I need a permanent marker that is permanent

I use a Sharpie, it seems to do the job well. In fact it lives in the greenhouse and copes with extremes of temperature. It’s about 4 years old now and still writes.

Reminds me of my mum wheeling my much younger sister home from the shops in her pushchair which faced away from mum. The shopping was in her lap and when they got home all the paper sleeves on the tins were gone, so no-one knew what was in each tin!

I agree with J52 MrJ uses one on his golf balls too, lasts forever.

Thank you folks, I'll buy a Sharpie. I have got one somewhere - but where?

Thank you.

Sharpie all the way x

Luckygirl3

Reminds me of my mum wheeling my much younger sister home from the shops in her pushchair which faced away from mum. The shopping was in her lap and when they got home all the paper sleeves on the tins were gone, so no-one knew what was in each tin!

My M-i-L holiday-cared for the school hamster, which escaped, got into the tinned goods cupboard & ate all the labels.
Thankfully they recaptured the escapee, but for months after ended up with fruit cocktail instead of mushy peas!

J52

I use a Sharpie, it seems to do the job well. In fact it lives in the greenhouse and copes with extremes of temperature. It’s about 4 years old now and still writes.

Ditto, Sharpies are superb. You can get different colours for different sorts of markings, too.

I have a handheld label maker and, following an article by Alan Titchmarsh in a gardening magazine, got some black plastic labels and printed the names in white on black tape. They look very smart and will last well.