"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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Steve
Gittins writes
I've succumbed and ordered one, so I'll report back when I've had a
go.

A Dymo, obtainable from WH Smith costs a great deal less.

Franz

Whilst in my previous existence at sea, the company I worked for bought a
second hand ship, those of us unfortununate enough to have to sail in her
were at something of a disadvantage as the previous owner had been Japanese
so we set about labelling all the valves and switches in English. I left the
ship and rejoined her 5 years later and the dymo tape we used was still good
after all that time even on the open deck where the sea washed over it. The
black tape was best as the other colours fade, red is the worst, but the
glue was the same for all!
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 :~)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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[snip]

You can presumably write on lead with a cheap soldering-iron,

The ones with a fine enough tip for writing are sold as "pyrographic
pens" and do a nice job of writing on wood.

[snip]

Franz

"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Janet Galpin" wrote in message
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from Chris French and Helen Johnson

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,
Steve
Gittins writes
I've succumbed and ordered one, so I'll report back when I've
had a
go.

A Dymo, obtainable from WH Smith costs a great deal less.

Franz

Whilst in my previous existence at sea, the company I worked for
bought a
second hand ship, those of us unfortununate enough to have to sail
in her
were at something of a disadvantage as the previous owner had been
Japanese
so we set about labelling all the valves and switches in English. I
left the
ship and rejoined her 5 years later and the dymo tape we used was
still good
after all that time even on the open deck where the sea washed over
it. The
black tape was best as the other colours fade, red is the worst, but
the
glue was the same for all!
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 :~)

I have a few black dymo names stuck on common white plastic garden
labels, which have been in the soil for around ten years. They are
still quite legible. The main problem with them is that the
blackbirds and thrushes yank them out and throw them around at random.
Also, the blasted things snap as soon as you look at them too closely.
Why can the makers not make them twice as thick as they do?

Franz

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.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

On 20/9/04 16:18, in article , "Rodger
Whitlock" wrote:

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.


One other thought has just occurred to me - if one applied a thin layer of
varnish, even clear nail varnish, to the Dymo tape, I wonder if it would
help it to be less fade prone?

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 20/9/04 16:18, in article ,
"Rodger
Whitlock" wrote:

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.


One other thought has just occurred to me - if one applied a thin
layer of
varnish, even clear nail varnish, to the Dymo tape, I wonder if it
would
help it to be less fade prone?

My guess is that it won't help much. On the bright side, does it
matter if the black dymo tape fades? The embossong ensures that it
can still be read.

Franz

[quote=Janet Galpin]Kitchen Garden magazine is promoting this labeller (Brother P-touch
Garden Labeller 100)

Has anyone bought one and tried it out, saw them at the Malvern Show.
by a company called labelsnthings, very tempted to try it.

"julieclem" wrote in
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Janet Galpin Wrote:
Kitchen Garden magazine is promoting this labeller (Brother
P-touch
Garden Labeller 100)

Has anyone bought one and tried it out, saw them at the Malvern
Show.
by a company called labelsnthings, very tempted to try it.

What does it do?
How does it do it?
What does it cost?

Franz