On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:20:19 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote:

I therefore started using dymo in the garden here, but discovered what ever
I stuck it too always became brittle and broke, labelling is still a work in
progress :~)

Buy aluminum strap, 1/2" x 1/8", cut it in suitable lengths, and
stick your dymo labels on that. But before you stick a label on
the metal, apply a thin coating of contact cement. Between the
label's own adhesive and the cement on the aluminum, a bond forms
that is nearly indestructible.

The one drawback: these labels aren't very suitable for pots, and
they look unsightly in the open garden. OTOH, if you make them a
good foot long, the birds can't fiddle with them.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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