Sherwin Williams Vs Benjamin Moore Dry Erase

          Sherwin Williams Vs. Benjamin Moore Dry Erase 

Who Will Be The Winner? Let's See

For those that do not know many companies make a dry erase coating, it can be clear or white, it will allow you to write on the wall or other surfaces you choose.

This is based on personal experience as I have used almost every dry erase coating including, Idea, Rust-Oleum and a few others. These coatings are not inexpensive some costing hundreds of dollars to cover about 100sq ft but when you consider the actual cost of a dry erase board and the flexibility of putting this almost wherever you want the cost is comparable.

Remember the coating you see in the big box stores are typically homeowner variations, they are not even close to the quality of the contractor versions.

 

So I decided to test two after I had no luck with some of the other coatings, some issues I saw were not able to be erased, ghosting (seeing the marker even when erased) Not curing, the coating sagging when applied no matter what we applied it with or how we applied it. Obviously, we want a dry erase coating that actually erases.

Through our relationships with Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore, I was given these coatings to test. First up was Sherwin Williams Sketch Pad, it is a two-part water-based epoxy coating and came in a clear.

We decided to paint the under color red, we used Pro Mar 200 and put on a few coats after patching the wall.

A kit goes about 50 sq ft, after mixing you have one hour of pot life to use this product. 

Everything you need will come in the kit, dry time is four hours, 1 day to recoat and 7 days to cure before using.

So I masked out the wall and rolled on using their roller cover one coat and then coated it again the next day. What did I see? it certainly runs a bit so make sure you mask down the wall a little more than normal and don't over apply.

After 7 days I pulled out the markers and wrote away, it did initially erase but however a few weeks later it got worse and subsequently worse until it would not erase, we had to use a solvent (xylene) to get the marker to erase.

Ease of application 10

Erasability initially 10, after a few weeks 0

Smell not bad

Would we use again no

Would not recommend for a homeowner or on a project

Next up Benjamin Moore Notable.

I will say after using every other product I really wasn't looking forward to another one.

But I was given the kit to try and I like trying new products.

First up I masked out the wall again and lightly sanded and wiped the wall down and primed the wall and repainted it red again using Ultraspec from Benjamin Moore

Again this kit comes with everything you will need, it is a two-part silicone hybrid  based epoxy

It is a wet on wet recoat and 7-day cure 

Here is what I found, it had very little smell, I applied it a bit lighter this time after my experience with all the others sagging which worked.

I love the wet on wet application, two coats in one shot and it's done.

Once completed and after 7 days we went right at it, writing, I could tell right away it looked and felt different and the marker fell off the wall so easy when writing.

One major difference months later it still easily erases.

Ease of application 10

Erasability 10

Smell not bad at all

We would recommend for a homeowner and any project

It is a bit pricey but certain,ly it delivers

I will say if you apply it as recommended it may sag/run, I know that from my past use of these coatings, go a little lighter

Hands down the winner is Benjamin Moore here, not even close.