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My sign game changed completely after I found the right marker
Used to use those cheap Walmart markers. Signs looked like garbage after 20 minutes in the rain. Last weekend I tested a Montana acrylic marker on a cardboard sign. Cost me $8 but the letters stayed sharp through a 3 hour rally in Seattle. No smudging, no fading. The difference was night and day. Anyone else found a marker that actually holds up?
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ivanbell1mo ago
Yeah @charles640 I get the cost thing but cheap markers bleed through signs in like 15 minutes if it's drizzling. I bought a six pack of Sharpie Pro off Amazon for 12 bucks and they last through at least 4 or 5 signs plus the caps don't crack like the regular ones. For a one time rally the dollar store stuff works fine but if you're hitting multiple events a month that pricier marker pays for itself pretty quick.
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charles6401mo ago
Eight bucks for a marker seems like a lot for a cardboard sign you're going to throw away after the rally. I get that it worked well for three hours, but unless you're planning on reusing that sign for months, a dollar marker that lasts forty minutes would probably do the same job for most people. It's hard to justify spending ten times more unless you're holding signs every single weekend. Most of us just need something legible for an afternoon, not a permanent piece of protest art.
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