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Slate Plant Labels - PyreneesPlot - 05-04-2021

I've just rescued a load of broken slates from a client's house that is being re-roofed and MrPP reckons he can cut/break them into strips to make labels. None of the pens or pencils I have work on them (or at least is visible!) and chalk won't survive long (they are labels for permanent plants) so I wondered what else I could use? 
Happy Easter!

RE: Slate Plant Labels - Veggie - 05-04-2021

Paint??

RE: Slate Plant Labels - PyreneesPlot - 05-04-2021

Yes, I thought about paint that I could then write on, but thought it doesn't sound so pretty!! And I'm not skilled enough to write with a paintbrush!

RE: Slate Plant Labels - Admin - 05-04-2021

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Based-Paint-Marker-Acrylic/dp/B07SMX41LS/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3CPXS13I4Y3JY&dchild=1&keywords=white+paint+pens&qid=1617617549&s=officeproduct&sprefix=White+paint+pens%2Coffice-products%2C307&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyV0RBMFdZM1hIMVBPJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjU3NjYzM0hURkRXRjBCVlRGMSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTUzNDY5MjhITllYWEkwSzdEQiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

RE: Slate Plant Labels - JJB - 05-04-2021

How about a permanent white marker pen? Ebay and Amazon do several sorts.

RE: Slate Plant Labels - Vinny - 05-04-2021

Tippex?

RE: Slate Plant Labels - Jimny14 - 05-04-2021

Would chinagraph pencil work?

RE: Slate Plant Labels - doublyjonah - 05-04-2021

(05-04-2021, 11:24 AM)Jimny14 Wrote: Would chinagraph pencil work?
I think that's the same as I was going to suggest, a grease pencil.

RE: Slate Plant Labels - Veggie - 05-04-2021

Nail varnish has a little brush in it - I think?
Only used the stuff to stop ladders in tights, back in the bad old days when i had to work for a living.

RE: Slate Plant Labels - PyreneesPlot - 06-04-2021

Thanks everyone Smile
The chinagraph doesn't work very well because the surface is too rough, sadly.
Tippex or nail varnish maybe a goer, or failing that I'll have to look at buying a permanent marker, although I'm trying to avoid buying!!