snoopdog
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My cousin swears by ztags, I use allflex, I say its a crap shoot with your terrain and animals. My .02
76 Bar said:Fading is a fact of life unless you use an etchable tag. Wouldn't work for me. Besides the in herd ID, Sire & dam ID is printed respectively above and below. I use Nesi's ink technique and it does help prolong readability. IMO ...ink adheres far more effectively when the tags are ultra clean e.g. scrub then in the sink with Dawn or wiped with alcohol soaked cotton ball/paper towel and when dried bagged in a zip locked marked "clean". Admittedly far too anal for most but its served me well.
Been there, done that. It does seem to bake the ink into the tag but its an art form. Power levels on Micros vary considerably. Best to test on retained screw ups of the same brand. Blink of an eye and at worst you're reduced to scrapping off melted tags and/or permanently curled tags.One fella claimed he gave his tags a few seconds in the microwave after writing on them, said it helped draw in the ink. Seemed like a reasonable idea, especially if followed up with another coat of ink.
;-)76 Bar, you just might be more anal than me. Didn't think that was possible!