I am looking to purchase this to write on with a sharpie. Will it smear if written on?
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I don't know for sure, but my guess would be yes it would smear. I loved this vintage and ended up cutting it up into 10 pieces to hang on the wall. My husband was not happy with the way it looked, so we ordered a map from Frontgate that has magnets to mark the places we've visited.
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I'm not positive about this. If it is a permanent marker, it shouldn't smear once dry.
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For our purposes, we always write on them. We've used ball-point and sharpies. Both work great! I will say that the one time I used a gel pen and happened to swipe across it immediately after writing on it, it did smear just a bit, but that can be the nature of gen pens. These have been GREAT labels!
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Carol, just a quick note. Even though they do smear if you're not careful on smooth paper, I LOVE my pens. I'm on my second set. Just give them a minute or so to dry and cover your wrk and you'll love them and the way they look. Especially on dark paper, the silver and golds are great.
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Non permanent smear. Ive read you can use color pencils but that you have to texturize the sheets with sandpaper.
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I do not know about Sharpies because they are smudged by solvents. It depends on what chemicals are used in applying the plastic coating.
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You can write on them with a Sharpie and they will not smear. We use them at our Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club for the kids when they go swimming. We write on them and they stay on in the pool unless the children pull them off on purpose.
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A Sharpie pen doesn't write all that well on surfaces like the Sharpie markers, but it's worth a try! I recommend Sakura Pigma Micron pens for wood and an important event memory as your wedding. It is archival ink and doesn't fade in time and writes well! Congratulations and all the best.
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It does fine with Sharpie no-bleed markers, Pitt pens, Tombows and Micron Pigma pens. I don't know about Copic markers or other alcohol types.
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You can write on fabric with Sharpies....as stated here already, the ink does spread. Sharpie will also fade after repeated washing and drying.
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Yes! They will smear and are not like normal sharpies! No, they will not go through paper (printer paper is the thinnest I have used them on) as long as you keep moving, like a normal "wetter" pen/marker.
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My wife is a small slight took one of the cups in a row it with a sharpie and it does not smear will be for bead however... It does have some sort of light coating on it but as I said a sharpie had no trouble hope that helps good luck
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I only use it on paper. My instinct tells me it would not work on fabric since it smears even after I've let it dry overnight (and it would probably smear when washed). But maybe some one else has had success.
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No, it isn't gloss and I've never had the ink smear. I did find a source about 50% cheaper than this one, but still buy the same brand of paper for the last two years. Try DiscountOfficeItems.com. And I always make double-sided copies with lots of color--never once had a laser copy bleed through or smear.
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It depends on the tooth of your paper. On very soft and rough paper they aren't erasable. On smooth, or something like velum, they erase pretty well, but will also smear more.
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My GUESS is NO, they are made for Fabric--which will absorbs the ink and colors. That is however, just a guess. My best advise would be to contact Sharpie customer service. I have found them to be helpful regarding other questions in the past. Try www.sharpie.com/enAU/CustomerService/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
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Joel, I use the Paper Mate Flair pens to grade math papers. In that limited application, it does not smear or leak through the paper. However, I do not use it for taking notes, writing long letters or anything that could/might get wet and possibly run/smear. Most of my fellow instructors prefer ink for written assignments or tests. I do find that the lighter colors are practically useless and tend to use only dark/bright colors
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It's a little glossy but I was able to write on it with a Sharpie. Just make sure it dries completely so it doesn't smudge.