Whiteboard or Chalkboard

[lizziebell]

My feed whiteboard is starting to fall apart. There’s a lot of “ghost” writing from over the years and rust from the frame spreading across it. The feed room is a spare stable so prone to moisture - do I replace for another whiteboard or do people find chalkboards work better in this environment ?

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I've not had a white board at the yard, but my 2 blackboards are both over 30 years old and still going..... tho one does have a bit of rot on the corner of the wooden frame now.
One in feed shed, the other in hay barn.

 

[lizziebell]

Thanks Fuzzy, that’s really helpful. Do you use chalk pens or normal chalk sticks ?

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Thanks Fuzzy, that’s really helpful. Do you use chalk pens or normal chalk sticks ?

Chalk sticks, I buy a pack about every 5 or 6 years or longer, keep the box inside a little Tupperware box, leaving one stick out on the side. Lasts for ages.
Easy to wipe with old damp cloth, but make sure you dry off properly as chalk doesn't like writing on damp, tho once written it stays put nicely ☺

 

[lizziebell]

Thanks. We use a chalkboard in the kitchen with chalk sticks, just wasn’t sure whether they’d work as well in a barn/ damp environment.

 

[Goldenstar]

I use whiteboards

 

[rextherobber]

Like TFF, I use a vintage chalkboard

 

[Bob notacob]

you can repaint a chalk board. With a white board all you need is some dumb**** to use the wrong pen and its *******d

 

[Auslander]

you can repaint a chalk board. With a white board all you need is some dumb**** to use the wrong pen and its *******d

Agree! I have a whiteboard in the feedroom, with the horses names/feed types written in red Sharpie, and the rations in whiteboard marker (with a system whereby any changes are written in green, which my sidekick changes to black once she's seen the changes, and any meds are written in red.
Some idiot keep using the sharpie to mark up the meds...and that idiot is me. I have taken my bottle of nail polish remover up to the yard, as I am more likely to sharpie the feed board than paint my nails!