How to CLEAN a dry erase board - What WORKS?? - Restore a white board - ERASE EVERYTHING

We had a dry erase board in desperate need of cleaning!


VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

I first tried:

Eraser - NOPE (haha)

Dry erase board cleaner - NOPE

Dry erase marker to color over the writing & erase - Made it worse (see the brown in the right bottom corner)

Time to search the internet! Oh gosh, so many suggestions and EVERY post said, "IT WORKS!"

 I decided to try out several suggestions so I could have at least one thing I knew worked.

I took the board off the wall since I wasn't sure how time was needed for everything to work. Some people said 10-20 mins or longer.

Things I tried:

Hand Sanitizer

Hair Spray

Alcohol (only had 91%)

Peroxide

Pam

Toothpaste

Other things I've heard works but didn't try:

Febreeze

Let sit for 20 minutes

WHAT DIDN'T WORK

Peroxide

Pam

Hair Spray

WHAT WORKED

Alcohol

Toothpaste

Hand sanitizer (which is 70% alcohol)

Results

1. Alcohol (91%) - This worked the best by far, without waiting and erased completely clean. It's only 91% alcohol so I'm sure 99% would be even better.

2. Toothpaste - Worked amazingly but ONLY where I waited for 20 mins. Plus, it was kind of messy but it worked so well I would be willing to cover the board and wait. 

3. Hand Sanitizer - This worked great as well being 70% alcohol, but didn't get the really old writing off. It cleaned super easy but still left residue. 

I ended up using 91% alcohol 

WOW!!!! It came off so easy and I didn't think this board would look this good again. Plus I can clean it easily while still on the wall. I started writing on it before taking a picture of it completely clean.

Thank you for stopping by!