# Pencil-Tip Dry Erase Markers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-tip-dry-erase-markers/196119>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-tip-dry-erase-markers/196119 "2003-08-19T03:26:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-tip-dry-erase-markers/196119/1 "2003-08-19T03:26:48Z")

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**Is** there such an animal?

I use a form on my job for patient assessment which I want to cut into square segments , have laminated and put on a ring to carry with me in the ER. This will save me time in that I can assess a patient that may be admitted to the hospital while they are still **in** ER.

The pen/marker needs to be fine enough to write on the laminate and stay until I wipe it off later.

I have seen _bullet_, _chisel_ and _fine_-tip markers on the net, but I really need one that acts like a pen or pencil. I know of the existence of grease pencils and perhaps those would be what I would need to use, but I didn’t know how quickly I could wipe it off the laminate.

Has anyone ever used a marker for such a purpose and do you have any advice?

Thanks,

Quasi

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-tip-dry-erase-markers/196119/2 "2003-08-19T06:08:02Z")

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I don’t think grease pencils are your answer. I just bought some to mark glass for cutting. A crayon would be better. I have seen fairly fine tipped dry erase markers, but if you’re carrying it around, you’d be trying to read your sleeve in no time.It comes off pretty easy. I had to do a code blue check list every night using a similar setup.  
That said, you could have a protective piece of mylar over the one you want to write on.  
The fine tips I’ve seen were, as you mentioned, on line.  
Good luck