Now, I have seen many white boards destroyed thanks to being written on by permanent markers.
Coming from this background, I groaned when I saw that a friend had written on her board with one. I was vaguely aware that using nail polish remover generally solves the problem but felt that sinking feeling all the same when I saw I couldn’t erase the marker off.
And that’s when this friend simply wrote/drew/scribbled on the text with the ‘whiteboard’ marker and erased the whole thing.
(The science is that the whiteboard marker simply ensures that there is a dose of xylene on the ink which makes it erase-able)
It feels ‘obvious’ now that he has done it. But it wasn’t to me and wasn’t to a friend who I helped the very same day. She was considering replacing the board altogether!
So, next time you find someone feeling bad about writing on a whiteboard with a permanent marker, amaze them by scribbling over the writing and taking it off. It could even be a magic trick! :)
A Learning a Day 