Are china markers toxic?

Cuz Rufous just ate the tip off of one and was ready to eat the rest of
it, had I not intervened.

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Victor Martinez wrote:
Cuz Rufous just ate the tip off of one and was ready to eat the rest
of it, had I not intervened.

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Not sure what a "china marker" is - is it a permanent marker of some type,
used to write/draw on dinnerware - or is it some el-cheapo writing instument
bearing the label "Made in china"????

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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
Not sure what a "china marker" is - is it a permanent marker of some type,
used to write/draw on dinnerware - or is it some el-cheapo writing instument
bearing the label "Made in china"????

It's like a crayon, not sure if it's a permanent marker, it can probably
be washed off. It has a paper "sleeve" that you peel off with an
attached string... hold on, let me google them... here it is:
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/tools/smtol26.shtml

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I'd say, keep a watch on him, and if he exhibits any signs of distress,
haul him off to the Vet right away. I hope for his sake that it isn't.
You never know what will have cat appeal. I'm glad you got there before
he ate too much of it.

Melissa

Now that I see what you meant, am inclined to doubt it would be highly
toxic...its more like a harder crayon material, isn't it? I was very afraid
you were talking a
"Sharpie" - those colored marking pens that - if not toxic, sure smell like
they are! Hope the piece he ate passes right through his digestive system
w/o harm to Rufous!

"Shiral" wrote in message
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I'd say, keep a watch on him, and if he exhibits any signs of distress,
haul him off to the Vet right away. I hope for his sake that it isn't.
You never know what will have cat appeal. I'm glad you got there before
he ate too much of it.

Melissa

Victor Martinez wrote:
Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
Not sure what a "china marker" is - is it a permanent marker of some
type, used to write/draw on dinnerware - or is it some el-cheapo
writing instument bearing the label "Made in china"????

It's like a crayon, not sure if it's a permanent marker, it can
probably be washed off. It has a paper "sleeve" that you peel off with an
attached string... hold on, let me google them... here it is:
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/tools/smtol26.shtml

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Aha!!!! We used to gall these "grease pens" - used in schools to write on
transparancies on overhead projectors & the like. Dad used them at work
too - but not sure in what context he used them - Mom would find them in his
pockets. He was a civilian emploeey of the land-locked Naval base at Crane,
IN. Did electronics repair for communication equipment (radios, radar & the
like).

Anyway, I did a deeper Google search, seeing as how they're made by Sanford
now, and found http://tinyurl.com/d9da7.

while there, there check for the "MSDS" Material Safety Data Sheet (it's in
..pdf format) & see if it has anything toxicity. What I found was that
they are non-toxic. Probably very similar in makeup to children's crayons,
just more 'pliable' (probably use more beeswax or something to make them
thatway)

On 2005-06-22, Magic Mood Jeep© penned:

Aha!!!! We used to gall these "grease pens" - used in schools to
write on transparancies on overhead projectors & the like. Dad used
them at work too - but not sure in what context he used them - Mom
would find them in his pockets. He was a civilian emploeey of the
land-locked Naval base at Crane, IN. Did electronics repair for
communication equipment (radios, radar & the like).


My dad had them all the time, too, and I have no idea what he used
them for! I thought they were great.

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