Lew Hodgett wrote:
Ever need to mark a piece of wood for identification purposes, but
with what?

No marking pens, sometimes not even a pencil.

Enter a piece of black board chalk.

Low cost, leaves a nice white mark, and can easily be removed when
finished.

Funny what you can learn if you keep your mouth shut, your eyes open,
and just watch a craftsman do his/her job.

Lew


chalk is great- sometimes.

if the wood is getting painted or is being left raw no problem.
however, I have had ghost marks of the chalk show up after stain and
especially after waterborne clearcoats. I no longer use chalk as a
marker on interior finish work.