Sitting in my shop last night I thought about trying to use a permanent marker to turn a regular spool of thread into a "tiger wrap" by randomly marking it with the marker. Has anyone ever done this with success? Will the marker bleed when finish is applied? Thanks for any hints or info in advance.

It won't create the same effect, but it will create a different effect. Dale Clemens had promoted this some years back and I think he coined the term "amazing wraps" for the use of marking a spool randomly and then winding with it. A permanent market shouldn't bleed when finish is applied, but with all the various pens and inks out there you'd certainly want to try one first before wrapping an entire set of guides with it.

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I haven't had any real good luck with it personally. I know that there used to be a thread that had silver spliced into black and other funky colors. Used to be good for making a "fake" tiger wrap. Not sure what company it was though. If it was Gudebrod, good luck lol.

I have a location mark for a guide that is visible after epoxy was applied. it doesn,t stick out like a sore thumb but is visible if you look closely. the mark didn't bleed through the wrap but the epoxy caused the thread to become translucent. i'm being mindful of wrapping threads that don't lose their color and don't become translucent to the point they show what is below after epoxy is applied. I hope this post helps a little.