Newbie question about marking the natural rind cheese

[Chris.n.Goats]

What do you use to mark natural rind cheese. Food colour and a brush? Or can one buy special markers containing food colour?

[Bantams]

Anything that you write on the wheel will soon be overcome by mold (both covered up by mold, and eaten by mold). You either need to keep the cheese on a numbered board/mat, or use numbered stencils that are placed on the cheese turning the final turn in the press. Cut numbers out of a piece of plastic (like a flexible cutting board) and lay them on top of the wheel and then press for an hour+. 

[rsterne]

We used red food colouring on a bamboo skewer on a Parmesan, and then oiled the rind to prevent mold growth, and it seemed to work OK.... If you are growing mold on it, Bantams suggestions would seem logical....

Bob

[Chris.n.Goats]

Thanks, tried food colour on Romano, so far a bit faded but no mould