sassenach Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 We just moved into a new place and for the first time, I have a large wall that will fit a white board. I was scoping out Craigslist and found a big one for free. A high school in the city was getting rid of it. So, I load the kids and head over the Golden Gate to get my free white board. Yippee! I throw my back out getting the thing into my car, but otherwise I'm stoked. I start cleaning the thing up and while I get a lot of the writing off, there's a layer of gray still on it. A friend suggests using a Mr Clean eraser, and it works! The bad news is that when I write on it, it WILL NOT ERASE. Big bummer. So I google and find a suggestion for WD-40. I bought some today and WOO HOO!! It's like a brand new board! I'm soooo pleased. So the last step is to mount this baby. :hurray::hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 That's cool! What a great score. I'm glad that you got it in good working order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Does WD-40 restore the eraseability? My board is old and am having a hard time getting stuff to erase at all...hope there is a solution. I have cleaned it totally off, but every new mark takes lots of elbow grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Baer Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 if that would help, but then you have to pay for it and so it's no longer a free item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Toothpaste also removes the old marks that don't erase off a whiteboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Heather Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Applying car wax helps to restore one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Does WD-40 restore the eraseability? My board is old and am having a hard time getting stuff to erase at all...hope there is a solution. I have cleaned it totally off, but every new mark takes lots of elbow grease. Yes, WD 40 completely restored the erasability. I guess I wasn't really clear on that. I don't think my board would have been usable otherwise, it was just too hard to erase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 That's very interesting -- I didn't know whiteboards were repairable! Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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