What do you use to mark the spine and the position of the guides on the blank? In school we used what they called China markers, but I don't know where to get them in Billings MT. If anybody knows of something better to mark the blank (green matrix) with I would appreciate it if you helped me.


Thanks in advance,

Mike

Silver Sharpie marker. Wipes right off with a little acetone.

China markers can be ordered thru the office depot catalog or go to Mudhole or Anglers workshop.

Does the acetone harm the blank at all? If not I already have a silver sharpie so cool!

It's never harmed any blank that I've used it on.

Wrap a piece of masking tape around the blank. Mark that with a pen or pencil. When ready, remove the tape.

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Bill Vivona turned me on to the Pentel white-out pen and I haven't looked back

On matte blanks I use a pencil, gloss blanks get scratched with the corner of a razor blade.

I use a normal erasable ink-marker. I also used painter (paper) scotch tape.

Alessandro Brunelli
Switzerland

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