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Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by Paul_Morgan » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 2:54 AM UTC

stevoyoung wrote: post #12

I'm not sure if this is the same material but I've used what's called "Showerboard" to do this. It was $7 a board if I remember correctly. I put some particleboard behind and made a nice wooden frame for it. In terms of "erasability" it's more than acceptable for the cost of it. Basically if you erase something within a few day it erases fine with minimal ghosting. If it's longer than a few days then you need to eras…

I was going to call it bathroom paneling but they sell it under a different name now so your "Showerboard" is accurate.

Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by Paul_Morgan » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 2:59 AM UTC

mey wrote: post #16

We tried this at our work, where we use whiteboards extensively. I am not a fan. You spend a lot of time trying to make them clean over a 2 year period. It's annoying to be constantly replacing them. We have moved on to http://www.ideapaint.com/products/ideapaint and are really happy with the result. Cheaper then traditional white boards and better then the Showerboards. The room we tested it in currently has had it…

I was looking at the http://masschallenge.org/ office space where they use ideapaint. They paint is very glossy with a bad glare from over head lighting. I couldn't see what was written on the ideapaint from the glare. It would probably be great with some softer overhead lighting.

Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by Kerrick » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 3:13 AM UTC

My company got some of those peel-and-stick whiteboards after we moved offices (I think whiteyboard, but I'm not certain). Prior to the move we had IdeaPaint; it soon had erasure problems, and ended up looking like a disgusting mess. I'm really pleased with the peel-and-stick kind after about 6 months.

Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by AjithAntony » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 7:09 AM UTC

I can't find the post, but there was an article about this stuff on here a while back. Like large sheets of dry erase contact paper.

http://www.amazon.com/GoWrite-Dry-Erase-Rolls-White/dp/B0037...

Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by joshdance » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 2:27 PM UTC

chrismeller wrote: post #29

joshdance wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hardpanel or IdeaPaint?

Which of the two would you be cutting?

A hardpanel panel, or something painted with IdeaPaint.

Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by sk8ingdom » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

Can confirm, did this in college and it worked great.

Re: Do It Yourself Whiteboard

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Post by lrichardson » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

When I was designing our office I had dreams of having giant wall-covering white boards everywhere. Of course, to save costs, we tried using the shower board material from Home Depot like this post is suggesting.

The ghosting ends up being a pretty big problem. We found some window cleaner (not windex) that does a pretty good job cleaning it, but the boards are getting more and more worn over time. Eventually I hope to replace them all...

I've ended up going a different route in my home office, and it's been quite successful.

Ikea sells these long and skinny white-colored glass. 63" x 19" for $32.00 USD.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80160645/

I have two of these mounted on the wall forming a pretty good-sized white board. It's a little bit weird with the seam in the middle, but it matters less than you'd think. The glass ends up looking WAY better and classier than the shower board would, and you don't have to worry about ghosting ever.