MWI's POPULAR
MARKING WHISKERS
Our 6" Marking Whiskers™ are an
alternative marking choice for survey and construction sites, underground
utility locating and many other uses.
Virtually indestructible, these APWA color-coded Marking Whiskers™ spring
back up when run over by lawn mowers, graders and heavy equipment. They are easily and conveniently attached to
wood stakes or to 60-penny nails (not included). Use them alone or in
conjunction with other marking products.
Our Marking Whiskers are used for
marking:
- Grades on construction sites
- Athletic fields
- Property boundaries
- Forest trees for harvest
- Cemetery plots
- Landscaping/Irrigation
- Underground utility marking
Stock Lengths:
6" on all colors
Material Color Options:
Standard Colors: Blue, Green, Orange, Red, White, & Yellow
Glow Colors: Orange Glow, Pink Glow
Bold Visibility:
- Cannot be covered with dust and dirt
- Will not deface sidewalks or lawns
- Available in all international utility code colors
Economical:
- Installed quickly and easily
- Designed for safety
- Fits all wooden stakes and 60 penny nails
- When job is complete, pave over
Applications:
- Used to mark grade on construction sites
- Tree and shrub marking in landscaping
- Marking crime scene evidence
Tough:
- Resistant to heavy equipment damage
- Will not wash away
- Mowed over with minimal damage
- Instantly springs back after the punishment of a grader blade
- Not erased by traffic and heavy machinery
Insertion Instructions:
Option 1: Hammer a wood stake into the ground. Hold the whisker at the end opposite the metal clip and hammer the metal clip into the top of the wood stake.
Option 2: Insert a 60-penny nail through the circular opening of the metal
clip, then hammer the nail into the ground.

APWA Color Codes:
- Blue: Water Systems, Slurry Pipelines and Potable Water
- Green: Sewer Systems and drain lines
- Orange: Communications, alarm or Signal Lines, Cables or Conduit
- Pink: General or Temporary survey Markings
- Red: Electric Power Lines, Cables, Conduit and Lighting Cables
- Yellow: Gas, Oil, Steam, Petroleum or Gaseous Materials
- White: Proposed Excavating