How To Clean Reverse Battle Map Chessex

2011-06-25,07:03 PM (ISO 8601)

I was using a Chessex Battlemat for a game earlier, cartoon on information technology as y'all do. When the game was over, however, I spent about xl minutes trying to clean the damn thing off, and in that location'due south still marks; some faint, and some heavy and smudgy.

Anyone know a good style of cleaning battlemats that doesn't involve using chemicals that will cook off one-half the surface?

2011-06-25,07:35 PM (ISO 8601)

Are you using an appropriate moisture erase marker?

Dampen a paper towel and it literally wipes right off in a swipe. You must exist doing something wrong: Either using a marker not suited for it or non wetting any you are using to clean it.

2011-06-25,07:38 PM (ISO 8601)

Rubbing alcohol works skilful for removing mark. (even permanent mark)

i don't have any Battlemats and then i don't know what at that place made of. if it's fabricated of paper don't use Rubbing alcohol(it will soak into the paper). if information technology'south made out of plastic with press on it, i would test a modest corner to make sure the alcohol doesn't remove whatever of the printing. if it's paper that's laminated in that location information technology shouldn't be a trouble.

2011-06-25,07:48 PM (ISO 8601)

Sometimes I'll go out marker on a map for weeks or grab the wrong type of mark, so if water doesn't make clean the mat, I use mess master, something I use at piece of work as a florist. a quick google search shows information technology for sale, merely you might ask your local florist if you can borrow their's since it takes very little to clean a battlemat: http://www.createforless.com/Design+.../pid14364.aspx

2011-06-25,07:49 PM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted past Ozreth View Post

Are you using an appropriate wet erase marker?

Dampen a paper towel and it literally wipes correct off in a swipe. You lot must exist doing something incorrect: Either using a mark non suited for it or not wetting whatever you are using to clean information technology.

I thought I was using the right sort of marker. Evidently non though.

2011-06-25,09:37 PM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted by Aidan305 View Post

I thought I was using the correct sort of marker. Evidently not though.

Yeah, I dunno : /

I've always used the ones they sell at game stores and they wipe right off. I'd switch : )

2011-06-25,09:fifty PM (ISO 8601)

In my experiance the blue and black pens exit smudges if yous permit them dry out on earlier wiping them off, while they green and blood-red pens ever leave smudges.

2011-06-27,03:27 PM (ISO 8601)

Use Crayola washable markers. There's a plethora of colors to choose from, and they come off with a wet paper towel.

2011-06-27,04:xiv PM (ISO 8601)

It sounds strange, but if you have some vodka laying around y'all can utilize that to clean information technology up. Works like a charm. I only had expensive volcanic rock filtered vodka, but I'k sure the cheap stuff would work just equally well.

2011-06-28,12:16 PM (ISO 8601)

Rubbing alcohol works, but you take to exist VERY conscientious equally this will remove your grid lines besides.

I've heard Actually good things about a Mr Clean Magic Eraser for this awarding, merely have not been able to examination ane out myself.

2011-06-28,07:53 PM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted by Kalirren View Post

I remember that isopropanol is best, really; that'due south what the commercial dry out erase cleaners are. Of course, I don't know where to get isopropanol in general, my male parent gets it from his laboratory

Well, outside of labs, they phone call isopropanol "isopropyl alcohol", AKA the same mutual rubbing alcohol mentioned several times above.
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, AKA hooch / everclear / vodka) does pretty much the exact same things, solvent wise. Merely I bet your dad would get in trouble for bringing that home. I always wanted to swipe i of the 3 gallon drums of 95% ethanol I'd see lying around at the U. For cleaning purposes, of grade... :)

2011-06-28,07:57 PM (ISO 8601)

I happen to own that battlemat, and I've never had this problem. The kind of markers you want to apply are the kinds that teachers use on overhead projector slides. Otherwise, considering information technology's slightly porous, the marks volition just sink correct in. Wet erase markers practice the trick.

2011-06-28,11:ten PM (ISO 8601)

Beyond getting the right kind of markers if yous don't have them already, the all-time things I can suggest are:

one. Try not to leave drawings on the mat for too long, considering fifty-fifty the erasable markers volition sometimes leave marks if you let it sit too long.

ii. Find out which colors erase better than others on your mat. I draw a lot of things in greenish because that seems to come out amend than blue, red, or specially brown. The brownish marker always seems to leave a bright pinkish marker when I erase that.

2011-06-30,12:22 AM (ISO 8601)

I take a related nevertheless opposite question: What'south the best way to permanently marking on dry out-erase boards?

Basically, I'm trying to decide between a pre-printed battlemat and magnetic dry-erase board. Information technology seems similar being magnetic would trump the portability (I have a bunch of printable magnet paper laying around that I can apply for tokens), just if I can't mark grid lines in such a way that the normal methods of removing drawings won't also remove the grid lines, the whole decision is moot.

2011-06-thirty,12:34 AM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted by Nepenthe View Post

I accept a related yet opposite question: What'southward the best way to permanently mark on dry out-erase boards?

Basically, I'yard trying to determine between a pre-printed battlemat and magnetic dry-erase lath. It seems similar being magnetic would trump the portability (I have a bunch of printable magnet paper laying around that I can use for tokens), but if I tin't mark grid lines in such a way that the normal methods of removing drawings won't also remove the grid lines, the whole decision is moot.

You could endeavour using permanent mark, but I think that would probable smudge on a dry erase board.

You lot could also endeavour cutting electrical tape into thin strips and marking off a grid with that.

2011-06-30,12:44 AM (ISO 8601)

I take always heard the best way is to draw a grid with permanent marker and a ruler, so have a knife and a straightedge and cut along the permanent marker lines. Eventually the gouges from the knife will fill with ink and get nighttime enough to readily come across.

2011-06-30,01:fifteen AM (ISO 8601)

Try diluting the rubbing booze instead of using information technology straight (one office rubbing booze to 10 parts water in a spray canteen). It'll help a lot and is less likely to harm your mat. Yet, I've found window cleaner similar Windex works very well equally does just a mixture of distilled white vinegar and water (10:1 ratio again). It'due south the same sort of vinyl they use in things similar sofas and vesture, so anything that'southward safety to apply on that volition exist fine on the battlemat (only may or may not damage the pre-printed lines). No matter what y'all use, test it on a modest corner with press (like the Chessex logo outside the filigree) commencement to make sure it won't remove the lines or damage the surface.

And recall that DRY erase markers are EVIL when information technology comes to battlemats. They're but every bit bad every bit using permanent markers.

2011-06-30,02:08 AM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted past Velaryon

You could as well try cutting electric tape into sparse strips and marker off a grid with that.

Sounds like a good idea. The record might be hard to draw over, but at least if it becomes problematic I can just rip it all off and try something different.

Quote Originally Posted past Talakeal

I take e'er heard the best style is to draw a grid with permanent mark and a ruler, so take a knife and a straightedge and cut along the permanent mark lines.

This occurred to me, only I'm worried that breaking the surface of the board might cause it to peel or deteriorate further. Has anyone actually tried this?

hmm... peradventure I should simply put something metal nether a battlemat and so I can nonetheless use my magnets...

Thanks for the tips, everyone.

2011-06-30,03:45 AM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted by Nepenthe View Post

hmm... possibly I should but put something metal under a battlemat so I tin can nevertheless use my magnets...

Thanks for the tips, everyone.

One of the more awesome DIY boards I've seen was someone who took a thin sheet of steel and bolted it onto some plywood, then put hinges and attached a frame that had plastic (or maybe lexan) that had gridlines painted on the underside (etched the gridlines in, painted, so peeled off what didn't get into the cracks). So information technology basically ended upwards a battlegrid you could lift the summit on, lay down a paper/print-out/poster, shut the lid, draw on the top, utilise magnetic bases on, and wash make clean without worrying about spills, smudges, losing the gridlines, etc. Almost no portability, only information technology certainly was awesome.

2011-07-01,09:31 PM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted by Nepenthe View Post

I have a related still opposite question: What'south the best way to permanently mark on dry-erase boards?

Basically, I'm trying to decide between a pre-printed battlemat and magnetic dry out-erase board. Information technology seems like beingness magnetic would trump the portability (I accept a bunch of printable magnet paper laying around that I can utilise for tokens), but if I tin't mark grid lines in such a fashion that the normal methods of removing drawings won't also remove the filigree lines, the whole decision is moot.

Litko make's stencils for gridlines:
http://www.litko.internet/products/i-inch...attern%29.html
http://world wide web.litko.cyberspace/products/1-inch...attern%29.html
http://www.litko.cyberspace/products/1-inch...attern%29.html

Spraypaint should be fairly permanent...

2011-07-01,10:04 PM (ISO 8601)

Quote Originally Posted by TheAbstruseOne View Post

One of the more awesome DIY boards I've seen was someone who took a thin canvass of steel and bolted it onto some plywood, then put hinges and attached a frame that had plastic (or possibly lexan) that had gridlines painted on the underside (etched the gridlines in, painted, and then peeled off what didn't get into the cracks). And so it basically ended upwards a battlegrid you could lift the top on, lay downward a paper/print-out/poster, close the lid, draw on the top, use magnetic bases on, and wash clean without worrying about spills, smudges, losing the gridlines, etc. Almost no portability, but it certainly was awesome.

That sounds awesome, and now I wanna make one. Actually, if you did information technology without the plywood, you could probably add some portability to it.

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