[Drosophila] washable markers for glass vials/bottles

[Howard Rundle]

Hi,

We are using glass vials and bottles for our fly stocks but are having trouble finding a marker permanent enough to be reliable for labeling vials/bottles but that also comes off in the dishwasher. Does anyone have any recommendations about brands/colours of markers, and/or techniques for easy removal (we wash hundreds of vials/week and cannot be wiping the marker off each vial using alcohol).

Many thanks!

Howard

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Howard D. Rundle
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Canada Research Chair - Chaire de recherche du Canada
Department of Biology - Département de biologie
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