Talk:Sharpie (marker)
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[edit] health risks
I think someone should put on about the health effects from Sharpies if left unopened.--Weatherman1126 01:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- To which effects are you referring? Sharpies are non-toxic. -- SmokeDetector47( TALK ) 06:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- I've got three Sharpie Industrial pens that explicitly lack AP seals. --CCFreak2K 22:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- But don't people get headaches/other problems from being exposed to Sharpies for a long period of time? --Weatherman1126 16:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure that is an urban legend. I couldn't find any information on the web backing it up, either. -- Chriskelvie 02:36, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
i always use sharpie for everyhting and i learned alot first--its very true that you willl get the effect of headaches and the being high feeling and second of all dont shake them like the label says the tip come loose and ink sprays everyware.
I get headaches when using Sharpies for a while. I have a whole 8pack right with me guess what they all have AP seals so do like all the sharpies I have. Dappled Sage 23:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] discontinued?
Gold sharpies are NOT discontinued they even have them for sale on the Sanford/Sharpie website.
Gold and Copper are infact discontinued as of this year.
[edit] autography
I was surprised that the article didn't mention "autographs" as a major use under Uses. Everyone who stands in line waiting for a glossy photo, T-shirt, CD, ball, etc seems to be carrying (or looking to borrow) a sharpie... --Rehcsif 19:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ingredients and toxicology
I would like to preface this by saying that I am neither a chemist nor a toxicologist. It would be nice if someone who knew what they were talking about could organize this into some kind of coherence. According to this file (Duke University PDF [1], or Google's HTML cache [2]) the ingredients of Sharpie markers are as follows:
- Dyes
- Propyl alcohol (N-Propanol), 200-250 PPM
- Propyl alcohol was "evaluated for acceptable daily intake for man" [3] (also, under "Observations in Man": "One fatal case of poisoning by ingestion of 400 to 500 ml of n-propyl alcohol has been reported". 400mL is 0.4 cubic decimeters)
- Butyl alcohol (N-Butanol), 50-100 PPM
- Butanol seems to be the most toxic of the three alcohols, being used as a solvent, often in paint thinner. However, it is also used as the base of some perfumes. (info from the Butanol article)
- Diacetone alcohol (4-Hydroxy-4-Methyl-2-Pentanone), 50 PPM
- There is this page [4]. Also, [2-Pentanone] is "sometimes used as a flavoring food additive".
Simply by PPM, the alcohols correspond to a maximum of 400 PPM or 400/1000000 = .04% of the total volume of chemicals in a Sharpie. "dyes" have "NOT APPLICABLE" instead of the PPM measurements specified for the alcohols, so I am assuming that the dyes constitute the rest of the contents of each marker - which would mean that each marker is 99.96% dye.
The first document I gave (from Duke University) lists Sharpies as being hazardous when inhaled, but not when ingested or absorbed through skin.
Ben-Arba 10:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] removal and uses
I beg to differ about the removal of sharpies after a long time. I work in the Entertainment industry and we use sharpies to mark up flightcases for hires. These can be out for many days, and we have a cleaning fluid that removes the ink very easily. Unfortunately i can't give the name as i've not dealt with the hire side of things for a while! Also, why is Marking sound and Lighting desks not a valid use, It is the most commonly used marker pen in the industry! Tastyniall 17:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's far too narrow a use to warrant listing. Using a marker to mark things is the default and most basic of its uses. We don't need a laundry list of every industry that uses markers. James A. Stewart 20:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hengbao
Chinese company Hengbao sells knock-off Sharpies, with the identical logo, but with the word Hengbao where the word Sanford used to be. They are sold in the US in dollar stores. They also make some with their own brand name, and still others with the name "Sharkie." I would presume that this is trademark infringement, but the Hengbao Sharpies are widely available in the US. They are of inferior quality, though.
[edit] The New colors
A search on Yahoo and Google had no sources for anywhere to buy them online at -- are these in stores, or should they be refered to as to be introduced instead of Introduced? 4.154.5.101 05:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Recreational drug use
I've removed the claim of "Recreational drug use" from the list of "Uses". I'm not disputing that this is possible, but 1) there was no citation or supporting evidence and 2) it's not exactly a "use" in the sense of the other legitimate uses. One could make a case that there's a potential for abuse here, but I don't think Sharpies are any more likely to be abused as inhalants than any other permanent marker and it probably does not warrant a mention here. If you can find something to cite that specifically says Sharpie markers are abused as inhalants, and it's prevalent, go ahead and put the comment back. I still don't think it belongs in a list of "uses", though. James A. Stewart 20:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
