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Re: Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices

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Post by reemrevnivek » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 3:24 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #22

Malamine board from hardware store, 8X4: $14 Install in 20 minutes (screw to wall), doesn't have to dry, removable, perfectly flat.

The word is "Melamine", which is the name of the resin used to bind the wood powders in that family of engineered wood products.

You actually want tile board, which is a coated, thin hardboard used in bathroom walls. The particles in hardboard are finer than medium-density fiberboard (MDF), which is finer than particle board), all of which are varieties of melamine board.

Re: Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices

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Post by mynegation » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 3:28 PM UTC

bobds wrote: post #5

I'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.

Seconded. I live in rental apartment and painting walls is not an option for me. I have their biggest size surface stuck to my wall and I love it. The only downside that I found so far is that if dry erase marker writing stay there for a longer time, they do not come off as easily as from traditional whiteboard. But paper towels (and sometimes a little bit of cleaning solution) easily solve that.

Re: Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices

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Post by joezydeco » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 3:47 PM UTC

glenjamin wrote: post #9

As 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.

That tip also works when someone accidentally writes on the board with a permanent marker.

Re: Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices

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Post by regularfry » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 4:25 PM UTC

chromic wrote: post #6

gotwilly wrote: post #3

We 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.

You get that with real actual genuine whiteboards, too. They all need cleaning, every so often.

Re: Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices

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Post by nickythegreek » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 4:25 PM UTC

WhiteyBoard has peel and stick whiteboards in large sizes at pretty affordable prices. I'm trying to decide between this and the shower wall method right now.

http://www.whiteyboard.com/

Re: Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices

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Post by squirrel » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 10:31 AM UTC

squirrel wrote: post #14

moeffju wrote: post #12

Earlier 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?

I found it!

http://www.tektura.com/pages/display_pattern.asp?Type=Range&...