Looking to buy Dry Erase Board Raw Material

[Norm Dresner]

I need to create a dry erase board in a custom size to fit a cabinet side and I'm looking for a source for the raw material to make it.

Also, how would I cut/break the stuff to size?

Thanks Norm

[007]

Pick up at any local building supply, S-lowes, or Home Despots... Paneling section... Bath tile board AKA Melaime [sp?]....

Standard size is 4ft X 8ft and I think 5/32nds but can't recall for certain.

Try most any saw or you can score it with a razor knife & straight edge prior to breaking.

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Also, how would I cut/break the stuff to size?

Thanks Norm

[Danny Boy]

Don't know where you live. We have Staples business depot. You didn't mention size.

Cutting: with a saw?

Dan.

[Unisaw A100]

I believe Wilsonart is selling this now. Might want to try and find the local distributor.

UA100

[Morris Dovey]

Check for white surfaced tempered hardboard (Masonite) at your local lumber yard. It can be sawed and routed.

[J. Clarke]

The stuff comes magnetic and non-magnetic. The non-magnetic usually melamine, which you cut like wood or like countertop laminate. A readily available variety is melamine over Masonite which you can get at Home Depot. The magnetic is usually porcelain over a steel backing--you can cut it with a cutoff wheel in a circular saw or angle grinder or with a metal cutting blade in a saber saw. In either case, be careful not to bugger it up--the melamine scratches and the porcelain chips.

In either case make sure it's mounted securely--there's little that is more annoying than a writing surface that won't hold still.

An online source is --I have no idea how their prices compare--they also have the nonmagnetic in rolls at . They say they will cut to size.

has a variety of white-board materials in a form similar to wallpaper--they don't near as I can tell do direct sales though.

Note that I've not done business with either of these outfits--your question got me curious as to where one _does_ get such material.

A _cheap_ source for the magnetic would be to cut a piece out of a dead refrigerator or freezer if you happen to come across one.

[Alan McClure]

White bath surround board is what I used to make a dry marker board for a classroom. Add a frame, marker tray, and enough 1 x 2 stiffeners to prevent bowing.

I have one thing to add. Before using the board for the first time, put several coats of acrylic floor wax on it to fill the surface's pores

and provide a smooth surface. I used Future floor polish. This will make it much easier to wipe the board clean without leaving "ghosts".

ARM

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