Do It Yourself Whiteboard
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Do It Yourself Whiteboard
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#2Would be great to see how well this works (especially over time). I've used IdeaPaint before, but it always seems to get worse and ghost over time. Also it's quite expensive.
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#3Would be great to see how well this works (especially over time). I've used IdeaPaint before, but it always seems to get worse and ghost over time. Also it's quite expensive.
It's awful. I've worked at places that tried it in the past and it didn't erase worth a damn.
I hated them so much that I keep an eye on CL and I wait for the magnetic dry erase boards to come up. They cost so much that the enamel ends up being very high quality. I got a 4x8 one used for about $150 when I needed one vs the $500 or so it would have cost new. It sucks having to wait but having a dry erase board actually ERASE is just so nice.
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#4Would be great to see how well this works (especially over time). I've used IdeaPaint before, but it always seems to get worse and ghost over time. Also it's quite expensive.
Seconding the awful.
Besides being hard to erase and leaving ghosts behind, this stuff does NOT cut easily. The finish is very thin and will chip like crazy when you try to cut it.
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#5They also sell whiteboard material, whatever that is. It cuts good, erases as well as the real thing. I recommend it.
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#6When we really needed dry erase boards at one place I worked we laminated white cardboard. That was fairly cheap and it actually erased. We had inherited a 60-ish inch (maybe 65) roll laminator. You can buy some big cardboard sheets to fit in those things.
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#7YES, these panels are awesome and I've put them on 2 full walls of my office.
The price for the 8' x 4' whiteboards: $13. Great value. You can have them cut the panels at the store into 2 x 4 foot sections if you don't have a way to transport the full panel.
I also just use an alcohol/water mix rather than real whiteboard cleaner.
I use normal drywall screws with a countersunk washer which helps the looks. https://www.google.com/search?q=countersunk+washers&tbm=isch
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#8Would be great to see how well this works (especially over time). I've used IdeaPaint before, but it always seems to get worse and ghost over time. Also it's quite expensive.
Seconding the awful. Besides being hard to erase and leaving ghosts behind, this stuff does NOT cut easily. The finish is very thin and will chip like crazy when you try to cut it.
hardpanel or IdeaPaint?
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#9They also sell whiteboard material, whatever that is. It cuts good, erases as well as the real thing. I recommend it.
Did some quick research out of interest.
Melamine and porcelain steel seems to be the most common.
References:
http://mywhiteboards.blogspot.se/2012/06/melamine-vs-porcela...
http://www.whiteboardsetc.com/laminated_panel.htm
http://dryeraseboard.com/aluminum-trim-porcelain-steel-marke...
http://www.usmarkerboard.com/s/Unframed-Whiteboard-Material/...
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#10Another common name for these boards is "shower board."
One thing I noticed with the one I previously built was that different color / brand markers made a big difference in how easy it was to erase.
IIRC red and black Expo brand were the hardest to erase while green Expo would wipe clean even after a couple months (we left a couple of test marks on the board once we realized color made a difference to see how each fared).