[TheForge] erasable marker boards

Tue Nov 26 15:16:04 2002

Dave, here's my experience with white board.
My wife works in a little dress shop in the upper
class yuppie part of town (two towns over)
One of her colleges made the mistake of using
a permanent Marks-A-Lot on the whiteboard.
Being ruined, they threw away the 36" x 48"
whiteboard complete with wooden frame and
built-in marker tray. My wife, "The Lovely Cindy",
being the all-knowing Oracle of the South,
rescued it and brought it home to me for fixing.
I used several treatments of acetone and a rag
soaked in elbow grease over several days to
completely remove the permanent marker.
I have found that if I leave the dry erase drawing
on the board for many days it becomes hard to
remove. A little Windex solves that problem.
dave m

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] erasable marker boards

> At 10:28 11/26/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dave;
> >
> >   The "plastic/vinyl covered hardboard" is what I scuffed with
> >scotchbrite and painted with the spray on chalk board paint, I think
> >that is the wall board that Aaron is using. This right Aaron?  Made a
> >nice smooth chalkboard and the paint held up for a number of years,
> >( if you are still considering a chalk board).
>
> I think that this is a good practical compromise.  Get the white hardboard
> and use it with the dry erase markers that I already have.  If I have a
> cleaning problem I'll take out the scotch brite pads and prepare the board
> for black "chalk board" paint.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave B
>
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