Dry wipe material

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Go to your DIY store and buy a 4×8 sheet of white tileboard. You know, the stuff folks use when remodeling the bathroom in their trailer. 😕
Also known as Marlite or Abitibi board.
It’s under $10 here.
Pick the best-looking sheet in the stack.
Sometimes it comes masked.
Cut it to size with a new blade, being careful not to scratch it.
Sand the edges with a hand-held block sander.
Clean with Windex and apply vinyl lettering.
Then wax with regular aerosol furniture polish.
Instant hillbilly dry-erase!
You can frame it with regular basebord material, but I don’t because I can’t cut 45º angles.
Tell the client to periodically clean it with Windex, and re-wax as needed.
Love….Jill

[Chris Hooper]

Metamark do a dry wipe vinyl 160 micron for use with water based dry wipe markers on interior applications – used it many times AOK

1-24 metres £8.42 per metre on 760mm width

Metamark

Telephone08453455645

[Marcella Ross]

thanks guys.
The vinyl may be an option… didn’t know Metamark did that. I could apply a strip of this to the area they want to write on I suppose… got me thinking…

thanks! 😀

[Andy Gorman]

Alternatively, you can buy dry erase vinyl. I think KPMF (spit!) do one.

Edit: Beaten to it.

[Dave Bruce]

Contact Drytac 0117958 6500, they do a laminating film especially for dry wipe applications, it is very thin, clear and easy to apply. I use it on powder coated A boards, swing pavement signs and Foamboard signs. Usually I just cover the whole sign with it so the surface has the same look/sheen throughout.

Cheers

Dave

[Marcella Ross]

Dave,

the laminating film, do you just apply this as you would vinyl?

[Andrew Butler]

Don’t know if this would be suitable for what you want, but we made a dry wipe work board for our shop using forrex top (foamex ultra) used it for two years now and it works a treat as a dry wipe board.

Hope this is of some use

Andy

[Dave & Rob Lowery]

Try a traffolite type engraving laminate engraving laminate. This is just the same as formica and comes in various thicknesses and colours and sheet sizes 4′ x 4′ and 4′ x 2 ‘

Contact Surgrave on 0191 417 4505 and ask for a price on their Rigid Laminates.

Dave

[Dave Bruce]

That’s what I do Marcella, all done by hand. The great thing with this stuff is it is not expensive and you can apply it over different surfaces, depending on what the sign is. I use to use a much thicker laminate but it was difficult to apply over vinyl and had a slight colour to it thus reducing the vinyl colours, this stuff is really thin(65mic) and clear.

It is called Protac Scribe 648mm X 25m £46 last year, it is the stuff they put on year planners etc.
Cheers

Dave

[Iain Gordon]

I was messing about with this the other week and i found that white vinyl works a treat, didnt leave any residue.. this was a cheapo vinyl at about 75p a meter megarex i think they call it

Iain

[Carrie Brown]

Also make sure the client uses the right pens for the material …… we made some in house and being melon heads hastily bought some pens and they wouldnt wipe off 😮 🙄 after lots of complaining about the board blah blah blah ….. then after a little reserach we realised that you have to get the right pens …….. I mean I thought dry erase pens were the same as the pens that do work on the board cant even remember the name now …. 😮 crikey Im confusing myself now ……. never mind … I hope you get my point??

:lol1:

[Marcella Ross]

I know what you mean Carrie…. even if you got yourself lost! 😀

I called Drytac Dave, they’re sending me a sample for me to try out, 1000 x 6000mm!!! More than I need to do the job! 😀 😀