X-13 Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 I'm not sure who does it here, but it's usually done straight after I've written something I need to remember on there.
smithson83 Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Clean.....??????????????, Im sorry what, I dont understand
FN-GM Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Clean.....??????????????, Im sorry what, I dont understand Well clean. They get drity from fingers, (especially smartboards) dust etc
sonofsanta Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Better be teachers. I'm guessing you've been roped into this though On a related note, for those of you who come across a similar situation, ethanol cleans dry wipe marker off a Smartboard, which is lucky for one exam invigilator here.
difinity Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 IT staff, only when permanent pen (where did it come from?!?!) has been used instead of a proper whiteboard pen.
plexer Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 Better be teachers. I'm guessing you've been roped into this though On a related note, for those of you who come across a similar situation, ethanol cleans dry wipe marker off a Smartboard, which is lucky for one exam invigilator here. No I haven't been but our site manager and his caretaking staff have. The danger of anyone other than the teacher responsible cleaning them is that they could have pre-prepared stuff on it and then the cleaners or whoever come along and clean it all off before the next day as has happened in the past. Ben
MaceZ4 Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 I did take to printing out labels that couldn't be pealed off with "DO NOT WRITE ON THIS BOARD" written on and stuck them to the tops of all the IWBs in the school... They got the hint when I'd taken to hiding their marker pens... or gutting the ones that they thought they'd hidden well from me..!
plexer Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 Thanks for all the replies guys can I just point out though that I am referring to standard whiteboards i.e dry wipe boards and not IWB's Thanks. Ben
arwen Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Teachers clean them here, when they need it. We sometimes get phonecalls from the primarys asking how to clean them :-/
MaceZ4 Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Thanks for all the replies guys can I just point out though that I am referring to standard whiteboards i.e dry wipe boards and not IWB's Thanks. Ben In that case.... I don't even look at those boards... couldn't tell you..!
glev26 Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 A company called classmate. http://www.classmate-uk.com sell a whiteboard cleaner which is solvent free and reconditions whiteboards and drywipe surfaces.
glev26 Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Classmate Whiteboard Kit : WHITEBOARD MARKERS : Stationery : Primary School : Welcome to NES Arnold this is the correct link look like they have been taken over since my last order.
Sylv3r Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 The teachers wipe them to write on the board on a daily basis, but they don't ever come out brilliant white. I think the cleaners give them a quick clean during the summer holidays, but it doesn't take look before they look black again once we return in September.
RageRiot Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 no one cleans them here as far as i know. I hate whiteboard neglect. I'd have to clean the boards every few days to keep in line with my OCD if I was a teacher using them. I plan on cleaning the smartboards over the next couple of weeks if I get a chance. I hate to see a dirty board especially if your projecting onto it.
john Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 If there in an IT Room I may clean them as they annoy me when they are more black than white but its not on my job list but if ive cleaned the IWB and desks and PCs might as well give the dry wipe a quick once over with the industrial cleaner and its sparkling white again
mrwobbly Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Not related but I’ve used whiteboard cleaning fluid to remove Biro scribble from monitor screens and it does a great job.
Andrew_C Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 We suffered from a grey palimpsest like effect that we believe to have been caused by cleaners using the local tap water on rags to clean boards. We are on chalk, with very hard water. We think that this was leaving a deposit on the boards that made them very hard to clean properly.
Edu-IT Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 Slightly related. What can be used to clean interactive SMARTBoards?
StevieM Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) Slightly related. What can be used to clean interactive SMARTBoards? The head bought some of this Rahmqvist Interactive Board Cleaning System and gave it to me. Apparently, it's quite expensive and thought the cleaners would apply it too liberally if they used it. Edit: Regarding Dry wipe boards - I used to clean the board in our ICT suite once every couple of weeks as teachers come in, write a few things then leave it. Now I tend not to bother. As far as I'm concerned, if you write on a shared board, you wipe before you leave the room. If there is no space, the teachers can clean it themselves. Edited November 6, 2013 by StevieM
SteveBentley Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 I did take to printing out labels that couldn't be pealed off with "DO NOT WRITE ON THIS BOARD" written on and stuck them to the tops of all the IWBs in the school... They got the hint when I'd taken to hiding their marker pens... or gutting the ones that they thought they'd hidden well from me..! After the languages dept here borrowed one of our rooms and wrote on the projector screen in French I made some "n'ecrivez pas sur cet ecran" stickers. I think they got the message.
Novalee Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 I think no-one. We have a room we sometimes put up a temporary projector in and project onto the whiteboard. I always have to clean it first as it is gross.
TechieWils Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 Slightly related. What can be used to clean interactive SMARTBoards? WD 40 works really well for cleaning whiteboards and getting permanent marker off them as well (dont ask it happens more then I care to think about here) you only need a little but you have to make sure you wipe it all down properly when done. Oh and as for the poll no one really.
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