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Ask HN: What kind of whiteboard does not use dry erase markers?

32 points dandrew5 | 1 comments | 15 Mar 25 18:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source

I've been using a dry erase whiteboard for decades and am in the market for something different. Someone mentioned in another thread they were using some kind of magnetic board (maybe it wasn't magnets, I can't remember 100%) but I can't find anything like this online.

Anybody have any recommendations?

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MathMonkeyMan ◴[18 Mar 25 04:41 UTC] No.43395830[source]▶
In a previous apartment, I painted a wall with several coats of blackboard (chalkboard) paint and then used fancy chalk on it, and a chalkboard eraser. Worked pretty well. The landlord even let me keep it up when I moved out, because the next tenants liked it.
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1. alexwasserman ◴[18 Mar 25 11:09 UTC] No.43398012[source]▶
We did this when we renovated. Had a kitchen wall section chalk board painted for notes, as well as a much larger section of the kids play room wall.

The notes was useful space on the kitchen and the playroom one the kids just loved to doodle. Their friends were always impressed and loved to be able to leave a tag or doodle on it when they came over.

We tried a layer of magnetic paint too, but it didn’t work nearly as well.