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Clear Dry Erase
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baby duck monge
macrumors 68000
Vader said:
Yeah, I think glass or plexi is probably your best bet. You have to be careful with plexi, though, because it scratches pretty easily.
OutThere
macrumors 603
Glass would definitely work for dry erase...acrylic and plexiglass sometimes 'take' to the dry erase markers and don't erase properly.
You do realize, however, that having it be see-through will only make it hard to see...on the opposite side of the glass everything will be a mirror image and essentially impossible to read...
You do realize, however, that having it be see-through will only make it hard to see...on the opposite side of the glass everything will be a mirror image and essentially impossible to read...
superbovine
macrumors 68030
large laminate works well. You can even choice to select which color paper background or leave it empty before you heat it up. it has to be the thick them so it won't bend. this is a pretty decent option in a classroom setting. it is big and cheap, and you don't care if the marker doesn't come off.
DrStrangelove
macrumors 6502
baby duck monge
macrumors 68000
DrStrangelove said:
Yeah, but with all the poetic license they take in those things, he could get a regular dry erase board and then could just replace it with a glass one for the film.
SpookTheHamster
macrumors 65816
Just buy some plexy glass, make a frame and use that. You can probably buy it at a hardware store or home improvement store. Or perhaps try to find a glass topped table at a tag sale or something and buy it cheap. Take the glass from that, make a frame, and there you go. Perhaps even look at one of those second hand/overstocked places that sells building materials for cheep for glass or a window. I dunno, be creative.
Visa-Vis pens I believe are the kind that teachers use on overhead projectors (haha remember those). They are like dry-erase markers but they don't erase without water and they come in like 200 different colors.
Visa-Vis pens I believe are the kind that teachers use on overhead projectors (haha remember those). They are like dry-erase markers but they don't erase without water and they come in like 200 different colors.
that link above to Dormbuys is perfect, almost. I am also looking for a clear dry erase. I'm guessing that glass is the material of choice, although plexiglass could work (but someone said they scratch easy?😕that wouldn't be good...) the thing with the dormbuys thing is that its like 1 ft x 1ft. I dont know about original poster, but I'm looking for something to stand up, good sized for math/science formulas...
anyone know the brand of the board used in House MD season one? thats pretty much exactly what i want, but i cant seem to find it anywhere online...😡
anyone know the brand of the board used in House MD season one? thats pretty much exactly what i want, but i cant seem to find it anywhere online...😡
Leareth
macrumors 68000
Do you have an Ikea nearby?
they have these great frameless poster/painting mounts that are essentially a 24" x 36" piece of glass with solid back held on by four clips - to hold the poster/print smooth BUT you can use the glass by itself and hang it up where ever you wish
they have these great frameless poster/painting mounts that are essentially a 24" x 36" piece of glass with solid back held on by four clips - to hold the poster/print smooth BUT you can use the glass by itself and hang it up where ever you wish
scotthayes
macrumors 68000
this may help
I use them in my classroom all the time, to me the bigger the better. The one I'm using this week (to teach subnetting) is around 6' wide and 4' high but never seems big enough for all those 1 and 0.
I use them in my classroom all the time, to me the bigger the better. The one I'm using this week (to teach subnetting) is around 6' wide and 4' high but never seems big enough for all those 1 and 0.
We have these in the lab...we have framed pieces of glass that we write on with sharpies. The sharpie comes right off with acetone (which, being chemists, we have tons of). We bought one of those 36 color marker sets and are much more organized now.
Probably not a good idea for a space that isn't well ventilated though, as the acetone does have a pretty noxious smell.
Probably not a good idea for a space that isn't well ventilated though, as the acetone does have a pretty noxious smell.
Unless you've somehow time warped to sometime after november 2009, the last post is less than a year old.
Didn't realize I was dredging up a thread.
Hawkeye411
macrumors 68000
The solution!
http://www.dormbuys.com/shop/product/5638
This thing is huge & it can go anywhere.
I'd say forget the clear idea and go w/ this as it is cheap and gives you tons of space.... i really think dry-erase 'boards' won't exist in the future, well they might but they won't be as popular as these.
-the fluke-
http://www.dormbuys.com/shop/product/5638
This thing is huge & it can go anywhere.
I'd say forget the clear idea and go w/ this as it is cheap and gives you tons of space.... i really think dry-erase 'boards' won't exist in the future, well they might but they won't be as popular as these.
-the fluke-
dilbert4life
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