How do you mark your name on your equipment?

[DrRoughneck]

How do you mark your company (or personal) name on your yard equipment?
Marker pens can easily be washed off with WD40. You can stamp metal with letters but plastic which covers most things will crack.
The best way I've seen it done with using a hot iron and etching your name of plastic covers, then oozing whiteoff in the burned crater formed by the letters.
My handwriting sucks though.

What's your personal favorite way to do it?

 

[Quattro Pete]

Pee on it?

 

[Donald]

My Dad owned a dig your own nursery. He had expensive heavy duty shovels to lend. He painted the handles with blue and yellow stripes. He was color-blind so not sure how he saw the stripes.

 

[IndyIan]

I tend to only loan out tools to people that will bring them back, or I come along with the tool if its something I care about. So no marking required.
Theft seems to be a non-issue here, most people don't lock anything (cars, house, shop)unless they are gone for a while(knock on wood).

 

[AlaskaMike]

I vote for peeing on stuff. Just be careful when marking electrical equipment that's plugged in.

 

[toneydoc]

I do not have to mark anything. I use it and then put it back in garage and lock it.

 

[yeehaw1960]

I don't mark my equipment, but when I find bikes in the trash, I fix them, then give them to neighborhood kids who don't have a pot to p$%% in. I always engrave their name on the bottom of the crank hub so they can reclaim their property after they are stolen...almost inevitable. Engravers can be found cheaply on EBay. If you're handwriting is poor, join the club...no one but a professional with a custom machine, like is used on jewelry, engraves neatly

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9W-Electric-ENGRAVER-ENGRAVING-Carbide-Tip-Wood-Metal-Hobby-Tools-/271628878044?hash=item3f3e57c0dc:g:92YAAOxyjNlRzy8P

 

[tig1]

With a sign, Protected by S&W.

 

[Eddie]

Get a stencil and a can of orange paint.

 

[mobilaltima]

We lock all of our stuff up, I live in a small town where everyone literally knows everyone, so if something goes missing we know who to look for

 

[Pop_Rivit]

Why would I want to "mark" my equipment? I have the serial numbers of the big stuff recorded for insurance purposes, but beyond that I've never been fearful of things getting stolen, and when someone does borrow something I've never had an issue with them returning it.

 

[JR]

To Donald, I to am color blind to a degree. I dont see many colors in the normal way but in changes in shades.

I use a engraver for everything. I use my name, my last four #'s, not yours, or "F U" as my call sign.



harvey

 

[Lubener]

A red hot branding iron....

 

[97f150]

Serial numbers are recorded at time of purchase, and they are locked in my shed after each use. All the identification I need.

 

[cmhj]

Engrave