On Sat, 14 May 2016 18:02:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

vinyl is difficult.

Vinyl is easy, if the glue is any good. The better glues contain a
small amount of MEK or other solvent. MEK disolves both the vinyl and
the PVC wire insulation slightly, which causes a permanent solvent
weld. The catch is that it has a limited shelf life because the MEK
is rather volatile. If you want to make your own permanent stick
labels, just slop ONE tiny drop of dilluted MEK onto the wire
insulation and wrap the vinyl label over it. You'll need to hold it
in place until the MEK evaporates, or your fingers dissolve. It's
quite permanent, toxic, messy, nasty, smelly, hazardous, and
dangerous, but those are minor considerations when you're engaged in
the important task of attaching permanent wire labels. Also, be sure
to wash your hands before touching anything that has been painted
because the residual MEK in your skin pores will leave your
fingerprints everywhere. That's bad because you wouldn't want anyone
to know who made the mess.

Immediately look to a fabric adhesived marker with
suitable ink. Not UL but we have an extinguisher handy.

Fabric label tend to absorb liquids and vapors. I've used fabric wire
labels and find them lacking. It's not unusual to find a wire closet
with all the wire labels sitting on floor. Brady Wire Markers
switched from cotton cloth to vinyl cloth some time ago. I haven't
tried those yet.
https://www.bradyid.com/en-us/products/labels-and-tapes/labels/wire-and-cable-labels/wire-and-cable-books-and-cards/wire-and-cable-label-books#
The bad news is that they're expensive and the cloth labels are
"repositionable" which means they'll fall off without assistance.

synthetic clothing is markable ...with p[potato squeezoin's

Cloth insulated wire? I don't think that will work.

we'll be back after the commercial

I don't watch commercial TV any more. These days, it's streaming
video via Netflix, YouTube, CuriosityStream, Hulu, and such with zero
commercials. I haven't seen a commerical on TV in years.

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