| Steel Tip Paint Markers | | | | and the tips depressed simultaneously to apply paint. |
| Steel tip paint markers are available in three different | | | | The tubes are a little inconvenient to use and you |
| styles: small plastic bottles such as the Ball Point Paint | | | | tend to leave a lot of unused paint in the tube. |
| Bottle from Markal Corporation, collapsible tube steel | | | | Texpen and Dalo Style Markers |
| tip markers from Markal and Nissen Company, and | | | | The Texpen and Dalo style markers employ an |
| the Texpen or Dalo markers available from ITW | | | | aluminum barrel shaped like a marking pen, steel tips |
| Dykem. Steel tip markers are ideal for writing on | | | | in fine, medium, or broad points, and a pump that |
| rough metal surfaces such as metal and rusted metal. | | | | allows users to pressurize the barrel. Pressurizing the |
| Paint application is controlled by depressing the steel | | | | barrel allows user to apply a constant flow of paint in |
| tip similar to a ball point pen. | | | | any position-even overhead-without simultaneously |
| Ball Point Paint Bottles | | | | squeezing a bottle or tube. The Texpen package |
| Ball Point Paint Bottles from Markal are work well on | | | | solved several problems for users when it was |
| vertical applications. The tube must be squeezed and | | | | introduced and patented by Marktex Corporation and |
| the tip depressed at the same time for paint to flow. | | | | quickly became the steel tip marker of choice. |
| The stainless steel tips are durable, the paint is very | | | | Other Considerations |
| permanent, and the plastic bottles are very durable | | | | Low chloride or high purity is a popular option for |
| and ideal for storing in tool boxes. Paints come in | | | | steel tip markers and applications in the welding trade. |
| seven colors and one tip size. | | | | Low chloride markers come with factory certification |
| Collapsible Tube Markers | | | | by batch number and are used for marking stainless |
| Collapsible aluminum tube markers are available from | | | | steel, nuclear applications, aircraft parts, and electrical |
| Markal and Nissen companies. Collapsible tubes are | | | | components. High temperature paints is another |
| available in three different tip diameters and in the | | | | popular option with paints capable of withstanding ups |
| case of Makal, low chloride. Tubes must be squeezed | | | | to 2200 degrees F. |