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Permanent Volume Markers on Glass Carboy

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:30 pm
by Jdl973
Got tired of the Sharpie wearing off on the carboy volume markers.

Solution: Cheap Pink Nail Polish

Cleaned the area off with rubbing alcohol and let it dry.

Applied volume markers with nail polish. let it dry and will not wash off now.

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Started with regular numbers, but my penmanship sucks...so went to Romain numerals.

Jason

Re: Permanent Volume Markers on Glass Carboy

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:58 pm
by Jensen
Oh you need to have a Metro partner like mine. Been using the nail polish tricks for years, 'cept he leans more towards chartreuse, and laser yellow! :roll:

Re: Permanent Volume Markers on Glass Carboy

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:17 pm
by Rob Martin
Ken? (Not Godwin, different one) a couple of years ago brought an example where he purchased glass etching material at Hobby Lobby. He marked off a line and the numbers using the inverse of rub on letters and then applied the etching material. It looked very good.

Re: Permanent Volume Markers on Glass Carboy

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:23 pm
by Jensen
Rob Martin wrote:Ken? (Not Godwin, different one) a couple of years ago brought an example where he purchased glass etching material at Hobby Lobby. He marked off a line and the numbers using the inverse of rub on letters and then applied the etching material. It looked very good.
It was something easy to do that he got from Hobby Lobby or such. I have often thought about that seminar, wishing I had wrote it down. Hopefully someone will chime in on this.

Re: Permanent Volume Markers on Glass Carboy

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:20 am
by Blktre
When you get some brewing experience behind you, you will have the ability to eyeball w/o such markings the volume of any size carboy :D

Sorry, you walked into that one! :lol:

Re: Permanent Volume Markers on Glass Carboy

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:06 pm
by Rob Martin
Jensen wrote: It was something easy to do that he got from Hobby Lobby or such. I have often thought about that seminar, wishing I had wrote it down. Hopefully someone will chime in on this.
It's by the stained glass along the back wall.