What makes a permanent grid on white board? Help needed with homemade "tac-tiles"

[Aristotle]

I wonder if my hand is steady enough for this. I got some Alea Tools counters (arriving soon I hope) and was thinking of doing a sheet metal backer for my battlemat. Then I found "magentic receptive" materials at a few different sites that have wet-erase-friendly vynil surfaces. If someone would put a water-resistant grid on them, they'd be about perfect.

 

[Job]

I would suggest marking the lines on the whiteboard with permanent marker and covering it with clear laminate. The clear laminate has the benefit of being able to be used with both wet and dry erase markers.

I used inexpensive foamboard as the backing (instead of whiteboard), drew lines on the foamboard using permanent marker, and then laminated each board. Our group loves them!

Job.

 

[Scribble]

The markers my fiance uses are called aptly enough: "lab writers..."

They aren't alchohal soluble so they won't come off of plastic. They can even apparently write on wet glass.

 

[Kzach]

Any chance someone in America could use the following link to determine just who makes the Wipe Works products so that I can chase down a supplier in Australia?

http://ucanhealth.com/local/?cz=36201&type=Merchandise&term=Wipe+Works+Dry+Erase+Interlocking#

 

[smootrk]

I have used the large easel style paper with grid pre-printed on it, followed up with a fairly large sheet of clear plastic placed on top of it.

cheap, easy, reusable, and easily replaced if a true mishap occurred.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Here is what we use. http://www.magnatag.com/page/TP/supply/whiteboard-chart-tape.asp

It is 1/16 Tape. We use it on our large whiteboard to form a grid pattern we use for both HERO System Speeds and D&D initiative and to keep track of rounds. We can write in effects and durations for however long effects last then just wipe them off after each combat with the grid remaining intact.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I have wanted some tac-tiles for a while now but the company seems to have stopped making them. For those of you who don't know, they are interlocking squares with a grid that you can use for a battlemat.

Now an office supply company has produced interlocking 8 in. x 8 in. white-board pieces for home and office use. They require the same white-board markers used in classrooms and conference rooms.

Do you have a link or name of this product, I am interested as well.

 

[Fedifensor]

You'd think with all the people trying to recreate "tac-tiles", the company that made them would have done better. Maybe another company will try to fill the void...

 

[Kzach]

You'd think with all the people trying to recreate "tac-tiles", the company that made them would have done better. Maybe another company will try to fill the void...

The void has been filled by Wipe Works. They make interlocking 12"x12" or 5"x5" dry erase squares sold in packets of 6 each.

But finding them has proven to be next to impossible on the net. The only place I can find that has them on the net is Big Lots but their website is all messed up and the crappy picture they have of the product is too small to see who manufactures them.

Once again: http://ucanhealth.com/local/?cz=36201&type=Merchandise&term=Wipe+Works+Dry+Erase+Interlocking#

 

[Fedifensor]

The void has been filled by Wipe Works. They make interlocking 12"x12" or 5"x5" dry erase squares sold in packets of 6 each.

Do they have the grid on them? If not, then it's not filling the void. Not everyone has the time, creativity, and steady hands to put their own grid on the product...plus, messing up can get expensive.

But finding them has proven to be next to impossible on the net.

Again, if you can't find it to purchase it, the product is not filling the void.