Twyla Prentl Professional. What is a white china marker? Make a mark on virtually any smooth surface with White China Markers. Featuring thick waxy cores, these white -colored markers are ideal for all of your adventurous crafting endeavors. When you have expended the visible wax, simply pull the string, tear the paper away, and continue making marks! Gussie Ablaev Explainer. How do you unwrap a china marker? Gently pull this string so the string cuts through the paper wrapper down to the level where you want to remove the wrapper.
Grab one of the newly exposed ends of the paper wrapper from the top of the marker and tug at it to peel the china marker down to the level of the string. Marla Orpi Explainer. How do you clean Chinese markers? Waterproof grease pencil requires more than just soap and water to remove it without leaving smudges. Rub off as much of the grease pencil writing as possible using a clean, dry cloth.
Spray a cleaning product with degreaser on a clean section of the cloth. Ancizar Raine Explainer. How do you remove China pencil? Steps to Remove the Marker:. Begin by spraying a small amount of WD onto a soft cloth. Wipe the affected areas with the moistened cloth. Switch to a fresh piece of cloth as needed to avoid reapplying the grease pencil to the surface.
Devala Kennett Pundit. How do you sharpen wax pencils? Grease pencils wrapped in paper have a string near the wax point that can be pulled to quickly and easily sharpen the pencil. If it is paper-wrapped, simply pull this string and unwrap more wax. Hold a knife at a degree angle close to the end of a wood-wrapped wax pencil. Sunilda Zaks Pundit. Can you paint over China marker? China markers , also known as grease pencils, are typically made of grease, wax and dyes.
Therefore, as long as your vehicle's finish is in good repair, this simple method will wipe china marker off automotive paint with very little effort and excellent results. Lukas Watt Pundit. I thought "chalkboard" was the preferred term here in the UK these days, partly because they are not necessarily black we had one when I was at school in the s that was dark green!
I heard blackboard much more often than I heard chalkboard growing up in the 80's's in the American midwest and then south. By the time I got to high school though, dry erase boards had replaced chalkboards in most classrooms. In my college classes these days you hear 'dry erase board' and rarely 'white board', but it seems like most people take the easy way out and just say 'the board' now. Yeah, it's just not correct to say that 'chalkboard' is AmE and 'blackboard' is BrE.
When I was a kid, 'chalkboard' was sometimes used when a the board was green rather than black quite common in my schools, or b sometimes for slates that were not attached to the wall. I'd check it in the OED, but our library's website seems to be down at the moment AmE here. I've never heard "China marker" either. But my dad used grease pencils daily ate work. I agree that a "marker" must be felt-tipped.
Also, I am 30 years old, but I absolutely could not walk into an office supply store and ask to purchase "a rubber" without giggling. When I moved to England, my assistant asked me if I needed a rubber and my eyeballs popped out of my head. I use markers felt-tip pens? Incidentaly, in Croatian a felt-tip pen is called "flomaster", probably a corruption of "flow master", which was, I suppose, the brand or model name we first got in touch with.
How about the word "crayon"? Isn't it a synonym for "grease pencil"? Is there some subtle difference, or is the meaning of "crayon" more general? Now I have another most enjoyable way to procrastinate. I'd assume it's because we don't really have markers at all in the UK.
We have marker pens, but more often just felt-tips or board pens or whiteboard pens and so on. Just to add another term to the list, I was watching a magic trick video yesterday filmed and the American magician referred to "a Listo pencil, also called a grease pencil".
Odd to learn that in BrE it's a "guillotine". In French, home of the guillotine, it's called a "massicot". Stranger things have happened in language. I've used them in film editing and my Mum used them to write on her glass storage jars!
Ho Hum Colored pencils and crayons basically use the same marking technology, namely colored wax. The former have the wax wrapped in wood like ordinary a. Consequently, it's not too surprising that the names have been used semi-interchangeably. I am just writing a power point presentation of my time in the RN, I came on the web to confirm my spelling andwas pleased to see this piece about chinagraph pencils. We used these in the "Op's" room onboard, I also remember them being used as make up in the competitions held whilst on Beira patrol back in the 60's.
Remember RN ships were all male in those days, Miss Brighton never looked so ugly even with a liberal covering of "Chanagraph!
I'm fairly sure many of those words used to have the simpler modern BrE form in America as well. For instance, "India rubber" used to be used for modern "eraser" in America until at least the early 20th century. Pins for tacks was also used, though I don't know for how long.
Yesturday, in California I bought a set of white and black grease pencils in a set. I've never seen them in colors! Carpenters use them. What do you use the colors for?
Can you share? Very interesting! I use colored china markers or grease pencils, never chinagraphs; I'm an american for tracing pattern pieces onto fabric. Since the lines get left on the cut out scraps, it's no problem with staining.
I also use them for marking glass and plastic. I also, er, sharpen them. With a pencil sharpener intended for colored pencils which makes a shorter point than most intended for wood-cased pencils. Never quite got the string pulling down. In my experience, Chinagraph and China Marker are very different. Chinagraph is much softer than China Marker and can be used much more easily to write small text that is distinct.
China Marker tends to leave fainter text unless you press hard in which case you risk breaking the point off. I use them for making temporary marks on forms in plastic sleeves. So am I guessing correctly that England does not have Crayola Crayons?
That was my favo u rite thing when I was a kids. Mindy WhenI was young we had 'wax crayons' — or rather 'crayons' since we knew no other sort. Only reason why I'm here. Trying to by a Grease Pencil at Staples office supply yesterday.
Staff had no clue what in the world I was talking about. I told her they must be under 30 year old or something as We used Grease Pencils in grade school for the Over Head and in our work books. Final figured out the term China Marker and they had them. She said the only people that normal buy them ares restaurants and people installing tile. Both the use I'm familiar with and the main purpose of buying more grease pencils aka china markers.
As children, we had wax crayons, usually shortened to just crayons, and yes, Crayola was the commonest brand. They were used for drawing and colouring. To write on hard surfaces, I would use a felt-tip pen never just felt pen , and mentally correct myself to felt tippED, with or without a hyphen.
A felt-tip with a chisel point I would call a marker PEN. Different commenters have usd stationery and office supply store interchangeably. Does AmE use stationery, and is the difference between stationery and stationary a spelling trap for the unwary? Sometimes I find myself censoring myself before I use a word just because I have a feeling that it might be an Americanism.
I know I've blogged about this feeling before--but I can't find where! The thing is, I'm not entirely sure why I get that feeling about words I've never used nor heard the equivalents of in the UK before.
Nevertheless, it's pretty reliable. And thus it was when I went into a stationer's and said: I'm not sure if this is what you call them, but I'm looking for what I would call a AmE china marker. And this person surmised that I was talking about a BrE chinagraph pencil. These things are also called grease pencils in AmE.
By the time I got there, of course, I had forgotten the word chinagraph and so I repeated my question in the same way What's a girl who wants to write on her glass storage jars, as pictured here to do? Among the more common of these: AmE BrE ballpoint pen [also the generic term in BrE] Biro [old proprietary name] paper cutter guillotine blackboard eraser duster pencil eraser rubber thumb tacks drawing pins bulletin board notice board Then again, the majority of office supplies in any office supply catalog ue do have the same names in both countries.
My only remaining hypothesis is that I had heard chinagraph at some point, but the memory only exists at some subconscious level. Labels: office supplies , trade names. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Anonymous 23 February, Loribeth 23 February, Joel A. Shaver 23 February, Johnny E 23 February, Mrs Redboots Annabel Smyth 23 February, Unknown 23 February, Marion T.
Librarian 23 February, Anonymous 24 February, Harry Campbell 24 February, Alexis 24 February, Do you remember pulling the string to unwrap the paper and expose the core? The most popular alternate name for these products is china marker. Another name you might encounter is chinagraph pencil, which is used primarily in the U. Many of these terms are interchangeable, which can get confusing. You can find wax pencils, china marker pencils, chinagraphs or grease pencils, but they essentially refer to the same thing in most cases.
Grease pencils are most often used for marking a variety of surfaces in commercial and industrial applications. They work best on smooth or polished surfaces — everything from glass to PET blow molded bottles to polished stone, ceramics and metals like brass or stainless steel.
Common commercial uses include writing prices on porcelain dinnerware like plates, cups, and jugs, or writing on glassware. China markers are also used to mark a variety of media such as vinyl records, analog audio tape, and photographic contact sheets. Finally, china markers or grease pencils are often used in the art world, especially for homemade arts and crafts projects. They can mark paper surfaces, and work well on paper with a glossy finish.
Overall, grease pencils are relatively affordable and flexible marking tools that can be used to mark a variety of surfaces, and have some specialized uses to boot.
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