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Posted by Charlie on October 4, 2009, 9:32 am
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>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.
Sharpie ink can be removed with alcohol.
End of discussion.
Charlie
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Posted by Larry The Snake Guy on October 4, 2009, 12:11 pm
The reason no one has answered your direct question is most likely
that no one here has ever tried what you want to do. I certainly
wouldn't.
I do happen to have a small sign outside written in indelible marker
on plastic. I have to redo it every few months because it fades until
you can't read it. (It looks bad within weeks, but in this case I
don't care.)
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Posted by mm on October 4, 2009, 7:40 pm
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:11:27 -0700 (PDT), Larry The Snake Guy
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>The reason no one has answered your direct question is most likely
>that no one here has ever tried what you want to do. I certainly
>wouldn't.
>I do happen to have a small sign outside written in indelible marker
>on plastic. I have to redo it every few months because it fades until
>you can't read it. (It looks bad within weeks, but in this case I
>don't care.)
It might happen to me too. Thanks for the warning. We'll see. (That
also means I'll be able to paint it. )
Posting back to tell you all what happens, like someone suggested, is
difficult in this group, because there are so many posters and so many
posts, and who reads what is posted seems to depend on multiple
fators, like time of day, etc.
I used to keep a map on my dashboard, and after 2 or 3 years, all the
red streets disappeared entirely. The green streets and black streets
seemed fine. Different ink of course.
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Posted by mm on October 4, 2009, 7:31 pm
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>>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.
>Sharpie ink can be removed with alcohol.
That's great. Thanks.
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>End of discussion.
>Charlie
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Posted by JIMMIE on October 6, 2009, 9:26 am
> 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. =A0My 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????? =A0I'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. =A0I guess all the paint is
> gone. (AFAICR, it was all fine a year or 6 months ago, but I suppose
> that's unlikely.) =A0
> 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. =A0I've been using indelible markers for a lot
> of things in the last few years** but none as big as this. =A0I have
> more than one brand of black marker. So I think I can match the color
> and I think =A0the 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????? =A0
> It's a 95 chrysler with hidden wipers so there is no need for real
> louvers. =A0I 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. =A0The part I "painted" may
> never have gotten wet. =A0(It was bought right after the war when brass
> items were hard to get. =A0I 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.
When the black paint came off of my louvers underneath was chrome. I
used paint stripper to remove the rest of the paint and scuffed and
primed the chrome before putting on a new top coat.
Sounds like a few passes with a spray can would fix you up better than
a marker would. That said. the marker wouldn't hurt the application of
paint latter on.
Jimmie
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> 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.