Dry Erase Whiteboard Wall Paint

Product Description

Dry Erase Paint transforms interior surfaces including drywall, masonry, wood, cement, metal and more into a writeable-erasable surface. Go ahead and draw on the walls, it erases! A clever way to keep track of daily chores, draw plans in a meeting or keep the kids occupied. Remove markings with an eraser, lint free cloth or dry erase cleaner. Easy to apply and ready for markers in 3 days. Note after blending paint for application, it must be used within 1 hour. Apply blue painters tape around the area you wish to paint and apply 2 to 3 coats. Wait 10-15 minutes between coats and apply a primer prior to use over dark color, bare wood and new drywall.

Features

• Indoor use on a variety of objects including walls, doors, cabinet doors, message centers, menu boards, toy chests, craft projects and more
• Dries to the touch in 1 hour, cleans up with soap & water and covers up to 55 sq ft with 2 coats
• To apply, mix pats A and B and coat surface within 1 hour of mixing with a dense foam roller or brush
• For optimal results read instructions completely prior to use and allow surface to cure for 3 full days before using
• Provides a smooth, hard, glossy finish that creates a writeable-erasable surface

Top Reviews

My experience was successful - here's why.
by Sharon11675 (4 out of 5 stars)
December 30, 2013

After reading the reviews of this product I was terrified to use it, but really wanted a dry erase wall. So I called the Rust-Oleum customer service line and asked them a number of questions based on the reviews I'd read on Amazon. Here's what I learned to make this product work successfully.
1. The number one reason for product failure is expired product. End of story. This paint is only good for one year from date of manufacture. To determine the manufacturing date, look at the number printed on the bottom of the large can. Let's say it says 83219R. The representative told me to disregard the first and last digits and look at those in the middle. This paint would have been manufactured on February 19, 2013 (year is first, then month, then date). If it's more than a year from manufacture return it because it will fail. I realize this contradicts another excellent review that said to look at the last digit on the bottom of the can. It's possible that Rust-Oleum changed their numbering system and may do so again. When in doubt, call. I also would not purchase this product online because you can't personally check the cans (sorry, Amazon). The first cans I bought at Home Depot were indeed expired and when I exchanged them for newer product Home Depot put my expired cans back on the shelf and pretty much ignored what I said. So some other poor sap is going to have a dry erase wall from hell. I would suggest checking every can before purchase, period. You can hold a summoning and bring Michelangelo himself back from the dead to paint your wall, but if the product is expired it will suck regardless of who puts it on.
2. The second reason for failure is using the product too long after mixing. It's only good for 60 minutes after mixing the two cans. Period. If you start to get clumps, bumps or whatever it's been out too long and will fail. Don't put it on the wall, call Rust-Oleum and pitch a fit. I used a disposable paint tray and did the cut-in work last so that the freshest paint was rollered on to the largest portion of the wall. I discarded the disposable tray when I did a second coat so that there was no product older than one hour mixing with the fresh product. The fresher, the better. That seemed to work really well.
3. Rust-Oleum says that two coats is sufficient. I disagree. When I had put two coats on my wall it was evident that the coverage was uneven so I added a third coat. This seemed to work. A fourth probably wouldn't be amiss, either, but I was honestly getting tired of this whole saga and decided three was enough. So far, so good.
4. Use the rollers that they recommend. If you don't, you get bubbles, sticky drips, etc. When using the recommended rollers it went on exactly as described. I got the wrong roller when I went back for the third coat and had to re-do it with a foam brush to get rid of the bubbles - tedious, to say the least, but I deserved it for taking a shortcut. So follow directions.
5. Once it's dry use the recommended markers - no low odor! We used expo traditional markers and they were just fine. The expo remover is also helpful in cleaning off completely, when you just erase it does leave a faint mark. My 8-year-old can clean the wall just fine, and the fact that he cleans anything is a miracle enough to give a positive rating.
6. It is not necessary to skim coat, sand or otherwise reconstruct your wall prior to painting. (Reference previous comment regarding Michelangelo.) I simply painted the wall with a good primer and applied the dry erase paint over that. Your wall can be as smooth as a baby's backside but if your paint is old your writing won't erase, you will be pissed off and come to Amazon to write a scathing review. You don't have to kill yourself with renovations to make it work!

After the wall had cured we tried drawing on it and it worked fine. My son is drawing super heroes to his heart's content without the mess of a chalk wall. They erase beautifully and he moves on to the next theme. So, success!!

I gave this product four stars because I believe Rust-Oleum needs to seriously examine their packaging and consumer education. It needs to plainly state how to identify if your product is expired. This isn't a fast moving product so it's very likely stuff on the shelf in your store is going to be expired and the product is getting a bad reputation because people are using old paint. They also need to train their front end people (Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.) to pull old kits so that more people have successful experiences with fresh kits. They also need to stress not mixing old paint (more than one hour old) with new paint. So don't pour your new mix into your old tray with remnants of the previous kit. It's more complicated than the chalk paint and their packaging and directions need to reflect that, but don't.

So yes, we have a totally cool dry erase wall, but I practically had to get a Master's Degree in Dry Erase Studies to ensure it was successful. It's worth it if you plan ahead and make sure you're getting the right product and using it as directed.

Good luck!
****UPDATE**** 1/28/2015

I've had the wall for a year and have had very few problems with it. If you leave something up for a long time it doesn't easily erase with the eraser but comes off without difficulty using Expo cleaner or Windex. Different colors of markers are harder to get off, like purple - but again, Windex removes everything so it's not an issue.

I'm really happy with this purchase. There are no stains and it looks fantastic.

UPDATE FEBRUARY, 2016

Here's a picture, two years on. Any smudging can be removed with the expo cleaner or Windex. It looks a little yellow because I took the photo after dark. Honestly, I'm pretty happy with it!
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LOVE THIS PRODUCT
by Sharese L Williams (5 out of 5 stars)
August 10, 2015

LOVE THIS PRODUCT. I teach in an older building and wanted to update my chalkboards with whiteboards without spending a lot of money. When I discovered this product I was thrilled. I read all the reviews and watched videos of how to correctly and successfully apply the product. I checked the date at the store and let the people at Home Depot know about the 1 year expiration on this kit (the paint lady had no idea and had sold many kits). I was a little worried considering this product has a bunch of people who it didn't work for but decided that it was worth the $22 to give it a try. I think to successfully use this product you need to:
1) make sure the kit is within the 1 year expiration. Date is inside the box on the cans.
2) paint the surface you're going to use with a primer. Let it dry for a full week.
3) mix the kit and use within one hour. Seriously. Set a timer. You'll be painting over it when its a little tacky but it will work.
4) Paint with the foam roller the kit recommends. Just do it. If you use something else the texture will be off.
5) Let it sit for a week. 7 days. No cheating.
6) Use expensive, brand name markers. Expo works for me just fine. Some colors come off easier than others but they all come off with either a little more elbow grease or Expo liquid cleaner.

Also, the box says this kit will cover a 7' x 7' space with a few coats. I covered a 4' x 15' space with four coats just fine. The box recommends a minimum of 2 coats but I would go for at least 4.

I will have to do a follow up later this year to say how well this product held up in a first grade classroom but for now I'm so pleased with my new white boards!
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Less Than Half Full After Mixig Product
by Christine (1 out of 5 stars)
August 21, 2018

Before I begin, let me just say that I used this product back in August of 2015, purchased from Home Depot, when I re-surfaced a chalkboard and made it into a dry erase board, and it worked perfectly. No problems whatsoever, and worked well for years. (I did sand and prime the boards thoroughly before hand and followed the directions exactly). I had no complaints at the time.

That being said, when I moved to a new classroom this year I decided to do the same thing again. Followed same process, sand/prime, etc. When I went to mix and apply the dry erase paint, the larger can was barely half full when I opened the packaging. After adding the smaller can, the entire container was barely half full. It did not cover anything close to the entire area I was working with even though it was well within the suggested guidelines. I am livid that now I am probably going to have to purchase this paint again at a Home Depot just to finish what should have been a simple project.
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Do not buy! Expiration codes do not matter! This is just a bad product.
by Alexander W. Groleau (1 out of 5 stars)
March 22, 2017

Do not buy this product. I, for whatever reason, overlooked the poor reviews here due to the hope that many people were receiving expired items. My paint was only a few months old and looked like trash on the wall, after following all directions exactly. Moreover, a few days later I attempted to write on said wall with a standard expo marker, and it did not erase at all, five seconds after drawing.
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Replacement for a Whiteboard
by Adam Rainford (5 out of 5 stars)
November 24, 2018

I used this product to make the top of my desk a whiteboard. I was extremely impressed with the outcome. It looks just like a whiteboard and makes life a lot more convenient. To clean it I use Expo whiteboard care cleaner to clean it down and it looks good as new. Something I didn't expect was that after using it as a desktop it did get a bit scratched up but overall I would highly recommend it.
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Didn't work for me. Good luck to you.
by babybebop (1 out of 5 stars)
December 8, 2017

I used this on two projects, as instructed. One glass, one wood. Neither worked. The directions aren't hard. Maybe I had a bad batch. But it was for Christmas presents so that was a bummer.
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you will come out with an excellent result (at least we did)
by The Merciers (4 out of 5 stars)
October 7, 2017

This is the second time we ended up purchasing the Rustoleum dry erase paint. If you follow the directions on the label and you take your time, you will come out with an excellent result (at least we did).

For our project, we took an old bench, about three feet by two feet, and we sanded it down. We started with 80 grit and worked our way to like 400 grit. We had a nice, super smooth sanding. After that, we followed the instructions to the letter, waited the required time, and now we have an amazing white-board bench for our daughter to use as a desk.

But be fair warned: This CAN come out poorly if you don't sand properly or follow the directions properly. We originally used some Rustoleum dry erase paint and we ended up getting a "clear coat" style that worked well for us by first painting the surface with another color (pink, in this case) and then applying the dry erase paint over it.
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Simple to do and works great!
by N.J. Harris (4 out of 5 stars)
October 1, 2013

Pros:

This stuff is great. You just mix one can into another and paint it on the wall. It's not exactly like a dry erase board, but it works just like one after it cures. The markers wipe right off... except for this one red one I have but I think that's because of the marker not the paint. The box suggests two to three coats to make sure it covers the paint beneath and cures properly. I did two, rather quickly done, coats. Some of the blue paint on my original wall shows through but it's not bad, and if I had done another coat I'm pretty sure it would have been solid white. It's a great product. I used it to make striped sections on the wall next to and behind my desk. So now I can take notes and write reminders right there on the wall instead of having to put them on paper and trying to make everything fit on the old cork board. It's really convenient and actually get's my attention more than the reminder notes did because it's like, on the wall. Over all I'm very happy with it.

Con:

Only thing I did not like about this product was the smell. I expected for it to have one so it wasn't that big of a deal but I didn't expect for it to be that strong. It was quite potent for the two days and it took about three or four days before it went away completely. So if you have allergies or don't do good with paint smell, make sure you can close off the room you paint this in for a few days. Otherwise it'll really mess with your sinuses.
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They erased fine with a damp scrub brush
by T. Mark Graham (5 out of 5 stars)
April 20, 2015

I use it on storage bins for recording customer data. I used to apply masking tape and write on that, but over the years, the tape residue was getting nasty.

My bins are textured and my first attempt did not go so well. The textured plastic bins were too rough and even with 5-6 coats, they still didn't fill the texturing and dry-erase well. They erased fine with a damp scrub brush. I mixed the catalyst with the paint in the supplied can and put the lid on the can between each coat. I decided the principle was sound, but my application was not.

I bought a second can, and with it, I first applied 2-3 coats of a latex white to get a smoother base. Then 3 coats of the rustoleum worked like a charm.

Since I knew I wasn't going to use all of it, I mixed in an open-top container, and noticed that after 30 minutes, the paint was thickening a bit. This was a good thing, as I wanted a thicker coat. It's initially very thin and drips too easily.

I am going to redo my first batch of bins with latex first, and then the rest of my second can - but I'm going to leave the can open for a half hour or so before applying so as to take advantage of the paint thickening as it cures.
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still easy to clean after several weeks
by GP (5 out of 5 stars)
September 1, 2019

Fairly easy to apply the pain, use a good roller and don't take too long once the paint is mixed.

The surface still looks good and dry erase markers clean up very easily. I have avoided using red markers and the low-odor type, because they are supposed to be generally the worst for leaving a stain.

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