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Offline Luzern Guthrie

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The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« on: June 01, 2017, 07:19:00 PM »
I've been looking for a white or silver Sharpie pen to put the specs. on a bow I made with black glass limbs. Can't find one, does anyone have any suggestions on what else I could use.

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Re: The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2017, 08:51:00 AM »
Calligraphy pen, archival white ink. Get the extra fine tip, practice a little to make sure you get the ink flowing just right before you letter our bow. If you goof up you can remove the lettering with a wet paper towel and start over.

   

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Re: The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2017, 05:11:00 PM »
"Calligraphy pen, archival white ink."  Great tip, I'am using these acrylic black pens and every time I coat the bow afterwards with water based polyurethane the ink smears.   :eek:     If I write the specs on bare wood it seems ok.

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Re: The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2017, 10:40:00 PM »
Where do you get the archival white ink?
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Re: The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2017, 06:16:00 AM »
This is what we sell on our website works better than anything we have tried

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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2017, 08:59:00 AM »
I got my ink and pen at Hobby Lobby, any craft store that has art supplies should have it.

The last I bought didn't say archival on it and was labeled "Bombay India Ink". It had an eyedropper top on the bottle.

Offline Luzern Guthrie

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Re: The best pen to put bow specs. on black glass limbs
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2017, 03:06:00 PM »
Thanks for the information . I'll give it a try.

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