Many times I have had to come into my wife's classroom and re-draw her a calendar or outlines for something. She fills them up and if you want to make corrections you have to be very careful with the eraser.

My idea is for a Semi-permanent dry erase marker (did I mention that). It writes on the dry erase board and dries. The regular eraser cannot erase it. Only a solvent, located on the back side of the special marker can erase it's lines. That way, you can go over semi-permanent lines with the eraser and not erase them, only erasing them when you need to with the back side of the pen.

My wife would love this.
-- twitch, Dec 01 2006

How To Erase Permanent Magic Marker From Your Dry Erase Board http://www.lifehack...se-board-176015.php
This process claims to fill the bill for removable semi-permanency, on whiteboards at least. [jurist, Dec 01 2006]

a specific solvent built into the back of the pen?
-- twitch, Dec 01 2006


Can be vary use full ,but there needs to be more information in your piece.
-- dev45, Dec 01 2006


I've done it that way also. It is still a pain. If you want the line thin, you have to cut the tape yourself. This invention is the incorporation of the semi-permanent (not truly like a sharpie), and a solvent on the back end to remove said semi-permanent.
-- twitch, Dec 01 2006


A graphic artists' version in a variety of widths, textures, and colors is also available from Chartpak at any good art supply store.
-- jurist, Dec 02 2006


It still takes too much time to align tape.. and pinstriping ... isn't that supposed to be a permanent application? I'm looking for something more cost effective and a lot easier to apply than tape. Knowing how much teachers spend in their classroom before and after hours, anything that saves time is good.

If I have to remove tape from the board every week, I'd rather not put it there in the first place.
-- twitch, Dec 03 2006



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