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| Author: | peterm [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:27 pm ] |
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I've been using regular white coloring pencils to mark dark wood but remember seeing a while ago some type of light grey pencil designed specifically for this purpose....the bummer is I can't remember where 
Anyone knows what I am talking about? I'm not to crazy about what I am using now.... 
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:37 pm ] |
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I use the colored gel pens that i've stolen from my kids. They are glittery and sit up on top of the surface (don't soak in). Sorry I don't know about the grey pencil you speak of. |
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| Author: | John Elshaw [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:08 pm ] |
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I don't know about the grey pencils either, but a white china marker works great. It's also waxy so it stays on top of the wood and is a breeze to see. John |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:19 pm ] |
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I am like Paul, I use white or silver gel pens. The fine 5mm for most cut marking and the regular 7mm for general labeling. The gel ink stays on the surface layer with out penetrating or bleeding. Also Sharpie has out a new fine, medium and broad tip in metalic silver for dark material marking but I would be worried about bledding below the surface with a Sharpie |
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| Author: | Cocephus [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:26 pm ] |
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I`ve been using a piece of white slate that welders use for marking steel on the walnut that I`m building with. Quite a bit like chalk, but hangs on better. Goes away no problem. |
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| Author: | LouisianaGrey [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:24 pm ] |
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Another vote for silver gel pens here. |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:23 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=MichaelP] I am like Paul, I use white or silver gel pens. The fine 5mm for most cut marking and the regular 7mm for general labeling. The gel ink stays on the surface layer with out penetrating or bleeding. Also Sharpie has out a new fine, medium and broad tip in metalic silver for dark material marking but I would be worried about bledding below the surface with a Sharpie[/QUOTE] Whoa, 5mm and 7mm tipped gel pens! AWESEOME *ahem* Sorry, joke had to be made. That's about 3/16" and 9/32" thick 
Anyway, more seriously, yeah, I use .5 and .7mm gel pens for marking dark woods as well. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:56 pm ] |
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I stole the teenager white drawing pen  . Bah ! He doesn't use it anymore, he's got a girlfriend now  and better things to do i guess  
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:08 pm ] |
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I believe the pencils you speak of are "Prismacolor Metallic silver" pencils by Sanford. I use them for tracing cut inlays on any dark wood prior to routing. They have a product #, PC949 and item # 03375. |
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| Author: | letseatpaste [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:21 am ] |
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I use the Prismacolor Sanford #753 Verithin metallic silver (same thing as 1bordeax perhaps?). The lead seems harder than the white pencils I had been using, so it makes a bit of a finer line. I was just looking at an art forum, and someone suggested that the crayola and pentech colored pencils have a harder lead than the Prismacolor. Crayola makes a set of metallic pencils, might be worth a shot. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:54 am ] |
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yep your right .5 $.7  oh well at least I could see the line with out my glasses
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:55 am ] |
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I use white pencils I stole from my kid's pencil coloring set. I think I'll try the gel pens. |
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| Author: | Todd Rose [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:13 am ] |
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I got a nice .5mm mechanical pencil with yellow leads from a quilting supply place on the web once. I don't remember which web site, but googling for quilting supplies might get you there. I use that a lot, also use a silver gel pen sometimes, or a marking knife sometimes, depending on the situation. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:34 am ] |
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[QUOTE=SteveS] I think I'll try the gel pens.[/QUOTE] me too.
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| Author: | peterm [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:38 am ] |
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The Prismacolor Sanford Verithin metallic silver is what I was looking for! 
But I think I'll also give the gel pens a try! Thanks a lot! |
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| Author: | John Cavanaugh [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:37 am ] |
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I've had similar problems with marking leather for sewing; looking for a black line on dark brown leather can strain my eyes. I like the gel pen idea. We have a ton of them that the kids have apparently outgrown. When my daughter was in eighth grade, she did her Algebra homework in orange gel pen one day. Man, it was hard to read! She asked her teacher if it was OK to use that pen and got an emphatic NO in response. |
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