By AlaskanAurora from Dutch Harbor, AK
By Vivian P.
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By MaryAnn from Alvaton, KY
By Sue from Illinois
I work in the school setting. I 'accidentally' used a regular marker instead of a dry erase marker on a dry erase board. Needless to say, the ink would not come off or what I could remove left a horrible smudged stain.
I was using the dry erase marker and wrote right over that smudge and then erased it. The dry erase marker must have a solvent agent in it as it removed the smudge. I found I sometimes must scribble over the site and immediately rub off with a tissue for a clean dry erase board.
By Antaria from Chino Valley, AZ
My kids scribbled all over their new dry erase easel with a ballpoint inkpen, and I thought it was ruined! I tried this. It only took me 10-15 minutes to do the whole board, and it looks like new again. Wow! Thanks for the tip.
Use toothpaste (the regular kind) and put some on a rag and scrub over the board where the ink is not coming off, then rinse, wipe with a clean cloth and dry.
By Lisa T.
Does the spray eyeglass cleaner you buy and then get free refills from Walmart work on dry erase boards? It would be bargain if it does. Does anyone know?
By Robyn Fed from Hampton, TN
I bought a can of denatured alcohol at the hardware store and put it in my original Dry-Erase Cleaner spray bottle. Doesn't take too much to clean the board. I spray it on a rag and wipe. For red ink I spray it right on the board.
To clean dry erase boards, I usually use a paper towel with a little Windex. If that doesn't work, I use a little bit of nail polish remover then wipe it down one more time with Windex. It does the trick!
Laura Lange
By ThriftyFun
By Jason
By dj
By Darcy
By CHRISTA
I know that if a permanent marker was used on a dry-erase board then all one needs to do is to reactivate the permanent marker with a dry erase marker, then just erase.
However, this does not work for highlighter...anyone with some ideas? Thanks! (08/02/2005)By In Trouble
By SMS
By Jan F.
- go to this website for your baby wipe board. It has a few ideas to renew the surface. (04/17/2007)
By Karen J
By JDWC
By Artist
By Mr. Gin
How do I restore my dry erase board to it's original surface? I can no longer erase any markers easily.
Jeff from Chicago, IL
By Jilson
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