Elph came across dry-erase paint and magnetic primer from Rust-Oleum. Coating a wall in these products creates a giant magnetic whiteboard that can be written on and erased like any other whiteboard. Of course IT had to try it.

I chose a wall in our front office roughtly 9ft x 12ft. A can of primer is allegedly enough to put three coats on a 7ft x 7ft space, and a can of paint is enough to do two coats. I disagree. Of course the space I painted was larger than that, so I used two cans of primer for three coats and three cans of paint for four coats. Four coats were neccessary since the paint is white and the primer is jet black (that’s the kicker). Using a foam roller instead of nap gave a nice smooth finish, and as the paint dries it becomes very glossy just like a normal whiteboard. It takes two days to fully dry; our wall should be ready to write on tomorrow.

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