12 Essential Marking Tools You’ll Find at FABTECH for Metalworking, Welding, and Fabrication
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FABTECH is coming soon. It's a great chance for metalworkers, welders, and fabricators, to explore new tools and technologies in their field. We're excited to include 12 must-have Markal® marking tools designed to meet the demands of your toughest jobs in our showcase. Whether you're working with steel, aluminum, or other metals, these markers are built to withstand the rigors of industrial environments and deliver reliability in every stroke to make The Mark of Work™.
Markal® Welding Pencils are the go-to choice for welders, fabricators, and metalworkers who need precise and durable marks that won't scratch or damage metal surfaces or burn off easily.
Silver-Streak® and Red-Riter® Welding Pencils
Silver-Streak® and Red-Riter® Welding Pencils are popular alternatives to soapstone. Choose Red-Riter® for marking bright metals like aluminum, or for darker surfaces, Silver-Streak®, with its reflective marks that illuminate through a welder's filter plate. These affordable options come in a classic pencil form perfect for build layouts, notations, and other configurations.
Silver-Streak® Mechanical Pencil
Take it to the next level with the versatile and convenient Silver-Streak® Mechanical Pencil. This refillable pencil delivers Silver-Streak® lead with a single click, for bright, mirror-like lines on different metals. The built-in sharpener in the cap keeps lines sharp and precise.
Markal® PRO
For top-tier functionality, the Markal® PRO combines these benefits and more. This mechanical tool has a long, thin tip for better access to hard-to-reach or confined spaces and a durable, metal body. The ergonomic design ensures comfort and reliability in your grip for prolonged use.
Its refillable with Markal® PRO Welders Leads in Silver-Streak® or Red-Riter®. Extend this pencil’s capabilities with Markal® PRO General Purpose Leads.
Choose any of our Markal® Welding Pencils, for clear, accurate, and torch-resistant lines that stand out to achieve flawless results in your work.
- Surfaces: Steel, iron, aluminum, and other metals
- Formulation: Silver-Streak® leads (Additional lead types available. Varies based on product.)
- Tip Size: 2.8mm – 125mm
- Use: For semi-permanent, precision marking
PRO-LINE® Fine Liquid Paint Marker provides fine, sharp lines perfect for detailed work. Perfect for quick, bold lines that stand out on both light and dark backgrounds. Also, available in Micro for ultra-fine writing.
- Surfaces: Smooth metals including steel and aluminum, glass, and rubber
- Formulation: Liquid Paint
- Tip Size: 1/16" (1.5mm)
- Use: For fine line/precision marking
Dura-Ink® Fine is a reliable, permanent ink marker that offers consistent performance on many surfaces. Its fast-drying formula resists smudging, making it ideal for welders who need clear, long-lasting marks.
- Surfaces: Includes metals, plastic, glass, and wood
- Formulation: Permanent Ink
- Tip Size: 1/16" (1.6mm)
- Use: For fine line/precision marking
Quik Stik® All Purpose is the industry's largest smooth-marking, twist-up solid paint marker. The durable plastic holder prevents breakage and the twist-up base advances paint keeping hands, clothing, and toolboxes clean. Leaves bold, permanent marks on most surfaces. A great choice for marking metal parts quickly before processing.
- Surfaces: Virtually any surface
- Formulation: Solid Paint
- Tip Size: .51" (13mm)
- Use: For general marking applications
Quik Stik®+ Glow in the Dark marker is engineered for high-visibility marking in low-light or dark environments. Its photoluminescent solid paint adheres to various surfaces with white marks that glow green in nighttime or low-visibility conditions for up to 30 minutes after exposure to light sources, including a welder’s torch! This marker is ideal for layout, safety marking, emergency exit routes, and other critical, low-visibility applications.
- Surfaces: Steel, iron, plastic, glass, masonry, and rubber
- Formulation: Solid Paint
- Mark Size: .51 in" (13mm)
- Use: Bold, visible marking that glows in low-light applications
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Temperature Indication Sticks
Tempilstik®, Thermomelt® Heat-Stik™, and Certified Thermomelt® Heat-Stik™ provide accurate surface temperature indication on metal surfaces and equipment. The crayon melts at the specific temperature shown on the stick to ensure proper heat treatment and welding conditions. Certified Thermomelt® Heatstik™ is additionally pre-certified to meet nuclear and military low-corrosion specifications and is traceable for jobsite documentation.
Affordable and calibration-free, these sticks require no prior or lengthy techinical training needed for reliable usage. This makes them essential for metalworkers involved in heat treatment and other processes requiring accurate temperature control.
- Surfaces: Metals
- Formulation: Surface Temperature Indication Stick
- Use: Accurate temperature indication in pre-heating, interpass, and post-weld heat treatment applications
As the world's most versatile liquid paint marker, Paint-Riter® Valve Action® offers a safer user experience. Its Xylene-free composition minimizes health hazards, making it safer for use. It makes durable, long-lasting marks on nearly any surface that can withstand wear and weather. These markers are ideal for outdoor usage as the UV-resistant paint ensures that the markings won't fade or wash away.
Paint-Riter® Valve Action® offers over a dozen bright colors. Most are low in chlorides, halogens, and sulfurs to meet low corrosion marking requirements. Great for helping improve identification, quality control, and parts inspections.
- Surfaces: Virtually any surface
- Formulation: Liquid Paint
- Tip Size/Type: 1/8" (3mm)
- Use: For general marking applications
Paint-Riter®+ Oily Surface is a liquid paint marker engineered for superior performance on oily and greasy surfaces. Its durable tip resists absorbing oils or greases, ensuring a long lifespan for multiple marking applications. The rapid dry paint dries leaves vivid, lasting impressions that are resistant to wear, weather, and fading. Ideal for metalworkers in any industry, it delivers precise markings that won't smudge or spread, even in tough conditions.
- Surfaces: Oily, greasy, wet, smooth or rough
- Formulation: Liquid Paint
- Tip Size: 1/8" (3mm)
- Use: For bold, visible marks through oils and grease
Paint-Riter®+ Rough Surface is made for fine line marking on surfaces with irregular qualities. It creates strong, easy-to-see marks that adhere well to rough, rusty, and dirty surfaces, including textured metals. This is perfect for metalworkers and manufacturers requiring dependable performance on difficult surfaces.
- Surfaces: Rough, rusty, uneven or dirty
- Formulation: Permanent Liquid Paint
- Tip Size: 1/8" (3mm)
- Use: For rough, rusty, and dirty surface applications
Dura-Ink®+ Easy Off Removable Markers are designed for temporarily marking bare, non-porous, and unpainted surfaces. These markers have a detergent or water-based formula that you can easily clean off with mild detergent, water, and a cloth. The valve actuated nibs ensure smooth and consistent ink flow using soft, durable tips that won't damage delicate surfaces. Perfect for quality assurance inspections and temporary labels that require full removal.
- Surfaces: Bare, non-porous metals, and glass
- Formulation: Removable Ink
- Tip Size: 1/8" (3mm)
- Use: For temporary applications
Dura-Ink® Dual Tip increases productivity twofold with two tips in one marker. The fine tip is for general marking in larger spaces, while the micro tip for precise marking on almost any surface. Great for metalworkers to quickly and easily switch between fine details and bolder lines without different-sized markers.
- Surfaces: Metal, plastic, wood, glass, textiles, paper
- Formulation: Permanent Ink
- Tip Size: .03" (0.7 mm) and .04" (1 mm)
- Use: For precision and general applications
Our most versatile and economic marker, the Paintstik® Original B® combines the durability of paint in the convenience of a crayon. The real paint formula adheres to almost any surface whether its rough, rusty, smooth or dirty. It has superior performance on oily, icy, wet, dry or cold surfaces with weather and UV-resistant marks that stay visible, even in harsh conditions.
- Surfaces: Oily, wet, rusty, rough, or smooth metals
- Formulation: Solid Paint
- Tip Size: .67" (17mm)
- Use: For general marking applications
At FABTECH, you’ll find these Markal® marking tools and more, each designed to meet the unique needs of metalworkers, welders, and fabricators. Whether you’re marking for cutting, welding, assembly, or quality control, Markal® has a solution that delivers reliable performance in the toughest conditions. Don’t miss the chance to see these tools in action and discover how they can enhance your work processes.
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