Rust-Oleum 241140 Dry Erase Brush-On Kit, White
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rust-Oleum 241140 Dry Erase Brush-On Kit, White
Customer Review: Save Your Money
Summary: 1 Stars
My daughter wanted her room redone in a bright pink, white and black theme. The eventual goal was to cover one of her shorter walls in black chalkboard paint (also used Rustoleum), the other shorter wall in Rustoleum's dry erase paint (white) and then the two long walls in the bright pink.
I read and re-read the directions for the dry erase paint. Primer was recommended on wood, metal and dark colored walls. As her walls were pale lilac, we figured we could skip the primer. BIG MISTAKE! If you try this paint, definitely use primer first.
Next we sanded the walls as recommended and cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol to remove any grease or dirt, not that I imagine much grease makes its way from the kitchen to the upstairs, but I wanted to follow the directions to a tee.
After this, I mixed part A and B together. It's the consistency of water. Not much fun to work with. Got out the roller and started painting. It's almost translucent so it didn't cover the lilac paint well at all. We waited half an hour and put on the second coat, which still didn't cover as much as I wanted. But that was the end of one kit, so we gave the two coats a day to dry.
The next morning, I opened and mixed up the second kit. Put a third coat on and let that sit for 30 minutes and then it still didn't look great, so I put on the fourth kit to get the even white coat that I figured it needed. Finally, the wall looked great and both my daughter and I were happy.
While the box says to wait two days before writing, I made her wait a full week. Yesterday, she got out the pens and sure enough, it's not coming completely off.
After all that money and time, I'm really disappointed with this paint. The chalkboard paint went up like a dream and works perfectly. I wish I'd saved money and just done her other wall black too and stuck with white trim and the white ceiling for contrast.
Customer Review: Almost a great product.
Summary: 3 Stars
This product is a fantastic idea. We have a section of wall under a kitchen counter about 4 by 5 feet that seemed like a great space for the kids to use for drawing. I considered a chalkboard paint, but figured that would result in chalk dust all over the floor. Dry erase seemed like a much better idea, but it doesn't work quite as well as I'd like.
First of all, it says it goes on just like regular paint, but it is very runny. It's like painting with whole milk. It recommends at least two coats and after seeing how thin it is I wanted to do as many as possible. The directions say to wait twenty minutes between coats and not to use it after it's been mixed for more than two hours. It took so long to do each coat that I barely managed to get four done. You are supposed to wait at least two days before writing on it. We waited almost four, but the marks did not come clean at all. It didn't erase at all with a dry eraser and only faded when I scrubbed it with a wet wipe.
After about a month, I still really liked the idea of a dry erase wall, but the kids' artwork was getting harder to make out with various layers still visible. I decided to buy another box and add more coats. I believe I got on at least four more and we waited another several days. We've been using the surface for a few weeks now and it is working pretty well, finally. It still doesn't erase quite as cleanly as the picture on the box would have you believe, but it's not bad if you're not picky.
Customer Review: Great Item - Fun possibilities
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this item some months ago and I love it.
Not only did I 'whiteboard' a bunch of smaller interesting surfaces but I covered my entire interior front door. Now my fiance and I leave each other messages for when the other comes in or goes out, notes to self, to do lists, and greetings to our friends - who come and go from our house a lot when we're not available. We live in a 3 floor townhouse so being able to leave a note that I'm in the garage means people no longer stop by and sit in the living room waiting for someone to come around.
The only issue with a whiteboard made with this stuff is that is doesn't come TOTALLY clean all the time. Some markers interact with it badly. I find that regular EXPO dry erase work best - low odor or EXPO2 leave marks. Other reviewers had this problem as well...but I have a secret! ***Kaboom Shower, Tub & Tile Cleaner, 22 Oz gets it COMPLETELY clean.***
It hasn't seemed to compromise the integrity of the surface yet, but I am still on the watch. Kaboom tends to eat away at certain materials and I don't feel confident that that definitely isn't happening at all, so use at your own risk.
All in all, good product - GREAT IDEA!
Customer Review: Dry half-erase only
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a hobbyist woodworker on the weekend and have painted more rooms than I can remember. I had high-hopes for this. For application, I did this in the garage, flat on a finishing table. I used a piece of birch plywood, sanded to 220 grit and wiped with tack cloth for a smooth, dust free finish. I primed with the Rustoleum Magnetic primer, using 6 coats, never reapplying until after 30 minutes or more as recommended by others on amazon. When the primer had dried overnight I tested it with magnets and it worked fine. I followed the can's directions perfectly and used a dense foam roller and even, thin, smooth coats. I did 3 coats as recommended for dark surfaces. I waited 30 minutes between coats as recommended. All coats were complete within the 2 hour window of opportunity. It looked great and I was excited I held my 3 year old back for 60 hours, then let him at it with a new Expo brand dry erase marker. A minute later, I took a paper towel to it and it only came half off at best. I figured that it wasn't a purchased whiteboard so I had to have realistic expectations. I used some whiteboard liquid cleaner and it had no effect. This product simply doesn't work and wasted 2 days of my time.Customer Review: THE KIDS LOVE IT!
Summary: 5 Stars
This stuff is awesome! At first it was very runny trying to paint with it, until I realized I was using the wrong type of roller. MAKE SURE YOU USE THE TYPE OF ROLLER IT SAYS TO USE ON THE BOX!!! (I forgot which kind it says to use) If you try to use the wrong roller, it will go on runny, thin, and not at all consistent. I did the first two coats like that and it looked horrible. Then I did a couple more coats with the right type of roller and it painted on perfectly!
I used a magnetic primer underneath this, so now I have a magnetic white board! (see my magnetic paint review) I actually did this in our basement, underneath the stairs (that most people use as a little toy room area). I used three boxes of this paint for that whole area. However, I know two would have been fine if I had used the right brush at first.
I have had this finished for about 6 months now, and it still looks and works great. If it starts to look clouded up with markers (like all whiteboards do), I just use whiteboard spray cleaner and a paper towel on it. My kids, and all of the kids that come to our house LOVE drawing on our "walls."