Wet Erase Woes

Cat Who Sleeps With Dogs · Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:23 am

Just finished a mightily fun base attack game with my two sons and one of their friends! We had a great time, but did notice one issue cleaning up.

We have been playing for the last six months or so, and have been doing fine with wet erase markers. I prefer them over dry erase as the kids seem to end up removing a lot of marks accidentally with the dry erase pens.

All the wet erase ink cleaned up fine except off of two ships, and I noticed the lamination on these two ship cards is sort of "matte" compared to the others. Looking through my other ship cards, a lot of them seem to be this way. When I clean these matte ship cards with water, the marks lighten somewhat, but are still clearly there.

Is there a problem with some of the ship cards or is this intentional? Do I need to switch to dry erase?

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:04 pm

We've [Battlegroup Murfreesboro] been using our Fed Comm cards on a regular basis since Day 1 and have had no issues.

We started out using Vis-a-vis brand, wet erase markers. They erase completely with just water.

Although a couple of years ago I did find nine boxes of Expo brand, fine point, dry erase markers in the clearance aisle at Walmart. Yes - they are all green markers, but it was NINE BOXES of 12 markers each for $1 a box!

Cat Who Sleeps With Dogs · Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:36 pm

Tony, do you have any of the newer matte finished ship cards? If so, can you test the Vis-a-Vis wet erase markers on them?

Post by **Steve Cole** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:38 pm

There were some cards without the proper coating that we got and shippped. Leanna made the printer do them over so email her (sales@starfleetgames.com) and discuss replacements.

Cat Who Sleeps With Dogs · Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:07 pm

Steve, thank you for responding so promptly! I have emailed Leanna.