Please anyone got a helpful suggestion? The Football team's programme has the squads of both teams on the back, helpfully set out with boxes for players,bench,substitutions,etc, but they can't be filled in as the surface is so shiny biro won't write on it - ( wrote 'onit' at first. Just red rag to a bull to Emma Thompson?!) and of course wetter pens just smudge.It is very frustrating to the grandchildren - and me!.What should we do?
Thank you all very much. Will have a go on Saturday and let you know what works ....hopefully! (PS Any ideas as to how Leicester can get a win??!! Need magic not science I guess!)
Many years ago my mother worked for a photo-processing firm. She had to examine the (shiny, gloss-finish) prints and then write on them to indicate how the processing needed to be adjusted to get better results. She would sometimes bring work home and that introduced me to 'Chinagraph' pencils. They're a hybrid between the wax crayons used in pre-schools and office-quality pencils. (i.e. they're pencils with hardened wax instead of 'lead' inside them). They'd probably be ideal for your grandchildren's needs. Any good office stationer should stock them.
http://www.internet-s...p?deptID=1211&ptype=2
Thank you all. It is very heartening to receive so many suggestions so quickly, especially as it must seem very trivial really.I have bought a Stabilo permanent marker, having tried it out - along with various other options - in the shop! It dried up the quickest,thus reducing the chances of smudging,I hope.I have every confidence it will be a lucky mascot now we have sacked the manager!!!
China pencils are still good for writing on glass in laboratories. :P
They produce a sensual writing experience as well.
To get the marker pen back off, give the program a wipe with some iso-propyl alcohol, IPA.
Our chemistry teacher used to have it in a squirty bottle on the shelf for when people drew on the board with markers by mistake, or the desks on purpose.
I don't get the onit thing, but I'd like to get Emma Thompson.