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What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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Posted by Binky z5 WI (My Page) on Wed, Jun 9, 04 at 11:50
This may sound silly, but I'm not sure what to use to cut up a metal mini-blind to use it as plant markers. Also, what do you use to mark the names on the mini-blinds?
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RE: What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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| Try using a cheap pair of scissors. Actually, you can rip them with your fingers if your fingernails are strong enough for you to get a start. Brian |
RE: What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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| I use cheap scissors to cut them up and then write on them in pencil. Susan |
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| Pencil is the best, I used permenant marker last year and had a hard time trying to figure out the names of the plants, but with the pencil I could read every one of them! linda |
RE: What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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| If they are the metal mini-blinds, you should be able to just bend them back and forth until they break. With the vinyl ones, I use a cheap pair of scissors. |
RE: What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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| Be cautious because the metal mini blinds can be very sharp. I got some once by mistake and had some cuts caused by the sharp edges. I now pass up the metal ones. Both the metal and plastic are easily cut with old scissors. I cut them really tiny and narrow for pots and larger if I need to keep really good track of something. I found too that pencil works well - even when wet. |
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Those scissors advertised to cut pennies work well for cutting those metal blinds. I make sure to cut the corners round and use a metal file for removing sharp edges.
Norm |
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| Strong kitchen scissors. Then I use a china marker/grease pencil to write on it. It's waterproof and lasts longer than sharpies. Have fun and watch those sharp edges!
Karen |
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| China marker and old scissors has my vote. Make use you include the date on the marker also. craftylady_MA. |
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| I cut with those cheap $1 kitchen shears. I write on them with either a permanent marker or a grease pencil (china marker). The china marker stays on longer. I have written on them with those carpenter's pencils. They are soft lead, so they write really well. Someone suggested to me that if you spray them with cheap hair spray (like Aqua Net), the writing stays on longer. |
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| On the metal strips I use tin snips and I use a fine nail set/punch to engrave the name into the metal, plus any other information. Especially useful for potted trees and other perennials where the label has to stay readable for a long time. |
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| I use regular kitchen scissors. Our Aco Hardware has them on sale periodically for 10 cents. I make two diagonal cuts so the base forms a point for sticking into the soil. I haven't been successful with writing implements; even permanent marker wears off quickly outside. Therefore, I tend to use them for winter sowing, as opposed to plant markers outside. Monica |
RE: What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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- Posted by mikee2 5 Upstate, NY (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 24, 04 at 13:27
| The best way to make a marker with the mini blinds is to use Aluminum Foil Tape available in the plumbing section of your hardware store. A large roll goes for about five dollars and will make hundreds of markers. The tape is similar to your kitchen tin wrap. It has a very good adhesive backing that sticks wonderfully to the mini blinds. Just cut off a piece and stick it to your blind. You can write on it with anything, it doesn't matter. When you write on it, it simply makes an indent in the foil. Never fades, never smudges. I can reuse all of my markers that were out all winter, the moisture doesn't affect the sticky backing! |
RE: What do you use to cut mini-blinds for markers?
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| I use tin snips to cut them and mark them with a grease pencil (or china marker). It last for at least 4 years based on my experience. |
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| Love the foil tape tip, Mikee!! And now for a silly question - where does one acquire grease pencils/china markers?? |
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| I got mine at an art supply store. |
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| got my grease pencil at my local true hardware where i got my little cheepie digital camera and all kinds of unusual stuff. regards, dick |
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