Craftibilities: before

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!

My first post was just photos and being super excited to have organization in place.

Now I'm sharing all the details.

All supplies were purchased at Home Depot.

1/4" rods

1/4" wing nuts

#4 hooks

Chain

I decided to use the 1/4" since it was lightweight, inexpensive, and fit nicely in the chain.

1/4" wing nuts. I opened a package just to make sure they fit.

#4 hooks - I went a little crazy with the size. I wasn't sure how heavy everything was going to be :)

Not sure the size of the chain. I picked one that fit the 1/4" rod and was the least expensive. Here is my tough guy or so he thought, holding the chain.