I couldn’t find any Poscas or Sharpie Water-Based pens locally but I did find some “Garden Craft Terra Cotta Markers” at Michael’s. Packaging says:
“Opaque Water-Based Acrylic”
“Pigmented”
“Lightfast”
“Xylene Free”
“Lead Free”
“Permanent”
“Water Proof”
“Odorless”
“Acid Free/Non Toxic”
Has anyone every used these for pinlines under an epoxy gloss coat? If so, any words of wisdom?
Thanks.
Nothin’?
Did some googling and apparently it is “popular with surfboard painters” and “blends well with posca”. Encouraging…but just wondering if anyone has used them before…?
OK. I assume by the overwhelming sound of chirping crickets that nobody has tried the Garden Craft Markers. So…I took one for the team and went ahead and did (my first) pinlines with them and glossed over it with RR KK. Survey says…they work great. No smudging, easy to apply, very opaque. I got some bleed under the tape, but I think that was pilot error as I probably didn’t press down the tape well enough. Yes, it was good tape (233+). Will post photos when it dries and I sand/polish…
glad you had success
never heard of them but as long as their water based they will work
under tape bleed happens just scrape off the bleeds with a razor blade using a credit card as a guide
then gloss
I will try the razor-blade scrape next time. This time, I used Windex (no, I’m not Greek). Supposedly car-dealers use this stuff to write on windshields and it comes off with Windex. It did, but I got some smudging. Probably should have used the credit-card trick. Thanks.
works okay
not really like a posca more like those opaque paint pens
they were made to paint terra cotta pottery after it's been fired to give it a weather proof color finish.
reminds me of Krylon fusion spray paint for plastics but for pottery
I like them lots of colors and cheaper than getting posca's at fiberglass hawaii
got mine at ben franklin crafts in mapunapuna
I still think acrylic directly from the squeeze tube with a small sponge or finger technique as shown on the harbor website is the best method.
Good tape/taper/sharp razor is the key
At one time in my surf builder dream in the 70's was to live on the northshore and be a shop taper/pinliner for my classmate who was a pro glasser in high school.
Indian Ink
Refillable pens: http://www.marking-systems.com/pdf_files/spm_iw.pdf
http://www.marking-systems.com/zlp_spm10.htm
Here’s a snapshot of one of the cleaner sections. Again, I had bleed through under the tape (my fault) but the stuff seemed completely stable under the curing gloss coat.
Looks like you saved it!
