WhiteyPaint Turns Walls Into Whiteboards Without Cramping Your Wallpaper’s Style

Re:WhiteyPaint Turns Walls Into Whiteboards Without Cramping... by ellyagg on Friday November 04, 2011 @04:10PM (#3197521)

I wanted to put up a whiteboard to cover the entire 8x16 foot wall of my apartment living room. Ideally you'd use ceramic coated steal, but that's extremely expensive and heavy, so you'd like a cheaper alternative. The problem is that every other surface besides glass and ceramic seems to ghost, without fail.

After researching every product and lead on the Internet I could find, my brother and I tested all of the most promising options:

1. Bare panelboard, the super cheap stuff you get at Home Depot.

2. Panelboard coated in gloss enamel.

3. Panelboard coated in some kind of sealer.

4. Panelboard coated in Rustoleum whiteboard paint.

5. Some disposable whiteboard squares.

6. Many others I've forgotten, including applying the foregoing coatings in different ways, e.g., painting, buffing, sanding after drying.

In the end, we found the most economical and ghosting free alternative by far to be bare panelboard and Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. The erasers are magic indeed: They effortlessly clear the board and leave no ghosting. At first I was worried the panelboard would be damaged, but after significant use, we couldn't detect any. Still, perhaps at some point the panelboard will wear out; however at $12 for a 4x8 sheet, and with the ease of installation, it's well worth it.

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Re:WhiteyPaint Turns Walls Into Whiteboards Without Cramping... by joshu on Friday November 04, 2011 @04:49PM (#3197645)

How do you attach them without damage? Glue/Caulk?

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Re:WhiteyPaint Turns Walls Into Whiteboards Without Cramping... by ellyagg on Friday November 04, 2011 @07:16PM (#3198142)

We screwed them to the studs with brass flat head screws. Since it took 4 showerboards to cover the wall, this created a plus-shaped set of seams that made a cool riveted effect. However, we caulked the seams and painted over the screws and seams with the whiteboard paint left over from the experiments. I would have liked to attach them in a cleverer way, but I'm not very handy.

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Re:WhiteyPaint Turns Walls Into Whiteboards Without Cramping... by hornd on Friday November 04, 2011 @06:21PM (#3197931)

Those things are amazing for cleaning grimy bathtubs too! (Not a Mr. Clean employee)

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