Gear marking

Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?

Hot-knife/soldering iron? Engraver?

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PeterS
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In article <c12u94$pi5$1@titan.btinternet.com>,
CtrlAltElitePANTS@hotmail.com says...
> Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?
>
> Hot-knife/soldering iron? Engraver?
>
>
waterproof paint
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dave
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> > Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?

I used a Black Pentel N50 permanent marker. It has lasted ages, even on
the bottom of my fins.

"Dave" <capt80@home.atm> wrote in message
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> In article <c12u94$pi5$1@titan.btinternet.com>,
> CtrlAltElitePANTS@hotmail.com says...
> > Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?
> >
> > Hot-knife/soldering iron? Engraver?
> >
> >
> waterproof paint
> --
> dave

Makes sense, dumb newbie question - any particular brand?
Surface prep? I don't know what the fins are made of (Mares Quattro) -
polypropylene? - but this sort of material doesn't normally 'take' paint.

TIA

Peter.

Spam Magnet wrote:
> Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?

Generally I use rust. As anyone here can tell you my fins have a thick
coating of rust scrapped from the various wrecks around the coast. Oh and
boat paint, they've got some boat paint on from the time I had to jam them
against the bottom of he-who-will-not-be-named's boat to stop me going
into the prop.

Generally thats about it, if you dive enough giving things fancy paint
jobs usually isn't worth it, it'll get banged up, scrapped, and you'll
need a new one soon(ish) anyway.

Al.

"Alasdair Allan" <aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Spam Magnet wrote:
> > Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?
>
> Generally I use rust. As anyone here can tell you my fins have a thick
> coating of rust scrapped from the various wrecks around the coast. Oh and
> boat paint, they've got some boat paint on from the time I had to jam them
> against the bottom of he-who-will-not-be-named's boat to stop me going
> into the prop.
>
> Generally thats about it, if you dive enough giving things fancy paint
> jobs usually isn't worth it, it'll get banged up, scrapped, and you'll
> need a new one soon(ish) anyway.
>
> Al.

Hmm, but how do I tell my rust from your rust, without the aid of a mass
spectrometer?

PeterS

Engrave plastics with "Dremel" or similar DIY tool, then fill in with CDR pen,
re-apply as necessary...

HTH

"Spam Magnet" <CtrlAltElitePANTS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Alasdair Allan" <aa@ukrecscuba.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:c131mt$1d5be5$1@ID-188041.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Spam Magnet wrote:
> > > Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?
> >
> > Generally I use rust. As anyone here can tell you my fins have a thick
> > coating of rust scrapped from the various wrecks around the coast. Oh
and
> > boat paint, they've got some boat paint on from the time I had to jam
them
> > against the bottom of he-who-will-not-be-named's boat to stop me going
> > into the prop.
> >
> > Generally thats about it, if you dive enough giving things fancy paint
> > jobs usually isn't worth it, it'll get banged up, scrapped, and you'll
> > need a new one soon(ish) anyway.
> >
> > Al.
>
> Hmm, but how do I tell my rust from your rust, without the aid of a mass
> spectrometer?
>

There's always one more thing to buy, isn't there

Alun Harford

"Spam Magnet" <CtrlAltElitePANTS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone got a favourite method for "personalising" gear, say, fins?
>
> Hot-knife/soldering iron? Engraver?
>
> --
> PeterS
> pDOTseedATbtinternetDOTcom
>
>

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=7974

better than rust!

Tricky wrote:
> better than rust!

Nah, doubt it...

Al.