I agree with WMUTeach! I'd get in touch with the company...and tell them your 'online friends' suggested you contact the company after you complained about the lines wearing off.

Nancy

A ruler is manhandled more than any other quilting notion. Unless it was new I wouldn't expect a replacement.

My 18" snapped in three pieces last week. I've probably had it 15 yrs +. :shock:

It you try re-marking the lines I would go over them with clear nail polish after the ink dries. Tape will eventually come off.

Do you have kids/grandkids? Mine love to use my rulers for drawing and creating "masterpieces". Then you wouldn't have to toss them.

Acrylic gets brittle with use over time. It's the nature of it.

Unfortunately, my favorite rulers are no longer made. Fingerguard rulers made by a gal up in Maine. I try to buy up as many as I can when I see them online (Ebay, etc.). I know there is a product out there that will replicate this ruler, but I haven't tried it as yet. (The ruler has a raised strip 1" in from the cutting end to prevent your fingers from getting cut by your rotary cutter). Great idea, wish she hadn't stopped producing them. :(

Amazing how often this happens. I have one quilting ruler I was using to draw and doodle about 5 years ago, discovered when my drawing looked off-kilter that 2 sides are about 1/16th of an inch off. That doesn't seem like much, but I love to make very intricate miniature quilts, and hyper-accuracy is very important.

I bought another ruler about 3 months ago, discovered it too was off by 1/16th of an inch. Promptly returned to the store where the manager and I looked at the 4 other rulers in stock. Only one was accurate.

Apparently quality control has gone the way of the dodo bird....