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From: "Don Burke" <donburke56@ne*.ne*>
To: "Harry, Quinn F" <quinn.f.harry@lm*.co*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: rockin' & reelin'
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 15:29:13 -0400
From: Harry, Quinn F

> These are good ideas.  May I suggest to take it a little further?

Bring it on.

> Why not use black paint, stain or ink instead of a Magic Marker?

India ink sounds good.  Stain would probably not mark nylon very well and
paint would make more of a mess than a mark.

> Dipping the end of the 2x4 into a paint bucket will give you a more even
band for
> the mark, at 2"-3" in length, and absorbed throughout the line.

See above regarding generation of mess.  I don't mind marking my turf, but I
try not to get carried away. :)  Mashing the 2x4 into a big stamp pad has
possibilites.

> Whereas a Magic Marker 'mark' is much smaller in size (to see) and may not
cover all
> around the line, where you may see it on one side of the line, but not the
other.

I wouldn't just take one swipe at the line anyway.  A big marker (my old 44
Magnum marker went dry a while ago so I'll either get a new one or go with
the India ink) can put a lot of ink out.

> Just trying to help  :-)

.... and doing a pretty good job of it.

Thanks,
Don


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