IdeaPaint Coming to 1,700 Lowe's Stores

I love the idea of IdeaPaint. However, in practice, things aren't that simple: IdeaPaint just doesn't compare to a quality white board. A quality standard white board does better in almost every important aspect; a smoother surface, better erasing, no "burn in" (if we left something up on the wall for too long, it would become nigh impossible to erase). Sure, IdeaPaint is cheaper, but I find I'm never disappointed with quality, even if it costs a little more.

I was looking into turns-into-whiteboard paints/stickers recently and turned up a handy comparison of various surfaces and their whiteboard-ability. Turns out washing machines and dryers often work great, though are likely impractical.<p><a href="http://rumkin.com/reference/whiteboard/surfaces.php" rel="nofollow">http://rumkin.com/reference/whiteboard/surfaces.php</a>

Glass is a pretty cool looking surface to make a whiteboard (clearboard?) with too and can be cheaper than this stuff, even with the hanging hardware.<p>I wonder how well ideapaint works with textured walls? Have to tip my hat to these guys for selling a quart of paint for $170 bucks with their marketing effort.

This stuff works great for us. We've put it up all over the walls in our London and Boston offices.<p><a href="http://www.tektura.com/pages/display_pattern.asp?Type=Range&#38;PID=5&#38;PAT=7" rel="nofollow">http://www.tektura.com/pages/display_pattern.asp?Type=Range&...</a>

can you paint over it with normal paint? Or at least sand it down easily enough to prime/paint? I'd consider doing my daughters room with this as long as I wouldn't have to gut it to resell as we plan to move when we're no longer upside down.

I'd much prefer the paint on chalkboard stuff (<a href="http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=103" rel="nofollow">http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=103</a>) you can get. I HATE dry erase markers.

Cool product and I love the marketing story, but not as good as a whiteboard (too hard to get smooth) and VERY expensive:<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/IdeaPaint-Sq-Ft-Kit-Whiteboard/dp/B002OJ7EAE" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/IdeaPaint-Sq-Ft-Kit-Whiteboard/dp/B002...</a> $175 for a 50 sqft area - $3.5/sqft... a lot more expensive than the cheap tileboard that many startups on the cheap use:<p><a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_61082-46498-31023248_0__?productId=3042205&#38;Ntt=tileboard&#38;pl=1&#38;currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dtileboard&#38;facetInfo=" rel="nofollow">http://www.lowes.com/pd_61082-46498-31023248_0__?productId=3...</a> $10 for 10 sqft - $1/sqft<p>Another cool idea (that I've never seen/tried) is Whiteyboard <a href="http://www.whiteyboard.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.whiteyboard.com/</a> $35 for 20sqft - $1.75/sqft<p>Incidentally, we decided to hell with all of these things and that it was worth it to spend $400 on a kickass whiteboard and ended up with this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Ship-Deluxe-Reversible-Markerboard/dp/B001GIAY7E" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Ship-Deluxe-Reversible-Markerboa...</a> (but paid closer to $400). It is awesome - rolls around and flips<p>Does anyone know why whiteboards are so damn expensive?