Thread: black marker

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You guys make me nervous when you start mentioning Lighter Fluid and Goof Off and the likes, around razor scales....
So far I have used alcohol and WD-40 on all my razors with no ill effects.. I do not own any with the natural wood finishes like Bee's wax etc: so I can't speak for those....

Be very careful using strong chemicals around the scales.....

By the way should you wreck your scales, I do make custom ones to replace them with

To remove tape residue I bought Goo Gone and wasted five bucks. I hadn't thought of WD 40 but it might be very good. If you ever get glue or chewing gum in a carpet spray the area with WD 40 and rub it vigorously with a paper towel and it will remove it handily.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well, given that you're the tatoo artist, I would assume that you could do it more precisely if you wanted to!

Not if you saw my tattoos

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Not if you saw my tattoos

Ya know, I was gonna add a wise crack along those lines but I thought that might be rude. I guess if you have a lot of sharp blades laying around at work nobody's really going to complain too much about your artistry!

Originally Posted by gary haywood

how do you guys wipe black marker of blade after marker test what solvent can i use as i struggle to fully remove

Just a thought, if you invest in a dry-erase marker, it will be much easier to clear the blade. A Sharpie is meant to be a permanent marker, though it does dissolve in isopropanol but not ethanol, but a dry-erase marker is meant to clear just by friction. That means you can easily clean it off by just sliding it between your fingers or a tissue with no solvent at all.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Just a thought, if you invest in a dry-erase marker, it will be much easier to clear the blade. A Sharpie is meant to be a permanent marker, though it does dissolve in isopropanol but not ethanol, but a dry-erase marker is meant to clear just by friction. That means you can easily clean it off by just sliding it between your fingers or a tissue with no solvent at all.

Ron, I saw those at office depot but wasn't sure they would be stay on the blade what with the water on the hone. So they work well ?

Sorry, I should have been more clear when I said "just a thought." That meant that I have never tried it. I will take one home to try on a razor tonight. However, I did just draw on the blade of a scissors and then ran it under water and it is clearly not water soluble but it does wipe right off with my fingers. This suggests to me that it may be perfect for the marker test.

The hone should completely take the marker off the edge or else you have not passed the test and you need to do more work. If you are careful to ONLY color on the edge then there will be no need to do anything else to remove the marker; if you mess up and color on other parts of the blade then you can use alcohol or your fingernail to remove it.

Originally Posted by Bart

Alcohol on a piece of tissue paper.

Bart.

Yup. Cheap, easy and evaporates quickly.