Artists scientists engineers and even parents often have to write on non paper media.
Pens that write on acrylic sheets.
Laminating a sheet of paper covers it with a thin sheet of translucent plastic meaning that you can write on it over and over.
Place a white sheet of paper under the plexiglass to give yourself improved visibility so you don t make a mistake.
Have you ever needed to write on plastic and the ink didn t stick even when you used permanent marker.
The trick to getting a good result when writing on laminated paper is to choose the right pen for the surface.
Glass plastic metal and cloth.
Well i work in a company that prints on plastic all the time.
The easiest to remove is of course the chalk marker and you can easily remove it with a simple dry paper towel wrapped around your finger.
Use permanent markers on the plexiglass if you re drawing something you want to keep or writing something you d like to be permanent.
I can write much smaller and with crisper lines than i can with markers.
For writing on acrylic paint you need a special pen.
Different devices are needed to write on each of these two types of paints.
Painting with acrylic is considered less expensive than painting with oil.
Acrylic is a derivative of plastic and a synthetic resin emulsified in water contains its pigments in suspension.
The bistro chalk marker the sharpie water based paint pen the posca paint pen the sharpie oil based paint pen the molotow one4all acrylic paint pen now for the removal process.
So if you re working on creating place cards i recommend opting for a calligraphy ink like dr.
We prepare the plastic to get the ink to stick by oxidizing the surface first.