Marking tools?

[Pete999]

Hi all,

I'm wondering what you guys (and girls) do about about marking up your tools and betteries. I'm new to the trade so most of my tools are fairly new and I'm keen to keep track of them particularly on busy sites where they could easily be picked up (inadvertantly) by others. One DeWalt impact driver looks much like the next!

I've tried black sharpies but it rubs off, silver paint pens are good for black plastic but it soon rubs off too. I've used distinctive electrical tape colour combinations but that's hard to apply to some items like batteries and doesn't necessarily identify stuff as mine.

Any other ideas? custom stencils and spray paint? engraving?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

9mm Glock with Silencer

 

[Strima]

UV pen in a discreet area as well. I use my surname and postcode where possible as stolen tools can be recovered and returned if marked like this.

 

[David Prosser]

Take digital photos off all you power tool and battery serial numbers also all test equipment etc, the police will be grateful if (when) anything gets nicked and it will greatly speed up any insurance claim. Everything else I'm a soldering iron your name into the plastic man.

 

[davesparks]

I use a perm. marker on the tools and batteries.
put my initials on the hidden parts between battery and tool.
it never wears off as there is no contact with those parts in normal use.
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A thief can remove that in seconds and there will be no way to identify the owner if it is recovered by police.

 

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Red nail varnish

 

[diced carrots]

Red nail varnish

Just at weekends?