Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices
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Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices
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#2has anyone used this and give a recommendation? I'd love to try this, but it'd be nice to have a third-party perspective or even see it in action somewhere
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#3We use this at the office and it works pretty well. It's not exactly the same as writing on a real whiteboard, but having an entire wall for drawing database diagrams is very useful. Our wall is like most walls, I guess, in that it is not perfectly flat like a whiteboard. The small divots and bumps make it nearly impossible to clean (especially if the writing has been left there for a while).
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#4The big problem with this is your walls have to be really, really flat for it to work like a real whiteboard.
What we found that works even better -- and cheaper! -- is to go to your local hardware store and pick up some tileboard (used for doing shower interiors, etc). It's like $5 a sheet and is the same material used in whiteboards! And if you're cheap you can just glue it directly to the wall.
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#5I'd love to paint a couple walls with this when I get a more permanent office.
If you like moving around with your whiteboard check out: http://www.whiteyboard.com/
You can move it around and wash it and it's fairly cheap.
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#6We use this at the office and it works pretty well. It's not exactly the same as writing on a real whiteboard, but having an entire wall for drawing database diagrams is very useful. Our wall is like most walls, I guess, in that it is not perfectly flat like a whiteboard. The small divots and bumps make it nearly impossible to clean (especially if the writing has been left there for a while).
The cleaning is the biggest thing. I've seen this in a few places and there are always red and blue tints left over from erasing. Old writing tends to be a bit hard to take off without some kind of liquid spray.
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#7I'm not sure if it is the same specific brand, but I bought a tin of this and was warned it is toxic until 100% dry.
In fact, even when it is dry it is toxic but inert. However do be careful of the fumes as you apply it - especially if your office is not well ventilated.
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#8Wall-based whiteboards are a standard at youDevise. We found whiteboard wallpaper that seems better than the paint - can dig up the name for anyone interested.
Agree it is important to keep clean as you go but ours seems fine after 6 months of heavy use.
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#9As a general tip for dried on marker with whiteboards, I've always found that drawing over the old stuff, and the rubbing off the new ink works very well.
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#10We use this at the office and it works pretty well. It's not exactly the same as writing on a real whiteboard, but having an entire wall for drawing database diagrams is very useful. Our wall is like most walls, I guess, in that it is not perfectly flat like a whiteboard. The small divots and bumps make it nearly impossible to clean (especially if the writing has been left there for a while).
The cleaning is the biggest thing. I've seen this in a few places and there are always red and blue tints left over from erasing. Old writing tends to be a bit hard to take off without some kind of liquid spray.
I think the big problem is that plaster walls just aren't flat enough to prevent ink hiding in the divots and creases. So you can wipe over the surface but never get the little spots out of those imperfections.
We've painted a whiteboard-sized area of our office with this stuff. There's no border to tell you where the whiteboard paint finishes. As you'd expect, the ink is no longer confined to the bit that's wipe-clean. Otherwise (with the spray proviso above) it's been very useful, and we can always extend it with another pot later.
Another alternative is those statically charged pieces of "whiteboard paper" - Whiteyboard is mentioned below, and there's also http://www.magicwhiteboard.co.uk/ - although they don't stay up tidily for much longer than a couple of weeks. I think they're only really meant to last e.g. a day-long meeting.