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I signed up for a sample of IdeaPaint when AT first posted about it, but two months later I still haven't received the sample. I got an email or something about how they were running behind and instead of sending a sample of the actual paint, they'd send a piece of cardboard coated with the paint -- which is annoying, because I don't want a piece of cardboard, I want to test how the paint is to work with, how it covers, how it spreads, etc.

Regardless, even the lame cardboard hasn't arrived either.

Don't mean to whine about something free, and I'm certainly willing to wait for their production capacity to catch up with the demand for their offer. But it'd be nice if they gave out the samples as promised so that we can see if it really is going to work as described, rather than a piece of cardboard that we can't do much with.

Mostly, I just want to see if it would work for a small project I'm considering: thought bubbles in my media room, over each multimedia piece (bubble over TV, over radio, over computer, etc.)

Update: just checked the IdeaPaint website and they're now saying they offer "dry samples" -- which, to me, doesn't sound much like a sample at all. I know what a dry-erase board is, I've had them since elementary school. A piece of paper coated with their paint doesn't help me figure out whether or not their paint covers well, if I would or wouldn't need primer (and if so, how much), how many coats of their paint I'd need, or how it spreads with the roller.

I guess they are busy sending out samples into the commercial market instead..we got to try this out last year in our office. It is a 2 step process and goes on just like paint. (takes a little while to cure though). BTW- sounds like there may be a competitor in the market shortly that could offer a similar product and not just in bright white.

Eh, my boyfriend used this in his studio to write set lists etc... on and he hated it. It didn't erase very well at all.

Yes! Tired of blackboard paint.

We had this company come into our design office (they're represented by MDC Wallcoverings) and they said that they are coming up with other colors. It's a complicated scientific process though because each color has to work with the dry erase markers and each marker has a different chemical make up etc.. so it's not so easy.

What's really cool about this product is the story which you may not be familiar with. It was invented by college students!

Rustoleum has whiteboard paint as well. I recently did an entire dinning table with it and we've loved it so far. It does take a while to cure, but it's pretty neat for game night.

http://geekdetails.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/giant-whiteboard-table/

I hate encouraging children to write on the walls....cause you know that they will get it into their heads that they can do that anywhere they want.

The price is almost $200 for 50 sf (smallest avail.)... Oy!

Dry-erase exists in self-adhesive roll form (about $6). I am planning to use this instead ...No mess too!

Other than giving little kids a seriously mixed message....it would be fun to have in at least one area of your house. Life a foyer guest book....then people could sign in or out. Or bathroom wall messages that are fun and maybe personal between the couple living there.