Comments on: Water-based paint marker on my cast, yea or nay?

Question: Water-based paint marker on my cast, yea or nay?

dondiego87 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:31:51 -0800

Water-based paint marker on a fiberglass arm cast?

I recently broke a bone in my wrist and was put in a long-arm fiberglass cast with a waterproof liner. I chose black for the color and I thought that it would look really sharp to get people to sign it with a gold metallic marker. Well, Sharpie makes silver metallic markers, but the only gold one I could find actually uses water-based paint. I was wondering if that would be all right to use on my cast. Things I'm worried about specifically are it bleeding through and messing with my skin, and also whether it might wash off (which can be figured out through trial and error if my first concern is not a problem).

Thanks as always!

By: TedW

TedW — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:37:15 -0800

It will be fine; there are several layers of Webril or something similar under your cast that would absorb the small amount of water in a marker before it got to your skin, if it even makes it down that far.

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:52:13 -0800

After you get the sigs/doodles, paint over them with clear nail polish. Having broken a lot of bones and worn a few casts, that worked on the few sigs I got. Touch it up if you see it fading.

By: dondiego87

dondiego87 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:44:32 -0800

Thanks TedW for addressing Concern #1, and thanks batmonkey for addressing Concern #2!

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:37:41 -0800

You're welcome! Heal quickly & well.

By: TedW

TedW — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:53:51 -0800

What batmonkey said!