Very cheap alternative: cellophane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBMUI-Mj_YU
Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices
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#22Malamine board from hardware store, 8X4: $14
Install in 20 minutes (screw to wall), doesn't have to dry, removable, perfectly flat.
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#23Very cheap alternative: cellophane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBMUI-Mj_YU
We tried this at our old office -- wasn't a huge fan. It tends to bubble up and doesn't erase well. Our new office heavily uses IdeaPaint, and assuming you can swallow the cost, it's an infinitely better solution.
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#24I used one of these on Friday, and I was disappointed. It was painted well - very flat and consistent. But it just wasn't the same as a whiteboard. There's a smoothness and a polish to a real board that doesn't seem to happen with these paint types.
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#25The 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.
Did you paint them at all or just throw them up there in their raw state?
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#26has 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
We gave away about 75 cans at our first Swagapalooza conference 18 months ago and I haven't heard any complaints.
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#27Malamine board from hardware store, 8X4: $14 Install in 20 minutes (screw to wall), doesn't have to dry, removable, perfectly flat.
This is what I did too. I used the little plastic notches (probably not the right term) that you screw into the wall to mount bathroom mirrors.
Two huge white boards, flat, easy to remove, < $30.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm interested. Ideapaint is intriguing, but has too many drawbacks.
It'll take awhile to find out (the person who ordered and installed it has moved on, so I really do have to dig around for it). How can I send you an email with the name?
www.whiteyboard.com/index.php -- perhaps?
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#29The 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.
Yup, I actually did this same thing this weekend! It was a little over $10 a sheet (not $5 as you say), but that's nothing compared to OfficeMax quoting me $163 for a 4x6 foot (framed) whiteboard.
$13.04 for a 4x8 sheet at Lowes: DPI" rel="nofollow">http://www.lowes.com/pd_16605-46498-300_0__?productId=301523... 1/8"D x 4'W x 8'H Trifty White Hardboard Wall Panel, Item #: 16605
Or, they also stock a 32"x48" piece ( Item" rel="nofollow">http://www.lowes.com/pd_61082-46498-31023248_0__?productId=3... #: 61082 ) if you just want one for a cube wall.
Note that this won't be magnetic. The OfficeMax representative said that the magnetic variety was around 3x as expensive as the non-magnetic. Comparing $13.04 to $489, I think I can make that sacrifice.
I'm cheap, but I secured mine to every other stud (32") with some polebarn screws I had on hand (nice white hex head, rubber washer to avoid crushing the hardboard). That way, I just have to spackle and repaint 8 little holes, instead of re-doing the drywall. Cheaper in the long run!
Oh, and it works great as a whiteboard.
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#30The 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.
Yup, I actually did this same thing this weekend! It was a little over $10 a sheet (not $5 as you say), but that's nothing compared to OfficeMax quoting me $163 for a 4x6 foot (framed) whiteboard. $13.04 for a 4x8 sheet at Lowes: DPI" rel="nofollow">http://www.lowes.com/pd_16605-46498-300_0__?productId=301523... 1/8"D x 4'W x 8'H Trifty White Hardboard Wall Panel, Item #: 16605 Or, they also stock a 32"x48" piece ( I…
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