I'm considering getting a nice large whiteboard for my living room. The problem is: I've got a light-coloured carpet in the room and I'm afraid if the whiteboard marker ink leaves stains on the carpet.
At work, I see the stains on the floor from time to time, but seemingly they come from people cleaning the sponge by rubbing it on the edges, which I wouldn't do of course.
So the question is: In casual use, will I get a color stain below the whiteboard in some time? If yes, is it difficult to clean it from the carpet?
Best Answer
If this is for adults only I wouldn't be worried about it. I have a large dry-erase board in my office that my family uses and light tan carpet and we have never had an issue. The key is making sure you whiteboard has a tray to put the markers in and not to leave markers open (which dries them out).
If for kids I would say you run the same risk as them coloring with markers at a table. Certainly they will destroy things and make a mess. I specifically left certain things off my house to-do list until my kids got older.
Either way if you want piece of mind I would scotch guard the entire area. I would use interior automotive spray which I use in all my cars and did my kids carpets with them. A couple of layers and basically you can spill anything within reason on the floor.