Reloading tip - Staedtler Lumocolor pens!

[H Wally]

Figured this might be a nice tip for other reloaders. Unlike most other pens I've encountered, Staedtler Lumocolor pens will actually mark and stay put on brass (unlike sharpies etc), plus they have fine tips so it's easy to write on small casings.

I've started using them to mark different loadings on brass - if I'm working up a load I can mark the case directly for bullet weight and powder load, so there's no chance of mixing something up later. If you want the brass clean throw it in the tumbler or rub it with something very mildly abrasive and it comes off, but only if you want it off They usually come in a three or four pack and have an orange F on the end cap for easy identification.

Anyways, figured this might help out fellow cgn'ers!

 

[Eagleye]

I have been using these pens to mark my reloads during load development for at least 25 years now.
Only difference is...I mark the primer only, and keep a log for the color and load separately.
That way, I do not have to remove the marker from my brass, since the primer is pushed out when
I resize. If you need to remove the marker from any case or primer, a spot of CRC Brakleens takes
it right off. Regards, Dave.

 

[H Wally]

Good tip - I do that too, but only if I only have a couple simple differences. Sometimes I'm busy fussing in all directions with my reloads

Do the other colours work very well? I figured only the black would really hold and the price kept me from experimenting

 

[HammerliSP20]

Good idea if you want to find your own brass after a bullseye match.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

A while ago I started to write the date, species, distance and locn of my big game kills on the empty cartridge.

 

[Budweiser2]

I've been using the sharpies up until now and will give the staedtlers a try. Thanks for the tip H Wally!

 

[skypilot]

Looks better than the markers I use although I've never seen them that I remember.

Where to buy?

 

[HammerliSP20]

Looks better than the markers I use although I've never seen them that I remember.

Where to buy?

Staples

 

[jethunter]

Looks better than the markers I use although I've never seen them that I remember.

Where to buy?

Staples or any stationary shop.

 

[jethunter]

That's a good tip Wally, thanks

 

[skypilot]

Staples

Staples or any stationary shop.

Thanks, I will pick some up

 

[GreenBob]

Thanks brother. I will order and test some tonight!

Is this a good price?

h ttps://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B000J6D9GW/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1483901251&sr=8-1&keywords=Staedtler+Lumocolor+Permanent&condition=new

 

[H Wally]

I think I saw the staples multicolour pack for $16 or $18, but I guess it depends how far you are from a stationary supplier who can order them in for you.

 

[josquin]

I think I saw the staples multicolour pack for $16 or $18, but I guess it depends how far you are from a stationary supplier who can order them in for you.

Depends where you are, too. If you are near Vancouver, DeSerres (on 12th Ave near Kaslo) might have them. Also Grand & Toy but they're online only now. Also available from Amazon.ca as well. Staedtler have 'been making really good products for a long time. That being said, I often use Staples brand fineline permanent Markers to write on brass and they work pretty well, too. Either can be removed with isopropanol alcohol as well as brake cleaner (aka dry-cleaning fluid/ trichloroethylene)

 

[RonR]

Great tip and thanks for sharing. I've used the sharpies but I'll give these a try. Steadtler takes me back to my drafting days.

Regards
Ronr

 

[josquin]

Great tip and thanks for sharing. I've used the sharpies but I'll give these a try. Steadtler takes me back to my drafting days.

Regards
Ronr

Good heavens... you miust remember obsolete stuff like Clearprint drafting paper & film, K&E drafting and lettering sets, drafting arms, light tables, Pelikan permanent India ink, electric erasers, Rotring jewel-tip drafting pens and other arcana! (And maybe even Letraset dry-transfer lattering.) I didn't do any of that stuff professionally but I worked for Behnsen Graphic Supplies in Vancouver, a big graphic arts supply store that sold everyting from pencils to industrial screen-printing equipment. Blast from the past.

 

[RonR]

Good heavens... you miust remember obsolete stuff like Clearprint drafting paper & film, K&E drafting and lettering sets, drafting arms, light tables, Pelikan permanent India ink, electric erasers, Rotring jewel-tip drafting pens and other arcana! (And maybe even Letraset dry-transfer lattering.) I didn't do any of that stuff professionally but I worked for Behnsen Graphic Supplies in Vancouver, a big graphic arts supply store that sold everyting from pencils to industrial screen-printing equipment. Blast from the past.

S$^t, I've touched all that's listed except for jewel tip drafting pens. The best part is that I got out of school and you could smoke in the work place. My boss's boss would work with a lit Craven A in his mouth, drop ashes on his work, and by reflex would sweep it off with the brush all while keeping his right hand moving and keeping focused. To me that was amazing.

Now I sit on my a$$, as it gets fatter, in front of a couple of monitor screens creating colored lines to impress the masses. Damn it, it's been a while. Now the youngsters create the colors that match but don't work right and think they've earned the afternoon off. Things have changed. Anti lock braking systems is an analogy for how things have advanced in design. All the thinking and planning is gone...it just happens making many look like they know what they are doing.

Thanks for the reflection!

Regards
Ronr

 

[Shibby!]

Good tip.

Thanks.

 

[Ganderite]

I like to mark loads I make for a test in case I accidently dump the box. Nothing worse than 50 rounds of mixed up 10 different loads....

 

[smiley1]

I was thinking about getting a Sharpie for this, thanks for the tip!