Cool idea, but at $3.99/sq.ft that's hundreds of dollars per wall. I bought an 8'x4' sheet of melamine for less than $10, which would have been over $120 for that much paint.
White boards are so limited in where you can put them. I think if the purchase decision is "do I paint this 4' by 8' patch of the wall" or "do I install a 4' x 8' white board" then the choice is easy. But having paint that can go on any surface and that will clean after every usage opens many possibilities. My home office, for example, doesn't have space for a 4' x 8' whiteboard but otherwise has good space.
Also, have you used any of those $10 sheets of melamine? They ghost up after a couple of months of use...
"Also, have you used any of those $10 sheets of melamine? They ghost up after a couple of months of use..."
I've used them. They require some labor-intensive prep work, and there are some markers that seem to take a more permanent liking to the surface, but otherwise not bad (unless you leave that To Do list up for two months).
Yes, you are exactly right. I'd argue that if you value your employee's time at anything north of, say $10 per hour, then having a super-quality whiteboard would be a hugely positive ROI investment.
Think of it as a giant shared 3rd monitor. Would you buy monitors that ghosted if your programmers typed the "wrong" letter combinations?
...which works less each time around, and stinks, and uses paper towels, and takes a few minutes of wiping each time you want to get (close to) clean again.
Top-quality surfaces wipe back to bright white with a single swipe or two of the dry-eraser, even if the text has been up for weeks. They're worth it for many offices.
No reason it has to cost that much; just get it from someone else. Dry erase and chalkboard paint is not new, you can pick it up at hardware stores for like $20/qt.
I could never get a straight answer about the melamine. Some people claimed it had bad ghosting, others said it was fine. Also the people at Lowes had NO IDEA what I was talking about when I tried to find it. (That was an exercise in futility!)
I'm thinking of doing my home office and maybe even some of my furniture. I'm pretty handy around the house, but not an expert...what's this skill I need?
I think it said somewhere that a professional painter with an experience applying this specific paint type was recommended. I'm guessing the paint is simply more viscous and it needs to be applied quickly and uniformly.
