Saturday, March 15, 2008

After three weeks in the story room, I ended up with some pretty dark white boards. My brilliant assistant explained that paint thinner wipes dry erase marker right off. Awesome, Webs, thanks!

UPDATE: Whaledawg recommends nail polish remover, but I suspect that's a lot more expensive per ounce than the pint of paint thinner I got at the hardware store.

Also, I occasionally need to thin paint, while I have never had to remove nail polish.

1:42 PM

3 Comments:

Dry erase markers are acetone based, so any other acetone containing chemical will 're-wet' it so it can be wiped up.

I've actually never run into a board that warm water and vinegar couldn't clean.

By  Whaledawg, at 2:22 PM  

I meant to mention that nail polish remover also contains acetone, and may be easier to come by than paint thinner.

By  Whaledawg, at 2:23 PM  

Lighter fluid might be worth a try too. It's a pretty good mess-removing solvent to have around, even if it doesn't work for this application.

By  Unknown, at 10:03 AM  

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