Laundry Proof Pen?

[Gary Brown]

Hi,

Is there a readily available pen for marking clothes labels? I have a problem knowing which clothes can go into the washer/dryer and which can't. It would help if my wife could mark those clothes that require special handling.

Thanks, Gary

[Michael A. Ball]

Yes, they are called "laundry markers" and are little different from the Sharpie you wrote about.

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[Irving Drinkwine]

Are you saying that Gary Brown and Greg Buggy are one in the same? They are the only posts I could find with a similar topic re sharpies. If so can you tell me how you came to this conclusion? I don't dispute it nor am I trying to be derisive, I'm just very curious.

Also, what is the nitro solvent to which you refered? It is some kind of hydrocarbon? I think I once saw a gun cleaner by that name.

And, while I don't know your background, you seemed fairly knowledgeable about the solvents. Any idea how a HC based solvent like brasso can clean and polish metal ( with any abrasive compounds being excluded.)

A hodepodge of odd questions to be sure, but I am a very curious person. A bit miswired perhaps, but curious non the less.

Thank you Irv>>

[Michael A. Ball]

I don't recall suggesting, in any way, to even the slightest degree, "that Gary Brown and Greg Buggy are one in the same" person. I don't have a clue, and frankly I couldn't care less. I responded to the messages: not the messengers.

Yes, nitro solvent is a hydrocarbon concoction for cleaning guns.

My knowledge of solvents is only very slightly beyond that of the average person. Solvents are interesting to me because of what they can do--and undo. I also enjoy the scent of most solvents.

I'm not a chemist, but metal usually tarnish as a result of oxidation. The opposite chemical reaction is reduction. So a solvent merely provides a medium for a reduction reaction. Perhaps a more knowledgeable poster will see this and set us straight.

I recall that Brasso contains petroleum distillates, but somehow I never considered "HC based". I do consider it abrasive, but "abrasive" is a relative descriptor.

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[Mrs Bonk]

How very amusing. It took me a while... I'm having it on toast this very minute.