Turnabout is fair play, you answered my query and I felt I owe you one... have you given any thought to using HOMASOTE ? If you wish it can be covered with fabric to give a nicer appearance...

also as to the white board, I used a white bath paneling for my garage walls that doubles as a dry erase surface. it appears to be painted masonite...

raisedin99

I have used melamine covered Masonite for several white boards. Cheap enough at $10 a 4x8 sheet. However, I need to be able to attach magnets to it. A few years ago, I made a similar board for my church. The person that requested it done found a place to buy a flexible material that was magnetic and white board. It came rolled up and I applied it using a clay-based wall paper paste. However it was dreadfully expensive, something like $100 for the 4'x6' we needed. My next stop is an appliance parts store to see if they sell appliance panels, like dishwasher front inserts, for a reasonable price.

I will check out the Homasote, though. Thanks.

For the push pin boards, my mom made one using some left over suspended ceiling panels covered with fabric.

Thanks. I was looking at the homosote, then found some pieces of closed cell foam that I have around. I think we're going to wrap it in fabric and frame it.

I gave the ceiling panel some more thought and decided to go with it. Stopped at Lowe's today and saw box after box labeled, "Sold by the Carton Only." Drat.

My wife had some time to kill between work and a meeting, so she stopped at Home Depot, where they had a whole pile of damaged ones, labeled 52 cents/sq.ft. She grabbed a nice one and when she went to check out, they hemmed and hawed, then said they could not sell her just one. So they gave it to her. (!)