What paint to use on silage wrap

[GAM]

what paint to use when marking silage wrap?
Or what else can you use, ie: road marking spray? etc

 

[Mr Mackay]

Stock marker sticks are brilliant . Nice and waxy so they write smoothly on the wrap and it wont wash off or fade !!
Like these https://www.doddsfarmservices.co.uk...L-LIVESTOCK-JUMBO-5-PAINT-CRAYONS-BOX-12.html

 

[GAM]

Stock marker sticks are brilliant . Nice and waxy so they write smoothly on the wrap and it wont wash off or fade !!
Like these https://www.doddsfarmservices.co.uk...L-LIVESTOCK-JUMBO-5-PAINT-CRAYONS-BOX-12.html

Thank You..

 

[Derrick Hughes]

What for

 

[GAM]

What for

Because, I would like to mark each bale as to which field they came off..

 

[Gerbert]

I also use stock markers, problem is when you rehandle the bales it smudges on everything it touches, including the baleclamp and the next bale the clamp touches.
(also, much cheaper: http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/raidex-maxi-marking-sticks-65g)

You might wanna try this: http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/agrihealth-ear-tag-marker-pen This stuff will not fade off like regular marker.

 

[willie waver]

just go round and stick a small bit of coloured insulating tape on each bale to tell you

 

[S J H]

I find survey spray works the best

 

[Grouse]

I find survey spray works the best

+1, you can use different colours for different cuts and also write numbers or letters with it, dirt cheap in Screwfix - I just buy their own brand

 

[Mr Mackay]

Trust me ,if you are a stock farmer , and have tail crayons ,then they are the best . Writing with a spray can is not easy , drawing with a crayon whilst pressing on the wrap is much easier and you can put that in your arse pocket !!
Genus use the Carmel sticks and thats all we have ever have used ,so cant comment on the others ,but ours never rub off.
In fact we have some big black juice tanks for water by the stack , out in the elements and after 5 years ,we can read the bale totals off each field in comparison ,because the stuffs still 100 % readable after all that time

 

[Bury the Trash]

any old white emulsion lying about ?

 

[Still Farming]

Often paint face on with white emulsion stops crows a bit

 

[Bury the Trash]

Often paint face on with white emulsion stops crows a bit

would that be an angry face...

 

[Still Farming]

would that be an angry face...

Could be.

 

[Whitepeak]

I'm just using some old white undercoat I found in dad's shed. I'm just putting a spot on each bale to distinguish between 2 lots of fields and not trying write anything though.

The next batch baled today, the contractor changed wrap colours, so no need to find another tin of paint now

 

[Agrivator]

https://apfarmsupplies.co.uk/

The first pages of their catalogue show cheap marker sprays in whatever colours you want.