Schwan-Stabilo marking pencils

Helen Privett <hprivett<-at->museum<.>vic<.>gov<.>au> writes

>One of our collection managers has recently proposed using
>Schwan-Stabilo Marking Pencils for use on plastic objects.  I wonder
>whether anyone has experience with using these pencils for this
>purpose and if they'd like to share their thoughts?

I am not sure, if a permanent marker is what you want to use
directly on plastic objects. But if you decide to do so: I tested
several permanent markers back in 1999. Stabilo was not the worst,
but also not the best. Edding is by far more permanent. A PDF
document of my test results at the time are available at

    <URL:http://cool.conservation-us.org/byauth/vonlerber/permanent_markers_test_1999.pdf>

Karin von Lerber
Prevart GmbH - Atelier fur Textilkonservierung
Oberseenerstrasse 93
8405 Winterthur
Switzerland
+41 52 233 12 54


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