Optimized Welder's Marking Pencil Review

Markings on HR are fine but once you've cleaned and prepped the cut forget it. It doesn't glow"! and it was that word that made me buy it. I need something to line the edge of the weld pool for aesthetic welds and my eyesight is showing my age. I don't want to leave any traces of the scribe. Soapstone gluing , NOT it!

Slightly better than soapstone. I gave my colleagues a pencil to try out, and then they both told me the same thing. Pencil marks did not glow like the packaging would have you believe. But it marked darker metal perfectly. Harder to see marks on newer, cleaner metal. But on a not entirely clean surface, it marks better.

Does not illuminate as stated on packaging. And this is only clearly visible on the metal that still has rust and scale. As a welder, you clean the welding area 9/10 times to remove scale, rust or paint. It absorbs metal surfaces almost invisibly after preparation. I would not waste money, soapstone is much more profitable and convenient. Really disappointed and I feel cheated by the good old misleading ads.

Second purchase, the product does not match the original order. In this purchase the pens are round (whose idea it was) and appear to be silver colored pens like the kind you would use for drawing. They are stamped with the shipper's name and were packaged in an open package as shown in the picture, but this package appears to have been used to ship the actual product. Dissatisfied. They don't write well on any of the surfaces I've used the originals on.

Used. Both when using a torch and when welding. I used it to leave my mark. Do not go! Soapstone worked much better. I have to say I was really disappointed. I bought three packs of three pens each. I don't care about refunds. I'm too busy for all the fuss and red tape (which the seller surely relies on to make a profit). I just hope I get in touch with someone before they spend their money and get as frustrated as I do.