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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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 Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: Liquid Chalk |
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I'm tired of getting chalk all over me so I have decided to buy liquid chalk.
The question I have is where can I buy some, and how much should I expect to pay?
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sick of getting liquid chalk all over me.
Liquid chalk sucks. The tips go bad. They run dry.
They drip. They leak.
The regular chalk is much easier to get out of clothing.
Sometimes the liquid chalk does not wash out. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Also, I don't think you are supposed to use the liquid
chalk pens on regular chalk boards. |
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soju pizza
Joined: 21 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Get a white board and sharpies. They smell nice too. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| dogshed wrote: |
I'm sick of getting liquid chalk all over me.
Liquid chalk sucks. The tips go bad. They run dry.
They drip. They leak.
The regular chalk is much easier to get out of clothing.
Sometimes the liquid chalk does not wash out. |
Exactly! My school renovated my classroom and put in these blackboards that use liquid chalk. I hate it. I try to avoid using it as much as possible. A complete and utter waste.... |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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They think it reduces dust.
the guy who sold it to them must have been a good salesman. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:03 am Post subject: |
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My grade school teachers cover their chalk boards with decorations and
give me a tiny little white board to use.
I have to erase stuff before the kids have a chance to read it. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Liquid Chalk |
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| mishlert wrote: |
| I'm tired of getting chalk all over me |
Go to Kyobo and buy metal chalk holders... I have about 8 of them in a little homemade chalk "holster" on my belt, and have about 6 different colours at my fingertips at all times. Chalk dust is zero problem now.
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| so I have decided to buy liquid chalk. |
Bad idea for the reasons given above. I've used them. Hate them. Way harder to get them out of your clothes than chalk dust.
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| The question I have is where can I buy some, and how much should I expect to pay? |
Kyobo. About 1500 a pop.
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Also, I don't think you are supposed to use the liquid
chalk pens on regular chalk boards. |
This is true. Either the special "greenboards" are used with the liquid chalk, or the special "blackboard" to be used with the type of marker they use for coffee shops and such with their Specials (using those glow-in-the-dark neon colours)
Regular greenboards and blackboards are for chalk, and whiteboards are for board markers.
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Given the choice of a whiteboard with markers or a chalkboard with chalk, I'll take the chalkboard every time! There's ALWAYS a little piece of chalk floating around somewhere (under a desk...in a corner), but when a marker goes dry, you're out of luck!
As to the dust problem: A lot of the K profs here wrap some paper around the chalk so they don't get covered in dust. I can't be bothered. I DO bring a bottle of water to class with me (I often chuckle and say "soju!!") since chalk dust plus dry air equals a VERY dry throat!! |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I did a guest stint at a girls' high school and they used liquid chalk and I loved it! However, when I bought some and tried to use it in my own classes (I had a technical writing class with no whiteboard in the room) it sucked shit. Until I read these posts, I had no idea that you needed a special board for them. Must be why they didn't write very well and were imposssible to erase.
So, if you have the right board, they're great; if not, don't bother. |
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Optimus Prime
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| dogshed wrote: |
Sometimes the liquid chalk does not wash out. |
Or off. Shoes. Have permanently spotted shoes from last job. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I love chalk - old-fashioned, dusty chalk that sprinkles dust everywhere. Nothing makes me feel like I've had a good day teaching than returning to the staff room with my sleaves covered in chalk dust. |
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