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Office Walls = Dry-Erase Board

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This stuff is never very smooth and never looks very clean.

I would recommend calling a glazier and mounting a sheet of tempered glass on the wall with small stainless standoffs. See http://picasaweb.google.com/spolsky/FogCreekSNewOffice#52853... for a picture. Looks great, not expensive, and cleans easily without ever leaving permanent smudges

Can you give an idea of how not expensive it is ? :)

I once bought a can of it to create a home made dry-erase board and it didn't work that well... Smears remained, and you can't clean it of the way you clean of a regular whiteboard.

In addition, the paint I had wasn't magnetic, which is a drawback as well, but there is magnetic paint, so you would have to think about two layers...

My local home depot has it as $21.50 for 50 sq ft.

A more expensive version can be purchased through Behance: http://www.creativesoutfitter.com/Products/IdeaPaint/16?utm_... ($200 for 50 sq ft.)

You can buy 8x4 white panelboard at Lowes or Home Depot for about $15 a panel. The surface can get burned off if you use some caustic cleaners but it's cheap to replace.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&prod...

Nice hack, but, if renting, the landlord may not appreciate this part:

""" FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Q: Can the Dry Erase coating be used over a previous Dry Erase surface?

A: Not over an aged surface. Since this product dries to a very hard and glossy surface, the previous coating must be thoroughly sanded to remove the gloss """

We have this at our office. It works reasonably well. A picture of the wall in use (from a party): http://www.flickr.com/photos/ojbyrne/3221346015/

As Louise's comment suggests, it's a little more difficult to erase.