Kathie,

 

Another alternative is Identi-Pens available from Hollinger Metal Edge.  Each pen has both large and small tip.  They smear if you coat over them with acryloid, but seem to have been permanent on anything else I have tried them on.

 

Lucy Sperlin

Butte County Historical Museum

 

 

Adrienne, thanks, fabulous suggestions, with links! This list is the best!

 

 

 

Kathie, in my experience the micron pens will smear a bit. I’ve purchased unstrung pre-cut tyvek tags from Gaylord. (http://www.gaylord.com/adblock.asp?abid=16335&search_by=desc&search_for=tyvek%20tag&mpc=WW&catalog=&target=) Packs of 100 sell in the $5.00 range. Zig millennium pens work well and the ink does not smear on the tyvek. http://www.markersupply.com/zigmima.html. We’ve then strung our tags as needed with glide dental floss. Tyvek tags can also be stitched onto textiles.

They are water resistant and pest resistant but we’ve found that they melt like a reverse shrinky dink during our controlled burns.

 

Adrienne Berney

NC Connecting to Collections

http://collectionsconversations.wordpress.com

 

 

Hi Tyvek posters. Thanks for these great sources. I haven’t used these tags before. This is perhaps a dumb question, but what do you use to write on these? I’m guessing it’s a slick, coated surface. Will my Micron archival pens work?

 

Thanks!

--Kathie

 

 

Kathie Gow

 

Oral History Producer

http://www.wordspicturesstories.com

 

Curator, Hatfield Historical Museum

http://hatfieldhistory.weebly.com

 

 

 

Joshua,

Tyvek artifact ID tags can be purchased from Hollinger Metal Edge.

http://www.hollingermetaledge.com/modules/store/index.html?dept=30&cat=1121&searchname=Tyvek&searchid=&searchtype=C&cart=13492623555804932

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