posted January 26, 2015 05:42 PM
Is this stuff any good or is melamine the way to go? Customer wants a dry erase section in the middle of a sidewalk sandwich board. Also, what about chalk board vinyl? Do either one go bad from a light sprinkle of rain?
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posted January 26, 2015 08:02 PM
A good dry erase is a powder coated panel. I have never used a 'dry erase vinyl'. As far as a chalkboard thing, i have had great results with a blackboard paint from Benjamin Moore.
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posted January 26, 2015 11:19 PM
Dave...I used "dry erase" vinyl on a few signs.
It worked GREAT until some idiot employee of the clients used regular "Magic Marker" to write stuff on it. Needed lacquer thinner to remove the "idiot's" mistake. That kinda lessened the "erase" feature of the vinyl for the future.
Any "dry erase" surface will experience "runs" of the writing when exposed to rain. "Dry erase" markers use water based pigments.
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posted January 27, 2015 10:02 AM
I've used Expo 2 dry erase markers on Oraguard laminating film 210. They don't run in rain, but do wipe off easier than with regular dry erase surfaces. I've also used dry erase vinyl, but I found the laminate cleaned easier. The nice thing about using vinyl is you can always replace it after the surface gets abraded as any dry erase surface does over time.
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posted January 31, 2015 12:41 PM
I've used it successfully for sections of poster that needs to be dry erase. The dry erase surface eventually will become abraded but heck! it is a POSTER not a permanent sign. We have to have a LITTLE planned obsolesence! LOL!
posted February 02, 2015 01:33 PM
Thanks all. I ended up calling my digital print supplier and they tried a dry erase marker on their laminate like Kelly suggested. It worked great.
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