After an hour of looking on the web I found a company in Berkeley CA that has stainless steel (304) chicken wire in the size I wanted (1' mesh). It's not as expensive as other stainless steel wire mesh/cloth I found previously. I am going to purchase a 48' * 100 ' roll. Does anyone living in the Santa Rosa, CA area want to purchase half the roll? Cost would be half of whatever I pay. http://www.twpinc.com/twpinc/control/product/~category=TWPCAT_19/~product_id=001X001S0320W48HEX Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.twpinc.com/twpinc/control/product/~category=TWPCAT_19/~product_id=001X001S0320W48HEX

Try Goo Gone or one of the Mr. Clean Erasers Worked when I melted the bread bag on the side of the toaster :-)

good luck Missi. I would address the spots quickly. I see that the new ones that appear come off rather easily with a lemon and baking soda followed by a microfiber cloth. I went back over the heavier marks with barkeepers friend and microfiber and many of them came up... I'd be careful with barkeepers friend, though, as it did remove my finish on a few spots -- I may have wet the cloth too much with it. But I would also try the cleaner vinmark suggested. I feel a lot better knowing I can change that sink out if I find the right person to do it so I'm not as upset as I was before. I had a Franke, Dawn and Kohler -- this is all new to me. Never again with Amazon or overstock for me on anything I need to last. My lesson learned.

I buy the labels that look like Sharlene's from Paw Paw Everlast Label company in Michigan. The labels are actually zinc, and they last quite well with either a paint marker from an art store or the mechanical pencil marker they sell with the labels. It's kind of like a laundry pencil and it stands up to weather pretty well. I'm too lazy to spend the time making labels for 1000 roses with the label maker, as gorgeous and professional as those labels look. I need something I can whip together quickly when roses arrive. The posts will eventually start to deteriorate a bit after 6-8 years and sometimes they need the writing reinforced, but they recover pretty well from being stepped on a lot (ask me how I know - smile). The website is https://everlastlabel.com/ and they get a top 5 rating from Dave's Garden Watchdog website. I love their service and shipping is free and fast. I usually order 500 labels at a time in the standing kind that Sharlene showed, which is style E (they call these rose style labels - smile). They have a ton of other styles, including hang tags if you prefer those. The price for 100 labels is $43.50, with free shipping. The new rounded corners are nice on the face plates since you're less likely to scratch your leg on them as you're avoiding the rose canes themselves. You put the plates on the stems yourself, but that's an easy task. Cynthia