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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: 0.207s | 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. creer ◴[18 Mar 25 20:16 UTC] No.43404512[source]▶
I'm of the generation that had student labs (with eye-wateringly expensive computers) full of chalk dust. Chalk dust everywhere. I still have chalk dust trauma I guess and even with better housekeeping habits I'd think twice about it. Doodling opportunity so very tempting though.