On 21/03/2021 10:36, alan_m wrote:
On 21/03/2021 08:32, S Viemeister wrote:
On 20/03/2021 21:46, alan_m wrote:

Have you tried the Brother tape labels

Many different models of machines at various price points
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-P-T.../dp/B013DG2FNW


many different label colour combinations
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...+tape&_sacat=0

I've had these tape labels stick to plastic flower pots very well and
I've only seen fading on labels 10+ years old - but still readable.

We've used those tapes to label the mailbox at the end of the drive -
the labels have lasted longer than the mailboxes. No fading, no peeling.


It may depend on the colour of the tape. I've tended to use the
fluorescent yellow background tapes. A white background may be better,
but as I said my faded tape was still readable after 10 years.

As a side issue, I've has the "day-glo" fluorescent paint sold in rattle
cans fade away to almost nothing within two years when exposed outside
to the sun only in the mornings (in shade after approx 11am). The paint
had been further protected by a clear coat.

I've noticed the black on red tape fading outside, but the majority of
labels I make are black on white, white on black, and either black or
white on clear, and none of those have faded, outside or inside.

Red on white is used here to identify certain electrical items, but
that's inside, and they haven't faded.