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Hello, I was wondering if anybody knew if Sharpie brand permanent markers have animal/ingredients in the ink? )ie-for pigmentation etc.) because I run a small business selling bowls/mugs/plates etc. with hand-drawn designs currently done in Sharpies. I have contacted the company via their website and Facebook page yet received no response unfortunately :/ I have tried many vegan forums and not one person has been able to answer me either. I asked on Yahoo Answers out of desperation and only had ridiculous answers along the lines of "they are made of plastic and plastic comes from dinosaurs" and "it's just ink, it can only be oil in a pen" etc.
If anybody knows, it would mean the world to me!
If nobody can find out however, does anybody on here know of a brand of permanent markers (available in the UK) that can draw on a plate for example and then be baked on in the oven without fear of it washing off over time and are, of course, vegan?
Thank you very much,
Leia C Urquhart
 
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Originally Posted by Leia C Urquhart View Post

Hello, I was wondering if anybody knew if Sharpie brand permanent markers have animal/ingredients in the ink? )ie-for pigmentation etc.) because I run a small business selling bowls/mugs/plates etc. with hand-drawn designs currently done in Sharpies. I have contacted the company via their website and Facebook page yet received no response unfortunately :/ I have tried many vegan forums and not one person has been able to answer me either. I asked on Yahoo Answers out of desperation and only had ridiculous answers along the lines of "they are made of plastic and plastic comes from dinosaurs" and "it's just ink, it can only be oil in a pen" etc.

If anybody knows, it would mean the world to me!

If nobody can find out however, does anybody on here know of a brand of permanent markers (available in the UK) that can draw on a plate for example and then be baked on in the oven without fear of it washing off over time and are, of course, vegan?

Thank you very much,

Leia C Urquhart
Hmm, that is a tricky question! I'm usually a pretty good Google wizard but all the search terms I tried came up with nothing.

However I did find something you might find useful, a vegan on Pinterest was kind enough to compile a collection of vegan art supplies which includes some markers and pens: http://www.pinterest.com/veganizedlife/art-supply-junkie/

Sharpie water based markers are on the list so I assume they contacted the company to confirm they're animal-friendly.
 
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Originally Posted by Werewolf Girl View Post

Hmm, that is a tricky question! I'm usually a pretty good Google wizard but all the search terms I tried came up with nothing.

However I did find something you might find useful, a vegan on Pinterest was kind enough to compile a collection of vegan art supplies which includes some markers and pens: http://www.pinterest.com/veganizedlife/art-supply-junkie/

Sharpie water based markers are on the list so I assume they contacted the company to confirm they're animal-friendly.
Thanks, I have asked the person if they know about the oil-based Sharpies on Pinterest and on their Facebook page.When they reply, I'll post my response here so others can search for this and actually get an answer. x
 
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If Sharpies contain animal derived ingredients and test on animals. Is that something that Sharpie did in the past or is this current ongoing information? Is there any legitimate source that can be referenced to support this?
Newell Rubbermaid, the company that owns Sharpie markers, doesn't fully disclose their ingredients. As required by law, they do partly disclose their ingredients on their Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS): https://content.oppictures.com/Master_Images/Master_PDF_Files/SAN30001_MSDS.PDF. The MSDS says that Sharpie markers contain butanol, propanol, diacetone alcohol, ethanol, pigments, dyes, and additives.

Butanol is industrially produced from fossil fuel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol#Production .

Propanol is industrially produced by catalytic hydrogenation of propionaldehyde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Propanol#Preparation, which in turn is produced by hydroformylation of ethylene. While I'm not a chemist, I can say with assurance that hydrogen and ethylene are both produced industrially from fossil fuel distillates, not from animals.

Diacetone alcohol is made by barium hydroxide condensation of acetone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacetone_alcohol. Barium is mined from the ground. It isn't found in healthy animal tissues. Acetone is synthesized from petroleum distillates.

Ethanol is "liquor alcohol", made from fermentation of plant starches. It can also be chemically synthesized.

The pigments, dyes, and additives could be animal derived, I suppose. This wouldn't be good design, though - animal tissues are biodegradable - not good for permanent markers.
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