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Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

Do anyone know where you can find markers (erasable) for whiteboards that actually last for more than a few days? I'm going crazy!! Evil or Very Mad

Mexicobound · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: Markers!!

jillford64 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 397 Location: Sin City

The Expo markers available in Mexico do not last as long as the ones you can get here in the US. Plus I think some of the cleaning fluids used on the boards coat the markers and ruins them after a day or two. The best cleaning fluid is the household spray cleaner Formula 409. I could never find 409 in Morelia, but baby wipes or rubbing alcohol both work good too.

Phil, I did find one kind of marker (sorry I cannot remember the brand) either at Office Depot or at Office Max that was fat, fatter than an Expo, and that came in red and black that had a liquid ink you could see in the clear part of the marker. Apparently you could buy the ink and refill it, but I never tried that because I left Mexico before it ran out. I was careful to store them so the ink was soaking the tip and they couldn't dry out. They lasted the best of anything I found including the Expo.

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

jillford64 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 397 Location: Sin City

Yeah, those metal ones are better than the plastic, but hard to find.

TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

If the marker has an angular tip, write with the thinnest point end only instead of writing chunky - this makes them last longer. Is it me or do black markers last longer than any other colour? Except maybe green but then that's because no one uses them.

awest · Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Location: DF

The metal markers are probably the best. Office Depot has some but they don't seem to last very long..not sure why.

ontoit · Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 99

Switch to boards you can use blood, sweat and tears on. You'll have an unending supply.

sarliz · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Jalisco

I went to a papeleria expo yesterday, and am now armed with some new marker technology to test. I've got some of the markers that are marketed to paint on cars, store windows, etc, that are basically paint pens filled with liquid chalk. It's possible that you need a damp rag to erase them, but they say they should last much longer than normal dry erase markers without staining. Will report back...