What product would you recommend for writing on green construction wall?

August 22, 2024 12:37 PM

What product would you recommend for writing on a New York City green construction wall? This is for writing large amounts of text, so spray paint is too large font and unwieldy.
posted by davidstandaford to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

Non permanent, I would use chalk.
Permanent, I would use a paint pen.
posted by plinth at 12:49 PM on August 22, 2024 [3 favorites]

They're expensive as shit, but Posca paint pens or similar would probably work.
posted by jacquilynne at 12:50 PM on August 22, 2024

Response by poster: paint pen

Like this?
posted by davidstandaford at 12:59 PM on August 22, 2024 [1 favorite]

Depending on what you're doing, stencils and spray paint.
posted by theora55 at 1:41 PM on August 22, 2024 [6 favorites]

light [artsy]
posted by HearHere at 1:54 PM on August 22, 2024

"lumber crayons" or "jobsite markers" - to use the terms used at home depot - are two options particularly well suited for rough surfaces like painted plywood walls.
posted by niicholas at 1:57 PM on August 22, 2024 [5 favorites]

Seconding wax crayons used in construction.
posted by Iteki at 7:38 PM on August 22, 2024

Sakura solid paint markers are a good bet. Easy to use and write with. The red one would contrast nicely on your green wall.

Poscas are not so weatherproof as far as I know. Something oil based like a PX30 marker might be more permanent, but they’re drippy and don’t have much paint in them.
posted by Ted Maul at 11:36 PM on August 22, 2024 [1 favorite]

Can you make a stencil and (spray) paint over it?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:14 PM on August 23, 2024

3rding construction crayons/jobsite markers

i think a paint marker tip will get gummed up fast if you are doing a large ammmt of text.
posted by wowenthusiast at 1:35 PM on August 24, 2024