Sharpie's

[MyBradKeselowski]

Do any of U guy's use sharpie's, I use the black fine one's 4 my window trim on the newer car's and on the tamiya window's that have the window engraving on them and they work perfect. Just thought I would share 1 of my little tricks with U.

[VictorSmalls]

I have used them for pin stripping. Might not be the best method, but the best I could think of at the time.

[plastikfreek]

Sharpies have been in my "supply" box for years.......They are truly handy for little odds-n-ends type of things...........

[unky]

I used the silver for painting the side trim in weathered cars.

[ddonaca351]

I just started using them after reading about them on here.

Have worked ok so far, but I did have the black bleed on a tan interrior after aplying clear over it... I might not have let it dry long enough (only like 24 hours).

Found the silver ones at wally world, they've been working good for wipers and gauges, etc... so far.

[CAL]

I'm a big fan of the Sharpie, too.

[Zoom Zoom]

Sharpies are definitely a staple in my toolbox. Black for lense edges, trim edges, window masking, minor touchup. Silver for some smaller detail painting and touchup. Red for clear taillight lenses (no need for paint anymore-seriously, the red Sharpie works so much better than any paint for the job), orange and yellow (and mixture of the two) for amber lenses.

[Eshaver]

This place is like a higher place of learning , wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks Ed Shaver

[2000 camaro]

I have used them for pin stripping. Might not be the best method, but the best I could think of at the time.

where did you get that body at?

[Tom Jackson]

I use silver sharpies to do chrome scrips

That would be amts new tool 60 chevy pick up it was released back in 99

This is what did with Mine

[VictorSmalls]

where did you get that body at?

Tom is correct, the AMT kit as stated.

[MyBradKeselowski]

I will try the silver Tom never tried that seems like it will be easier than paint.

[70gmcer]

I also used the ultra fine point sharpies with great results. I also found Marvy Gel Excel Silver is the next best thing to chrome. That pen number is "900m-s #SLV". Only downside is that it takes a little while to dry.

[Andy Wyatt]

I use the red and blue over fittings painted aluminum to give them the anodized look. Use the red and orange for turn signals/side markers. The black is a perfect touch-up on parts that were painted with Krylon Semi Flat black as well. Heck...you can even write with them! As soon as I'm done with a kit any spare parts get put into a sealable sandwich bag and with a Sharpie I will write the kit and scale on it.

[curt raitz]

I run a black sharpie around the outside edge of the windshield, rear and side windows before installing them...seems to visually reduce the thickness of "kit glass"

[torinobradley]

Count me in!

I have several on my bench as well as in my stash and am always buying more. Not because I use them up, but because everyone in the house knows where to find them...

I usually get one or two uses out of em before "I don't know" or "I didn't take it" grabs em never to be seen again. Whenever I ask who did it, those are the two most implicated suspects.

I have also used the blue and brown colors on exhaust tubing/headers. I use the fine lined markers for marking cut lines, highlighting panels, just the other day, I used them to color the tops of the spark plugs done in that gray plastic to see where I needed to drill the holes. It was a lot easier to put the drill bit in the center of the black dot than to center it on the gray nub on the gray head of the gray motor...

I used to use the very fine radiograph type markers but the sharpies are much cheaper...

Very useful stuff to be sure.

I just have to catch those two freeloaders living in my house, taking my sharpies...

[ddonaca351]

I use the red and blue over fittings painted aluminum to give them the anodized look.

Dang, good call... hadn't thought of that.

Thank you...

[MyBradKeselowski]

I just tried the red sharpie on tamiya's clear taillight lenses and they work miracles makes the TL'S look like they are red clear lenses.

[jbwelda]

>I did have the black bleed on a tan interrior after aplying clear over it...

yep that will happen. hitting it first with future might protect it but i think i remember it bleeding even using future.

so you have to do the sharpie after all clears etc are on.

[farrlarr]

I run a black sharpie around the outside edge of the windshield, rear and side windows before installing them...seems to visually reduce the thickness of "kit glass"

I really haven't had much luck in doing this. The coverage level seems to me to be much too low, so there is way too much "show through" to look realistic.

[BedlamParkCustoms]

Sharpies are great to have on the workbench. For tailights sometimes coloring the inside of the lens produces a realistic effect.

[Mach2]

I use a number of them for details and touch up on the NASCAR models I build. I like the multi colored set of fine point sharpies for marking the wheel hub lines from the lug nugs, and also use the black fine point and touck the painted lug nuts in the center to represent the wheel stud sticking from the lug nut.

I use a standard silver sharpie and mark the wheels on the outer perimeter to represent wheel balancing weights. Sure wish sharpie would come out witha fine point silver one. I have a brand new silver sharpie to lightly touch the raised bolts heads on the dash panel and to highlight the bolt heads on the windows. Just remember to let the ink dry at least a day before using a lacquer clear. I sant the heads of the painted switches on the dash and touch them with different color sharpies. All kinds of usefull ways to use the different sharpies.

[DR Dubois]

Can someone show what these markers look like? I'm interested in getting some but I think I'm thinking of the wrong type of markers. I've seen some Sharpies in stores but I think they were not permanent.

[BedlamParkCustoms]

Can someone show what these markers look like? I'm interested in getting some but I think I'm thinking of the wrong type of markers. I've seen some Sharpies in stores but I think they were not permanent.

Try this...

www.sharpie.com/enUS/ProductCategory/permanent_markers.html

[michael1969]

I have painted chrome rims with the red sharpie, makes them look like red tinted chrome. The rims went on the Honda Civic Hatchback tuner model painted red.