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Mine's a bout 5 years old but IIRC, solid cone-shaped spray pattern .
I was thinking that if it were red, I could have given my wife a heart attack. "Hey come in here and help clean up this mess," while I'm holding my hand in a towel.I had the same thing happen but with red Dykem. It looked like a scene out of a horror movie on my floor. Bright red splatters. I have an epoxy/urethane floor and tried every solvent I had but none worked very well. After 2 years it is still there but it is not quite as noticable and I am getting used to seeing it. The best thing I have found is to try to slow down and pay more attention to what I am doing. Sometimes it works other times not so much.
I tested a small area with some nail polish remover. It seemed to lighten up the area and I now have a jug of full strength acetone to try. So far, this floor has been pretty forgiving. It's the Sherwin Williams industrial stuff, not what you get at a box store. Hopefully, it stays intact after this.Be careful with the acetone on your epoxy floor - it could damage the epoxy.
I've used both methods, but I find that the Dykem holds up better than a marker. I just wish that they would go back to the metal can instead of the plastic bottle. I find the plastic bottle gets brittle and gives way after a while, This goes for the brush inside, too. I've had the plastic one "disappear" into the fluid.