# Dry erase markers. They piss me off. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991 "2015-03-26T00:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/21 "2015-03-27T14:18:57Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > I bin them as soon as they fail. I can usually get a semester out of three Expos though (I don’t like using red). Back when my college switched from chalkboards to whiteboards, but before they put projectors in the classrooms (so there was no other way of displaying information to the class), I could easily go through a marker a day. (A day of several math classes, each of which involved lots of writing and working out problems on the board.) > [@leftfield6](#): > > Here’s a tip. never count on the markers left in the classroom or training room to work. Bring your own. Amen. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/22 "2015-03-27T15:09:15Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I try to store them head down. The last a little longer. > [@leftfield6](#): > > The ziploc bags help keep them fresh, as does storing them horizontally. Let’s you and him fight. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/23 "2015-03-27T15:21:00Z")
Dry erase doesn’t on smart boards. And curse the person who put them within reach of it… ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/24 "2015-03-27T16:16:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Let’s you and him fight. Markers at dawn! The grassy area near the sciences building. 😛 In all seriousness, I don’t store them nose down anymore. Not since a few unfortunate, ahem, oozing incidents. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/25 "2015-03-27T17:07:26Z")
**The Librarian** , cool it off. Personal insults are not allowed in this forum. No warning issued. > [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Fuck any teacher who knowingly walks into a classroom without proper tools for his presentation and then whines about the school. WHO do you think is responsible for those tools? The janitor? > > Hell no! it is YOU! > > YOU suck! YOU are unprepared. YOU represent the school. It it YOUR job to prepare your presentation. > > Chalk is always being stolen, working dryboardmarkers have never been spotted in the wild in any (educational) institution. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/26 "2015-03-27T17:07:52Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Markers at dawn! The grassy area near the sciences building. 😛 > > In all seriousness, I don’t store them nose down anymore. Not since a few unfortunate, ahem, oozing incidents. If you’re going to ooze I’m not going to touch you much less fight you. On edit: Also, chicks dig dry eraser scars. Makes you look tough. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/27 "2015-03-28T11:39:38Z")
Sorry, I had some frustration irl spill over my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/28 "2015-03-30T13:12:38Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Sounds like the lighting. Is it unusually yellow? Because that’s exactly what would happen to those colors under yellow light. Yup. The light in the choir loft is VERY yellow! Great call! I am also developing a cataract in my left eye, which puts yellow circles and/or rainbow circles around glaring lights (car headlights at night, in particular). Time to get back to the eye doctor, I think ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/29 "2015-03-30T16:01:22Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I try to store them head down. The last a little longer. > > My biggest complaint with them is that we use them to save notes that sometimes stay up for a few months. After that amount of time they practically have to be sandblasted off the board the “erase” feature of Dry Erase seems to be time dependent. When that happens I scribble over them with a marker. Helps loosen up the ink so you can erase it. ---
**Author:** ![Neem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@Neem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neem)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991/30 "2015-03-30T18:32:45Z")
Hey, I have the solution for you. The fountain pen brand Noodler’s makes dry erase ink called “Bluerase”. I believe it even comes with a free marker pen at most retailers. Otherwise, you can buy one from a brand called Platinum for like $3. Ditch the pointless disposables and go with refillable markers, I say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-erase-markers-they-piss-me-off/715991.md?page=1)