Cleaning Liquid Chalks off a Chalkboard

I was one of those teenagers who had quotes from songs and books all over her room.  I am no longer a teenager, but I still have favorite quotes that swim around in my head.  We recently remodeled our kitchen and I wanted a chalkboard on our pantry door, not for shopping lists~ but for words I love.

I got the chalkboard and bought some liquid chalks (because I think they look nicer and I liked the bright colors).

I loved it!!! Until it came time to clean it... (Ehhh!)

I tried cloth (awful), water (not much better) and then I tried google.

No one had any great ideas to clean liquid chalk off chalkboards.

I found everything from using lemon juice, Dawn detergent, ammonia, vinegar... 

AND I TRIED IT ALL!

Nothing worked and I was so upset.

Then I saw they sold a special "liquid chalk remover" on Amazon and when I read the comments someone said, "Don't bother!  Just use Windex.  Same ingredients!"

I was so excited because now that I use just soap and water to clean my windows, I had PLENTY of Windex, just sitting in my cleaning closet.

I tried it.

It wasn't wonderful, but at least it got it off.  I had to use some pressure but I did get the vibrant colors off.  You could still see it though, so I thought perhaps I should use some chalk the way one would to 'prime' a chalkboard.

I let it sit for a while... and prayed some...

Then got the Windex back out and...

MUCH BETTER!

So now I can "Write On"

and not be afraid it will stay on!