Not very techy or ‘VJ’ but I have to make a note of this product somewhere:  Some time ago we did a service where we wanted to have people write on the pillars in the church.  To do this we had to wrap the pillars with clingfilm to ensure that the pen didn’t go through onto the paintwork and then wrap paper round.  It was time consuming, and just a lot of hassle although it did work.

At the planning meeting for this month’s Deeper we decided to do something similar (draw a vine on the pillar and have people write on it or stick notes to it).  By chance a couple of days later I caught a product on BBC’s Dragon’s Den which looked like it might be worth getting hold of.   It is called Magic Whiteboard, and is a roll of statically charged plastic sheets (60cmx80cm – the size of a flip chart sheet).  The sheets stick to the wall due to the static, when I say stick the best way I can describe it is like when you start to hang wallpaper and can slide it around on the wall.  We tested it on a pillar for three weeks with no problem.  Next, as well as being able to write on this without the pen coming through in any way you can also stick paper onto the Magic Whiteboard material.  The main thing I was unsure about from the web site and video demonstrations was how it would work onto the curved stone surface of a church pillar rather than a smooth plaster or wall-paper finish in an office setting.  We had no problem at all, we put up a test sheet in a corner of the church and left it for three weeks with the heating coming and going and there was no loss of ’stick’. A fantastic product worth trying out, the only negative I would say is that it seems a little expensive but we found it worth it and have started coming up with more ways of using this.  Now, if only the sister product Magic Blackout came in sizes big enough for stained glass windows…