> I will never use latex paint in a kitchen or bath again. Ben Moore is
> my brand, and will have new residence soon to try it again :o) Alone.

> I don't know if this is home repair or not, but you are the best guys
> to ask, and I park my car right next to my home. My apologies if this
> is off topic.
>
> If I "paint" metal with a black indelible marker, and it doesn't look
> good 6 months from now, will I still be able to paint it with real
> metal paint, like maybe I should do it now????? I'm feeling
> off-sorts, and it just seems so much easier to use a marker, and
> there's no chance of spilling the paint.
>
> Details:
> The imitation louvers at the rear side of my car's hood are no longer
> all black. More than half of it is grey. I guess all the paint is
> gone. (AFAICR, it was all fine a year or 6 months ago, but I suppose
> that's unlikely.)
>
> They are metal, and normally I would think to use metal paint, but in
> this case, it seems the easiest thing to do is use a black indelible
> marker, like a Sharpie. I've been using indelible markers for a lot
> of things in the last few years** but none as big as this. I have
> more than one brand of black marker. So I think I can match the color
> and I think the finish will match fine, or I'll just do the whole
> louver.
>
> If it doesn't look good after a while, will I still be able to paint
> it?????
>
> It's a 95 chrysler with hidden wipers so there is no need for real
> louvers. I expect to have the car another two years.
>
>
> **I painted a brass and pot metal candelabra with a gold indelible
> marker and it still looks good years later. I only clean it under hot
> water, and the part I clean is real brass. The part I "painted" may
> never have gotten wet. (It was bought right after the war when brass
> items were hard to get. I had the pot metal part replated once
> already. I think maybe I only painted part that broke and I repaired
> with PC-7.)
>
> My grey synthetic cloth case for my small camera got dirty, as I knew
> it would, going in and out of my pocket over and over on my vacation,
> and I "painted" the whole thing black with a marker. So far, it looks
> good.
>
> A couple other things I don't remember now.