Guest Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hi - just a quick query - in pre-school or others settings when you provide white board markers are there any child safe non smelly ones or do you just have normal ones ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_2157 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 HI Dizzylizzy we provide white board markers in our setting. They have both thick barrelled and thin ones and use them with small A$ boards and on our giant mobile whiteboard. We have never had a problem with them sniffing them if this is what you are worried about. Berol are a good make but we also use cheaper ones from YPO and WMS. The only ones we have had trouble with are the ones where the inside of the cap has an innner lip (hard to explain) but we have found these ones are trickier for some of our children to put the cap back on correclty without destroying the nib. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_2157 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 HI Dizzylizzy we provide white board markers in our setting. They have both thick barrelled and thin ones and use them with small A$ boards and on our giant mobile whiteboard. We have never had a problem with them sniffing them if this is what you are worried about. Berol are a good make but we also use cheaper ones from YPO and WMS. The only ones we have had trouble with are the ones where the inside of the cap has an innner lip (hard to explain) but we have found these ones are trickier for some of our children to put the cap back on correclty without destroying the nib. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_5970 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 We use Tesco ones! Cheap and cheerful but they last well and we've never had any problems with them. They don't have a strong smell. Beehive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_22106 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 We use tesco ones as well - however I do find they are difficult to clean off the board sometimes, could be because they are cheap? Does anyone use laminated sheets with these markers too? We spend ages trying to clean them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I have the cleaning problem when my children use the flipchart marker pens on the whiteboards instead of the actual whiteboard pens. I've also noticed that one particular brand seems to be harder to clean off than the others (they have thin white barrels but I dont know the brand). Even when they use whiteboard markers on our laminated sheets they're a nightmare to clean off, we always resort to using that special whiteboard cleaner spray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_22106 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Even when they use whiteboard markers on our laminated sheets they're a nightmare to clean off, we always resort to using that special whiteboard cleaner spray. And where do you get the special cleaner from? bet Tescos don't sell that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_3735 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 we used to get whiteboard cleaner from Staples... but try hairspray first... I used to use it for cleaning laminated sheets and it worked well Inge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Hi All, I just want to add that IKEA do white board pens....they come in packs of 7 black, brown, yellow, pink, blue, green, & red. and they are not that expensive, and children like having the different colours MissRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 And where do you get the special cleaner from? bet Tescos don't sell that! I get it from the school stock cupboard Sorry, beyond that I have no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_22106 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 we used to get whiteboard cleaner from Staples... but try hairspray first... I used to use it for cleaning laminated sheets and it worked well Inge Wow that seems like one of those 'Handy Hints/ Top Tips'! I'll give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_75 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I've heard several people recomend hairspray for getting biro marks off things we've noticed that wiping straight across the board more affective than rubbing a cloth around the board (which smudges the dry ink dust around the board leaving streaks) also wait for the ink to dry fully before wiping it so that it has chance to turn to powder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_25331 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I've found that giving the white board a really good clean with washing up liquid every now and again makes it much easier to clean off the markers later on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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