Hi,
Has anyone discovered what the solvent is for whiteboard markers. (My children find it impossible to remember to put the lids back on.)
TIA, Colin
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OT: Whiteboard Marker Solvent
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Hmm .. depends. The 'dry' type (that smell like pear drops) are more likely to use ethyl acetate or similar judging by the smell ... isopropyl alcohol may very well work, but then they may lose the 'dry wipe' attribute.
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Easy to get hold of?
Colin
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Trivially. But I haven't bought any for yonks. Boots got it for me last time.
I expect some jobs-worth will say you can't have it because of "terrorism".
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Long before 11/9 you would get odd looks from many a pharmacist when trying to buy IPA. After a while the semi-extortionate price at Maplin starts to look quite reasonable compared to wasted time, petrol, etc.
If we are talking about cleaning skin, surgical spirit is handy. It's mostly ethanol with some odd smelly bits and some castor oil thrown in.
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"Colin" wrote in message news:blbqi3$34c$ snipped-for-privacy@news8.svr.pol.co.uk... : Hi, : : Has anyone discovered what the solvent is for whiteboard markers. : (My children find it impossible to remember to put the lids back on.) : Try here
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Cellulose thinners probably.
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I don't think so
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In message , John Laird writes
IPA is available from CP - about £7 / litre I think Otherwise buy a cassette cleaning kit from woollies - they use IPA as a solvent
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Dunno if it's the solvent in the pens, but it sure cleans it off the boards when you write something on them and leave it for 6 months.
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Try acetone or cellulose solvent - Xylene?
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Woah, xylene is nasty stuff. Someone posted a link to a breakdown of typical dry-wipe pens. I think they were alcohol-based, so I'd try that kind of solvent first.
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Maplin definitely list it now, in cans and aerosols. £9.99/l for the former
- that's probably about twice the price of a cleaning kit and 43 times as much alcohol. I must remember to get some...
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So why mention it?
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Maplin don't have a minimum charge at their shops.
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whiteboard markers are not dry wipe pens necessarily. Or at least lots of people buy permanent pens by mistake :-)
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It is also available from ARD Electronics
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for £2.29 per litre plus VAT. Code 370-00026.
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I have just tried dipping the ends of two makes of dry-wipe pens (Berol and Magiboard) in IPA. It was not a solvent for the ink in either case.
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It wouldn't be. MEK to the oldies (methyl-ethyl ketone) butan-2-one for the youngsters is the solvent used in dry wipe pens. Acetone will almost certainly dissolve the ink (nick the SWMBO's nail varnish remover) but is not used because it is so volatile that the pens would dry out and become useless quickly. Have I just given the pen manufacturers a way to quadruple their sales?
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to be the owner of NOBO who provide visual aids equipment, and unless things have changed, they sell a whiteboard rejuvenator spray which does exactly what it says on the tin.
John Schmitt
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