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Happy Hackers Love Whiteboard Wallpaper

41 points by squirrel 16y ago

squirrel 16y ago
We use this stuff everywhere at youDevise and we love it. Magnetic too! Someone else asked about it (http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=2296267 http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=2296267) so I dug up the manufacturer.
moblivu 16y ago
Love the concept, another whiteboard solution like ideaPaint where you just paint your whiteboard on any surface! http://www.ideapaint.com/ http://www.ideapaint.com/
- AdamTReineke 16y ago
  I painted a door next to my desk with Rust-oleum's Dry Erase paint. Worked quite nicely.
  - raarky 16y ago
    woah, thats awesome! I wonder if it'll paint over magnetic paint
    - AdamTReineke 16y ago
      I imagine that it would.
- dochtman 16y ago
  We got IdeaPaint for our office, it's pretty cool.
- nfriedly 16y ago
  One of the offices I worked at a few years ago had this on several walls and I thought it was a great idea. They even had wood trim around it so that it looked like a huge whiteboard.
hammock 16y ago
Most economical option is whiteboard decals which stick to the wall, and if you're crafty you can cut them to fit inside an oval-shaped picture frame or something like that. Removable and reusable, does not damage wall. http://www.wallcandyarts.com/shop/category.cfm/whiteboard http://www.wallcandyarts.com/shop/category.cfm/whiteboard All of this stuff is awesome though.
- dnewms 16y ago
  I'd say the most economical is picking up white tileboard or backerboard from a home improvement store. Roughly $10 for 3ft by 5ft. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php http://www.homedepot.com/Flooring-Flooring-Tools-Accessories-Tile-Tools-Accessories-Backer-Board/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbngc/R-100170507/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 http://www.homedepot.com/Flooring-Flooring-Tools-Accessories...
  - lazerwalker 16y ago
    Tileboard is great. Not the highest-quality whiteboard material you'll ever use, but definitely the most cost-efficient and easiest to obtain.
  - calloc 16y ago
    We have white backerboard in our office, and it doesn't properly dry erase at all. Instead of just kind of smudges over the entire area of the board eventually just making it a HUGE mess. At that point we have to clean it off with commercial cleaning spray and paper towels. It works, but is definitely not ideal.
- gnubardt 16y ago
  Whitey Board makes stick on white boards as well: http://www.whiteyboard.com/ http://www.whiteyboard.com/
  - cdr 16y ago
    WhiteyBoard is the only type I've tried, so all decals might have this problem, but I found their product to be pretty awful. Came damaged, didn't stick almost at all. Their customer service is also a absurdly poor, which I'm pretty sure is a problem specific to them - I recommend avoiding.
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martharotter 16y ago
I use this in my home office - it sticks on any wall via static and wipes clean. It comes on a roll so you get 10 or 25 giant whiteboards which you can reuse. Absolutely love it. http://www.magicwhiteboard.co.uk/ http://www.magicwhiteboard.co.uk/

41 points by squirrel 16y ago

We use this stuff everywhere at youDevise and we love it. Magnetic too! Someone else asked about it (http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=2296267 http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=2296267) so I dug up the manufacturer.

moblivu 16y ago

Love the concept, another whiteboard solution like ideaPaint where you just paint your whiteboard on any surface! http://www.ideapaint.com/ http://www.ideapaint.com/

AdamTReineke 16y ago
I painted a door next to my desk with Rust-oleum's Dry Erase paint. Worked quite nicely.
- raarky 16y ago
  woah, thats awesome! I wonder if it'll paint over magnetic paint
  - AdamTReineke 16y ago
    I imagine that it would.
dochtman 16y ago
We got IdeaPaint for our office, it's pretty cool.
nfriedly 16y ago
One of the offices I worked at a few years ago had this on several walls and I thought it was a great idea. They even had wood trim around it so that it looked like a huge whiteboard.

hammock 16y ago

Most economical option is whiteboard decals which stick to the wall, and if you're crafty you can cut them to fit inside an oval-shaped picture frame or something like that. Removable and reusable, does not damage wall. http://www.wallcandyarts.com/shop/category.cfm/whiteboard http://www.wallcandyarts.com/shop/category.cfm/whiteboard All of this stuff is awesome though.

dnewms 16y ago
I'd say the most economical is picking up white tileboard or backerboard from a home improvement store. Roughly $10 for 3ft by 5ft. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php http://www.homedepot.com/Flooring-Flooring-Tools-Accessories-Tile-Tools-Accessories-Backer-Board/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbngc/R-100170507/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 http://www.homedepot.com/Flooring-Flooring-Tools-Accessories...
- lazerwalker 16y ago
  Tileboard is great. Not the highest-quality whiteboard material you'll ever use, but definitely the most cost-efficient and easiest to obtain.
- calloc 16y ago
  We have white backerboard in our office, and it doesn't properly dry erase at all. Instead of just kind of smudges over the entire area of the board eventually just making it a HUGE mess. At that point we have to clean it off with commercial cleaning spray and paper towels. It works, but is definitely not ideal.
gnubardt 16y ago
Whitey Board makes stick on white boards as well: http://www.whiteyboard.com/ http://www.whiteyboard.com/
- cdr 16y ago
  WhiteyBoard is the only type I've tried, so all decals might have this problem, but I found their product to be pretty awful. Came damaged, didn't stick almost at all. Their customer service is also a absurdly poor, which I'm pretty sure is a problem specific to them - I recommend avoiding.

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martharotter 16y ago

I use this in my home office - it sticks on any wall via static and wipes clean. It comes on a roll so you get 10 or 25 giant whiteboards which you can reuse. Absolutely love it. http://www.magicwhiteboard.co.uk/ http://www.magicwhiteboard.co.uk/