Marking Kit

[Whitetip]

Any pearls of wisdom regarding this ?

I really need to mark most of my gear , from fins to computer to suit and am finding it difficult to get hold of an indelible pen or some such piece of equipment who'se ink will not disappear after a few dives .

I've been recommended permanent markers , even laundry markers , although I'm really searching for something that will write on plastic and neoprene both ...

What do you guys use ?

Thanks , safe diving

[Wendy]

A sharpie marker. You can also buy paint pens at some dive shops. Let me know if you need help finding one and maybe I can pick one up for you at Diver's Outlet.

[wreckchick]

I got a pack of 6 different colors so I could write on everything and have it show up. They work darn well :)

Rachel

[Dee]

I buy them at the local office supply store. Same product as what is found in the dive shops and lots cheaper.

[Buffalo Dave]

I have acrylic paints (as a hobbyist painter) and the white acrylic seems to be holding up (and showing up on the black) really well on the neoprene stuff and the BC. I used a Sharpie on the hard stuff like fins and tanks etc.

Acrylics have a plastic polymer in them so the finished product is pretty durable as well as flexible. And when it's wet during application, it can seep into the fabric and really grab.

[metaldector]

Paint Markers are sold at every dive store I've ever been to. I bought one 10 years ago and it still works. The marker has about 2 oz. of paint. The average diver would have to mark 200 items to use it all up. I mark my tank, fins, mask, tickle stick, lobster bag, and BC. Then I mark my friends, tank, fins, mask, tickle stick, lobster bag, and BC. Then I loan the pen out to more friends and they mark whatever, and there is still paint. So I guess that you'll only need one of these for a life time of diving.:wacko: