Dykem Blue, Where to get?

I got mine from Enco as well, wait till they have a free shipping offer and get some other stuff as well.
 
HF used to carry it, but no longer does. So I ordered my last from Enco as well. I have ordered direct from Dykem on some other products if you can't find the type you want.
 
For the 'nooobie', or anyone wondering what the heck is "Dykem"

Dykem is a brand name for a line of marking, lay-out, and high spotting products. This thread seems to be asking primarily about the "lay-out" types. These are offered in spray can and dauber, and go on sorta like thinned paint. You cover an area with the blue - or red - and scribe/scratch your points to drill or cut, etc. (A magic marker will do a pretty good job also)

Another totally different product from Dykem is called 'Hi-spot blue paste" This stuff is like a tube of oil paint an artist would use (in fact that will work in a pinch) Trying to mate two parts surfaces together, you need to know where the high/low points are. Smearing this bluing on one surface and sliding the two together will highlight the areas that need to be fixed (referred to as 'scraping')
 
Dykem also makes a staining color that can be used as a cheap alternative to anodizing. It's no where near as robust as anodizing, but very much an alternative if the application does not specifically require anodizing or painting.
 
author=Pacer link=topic=3518.msg25391#msg25391 date=1315753290
For the 'nooobie', or anyone wondering what the heck is "Dykem"

Another totally different product from Dykem is called 'Hi-spot blue paste" This stuff is like a tube of oil paint an artist would use (in fact that will work in a pinch) Trying to mate two parts surfaces together, you need to know where the high/low points are. Smearing this bluing on one surface and sliding the two together will highlight the areas that need to be fixed (referred to as 'scraping')
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That is also sold under the name of prussian blue by the people who make Permatex.
 
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Yea, works good smeared under the handles of the friendly new guy's tool box pulls. :evil:
 
This could be a whole other topic.....but another is all the chads from a tape punch in the felt lined drawers. Double handful usually does the trick.
 
author=Tony Wells link=topic=3518.msg25748#msg25748 date=1315967554
This could be a whole other topic.....but another is all the chads from a tape punch in the felt lined drawers. Double handful usually does the trick.
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Similar prank is to take all the holes from a hole puncher and put in the defroster vents of ones vehicle, when they turn the defroster on it's like it's snowing inside-it's very funny to watch ;D
 
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