I am going to paint a 4' x 6' piece of luan (sp?) with a wood frame behind it as an everchanging art piece on my new apartment. its goingto be leaning against the wall so no worries about the weight of it. my one concern is the chalk dust... how do you keep it to a minimum and prevent it from flying all over the place??? I am going to have a lot of dark fabrics in the new space so chalk dust will show on most pieces.
Rachel
February 22, 2008
my wall is bumpy as well, is it still possible to do this or would it be better just to put a chalkboard on the wall itself? looks great, nice job
AinshaNit
February 05, 2007
enormous and fantastic!!
MOGREE
January 22, 2007
What type of walls do people have, are they smooth? I have a more bumpy texture. Suggestions?
erinn
December 15, 2006
I just helped a client do this in her kitchen-dining area. We put two coats of magnetic paint on first. Then two coats of chalkboard paint over it. I wasn't sure about the magnetic paint still working, but it did. She uses it for kid entertainment, a place to pin up the kids' artwork, and then she also uses it when she has dinner parties. She writes the dinner menu up on the wall. Her guests love it.
SimpleMindedPapaZulu
December 09, 2006
sounds pretty nifty. i think im gonna give this a shot.
robophobic
December 07, 2006
We had an old fridge that we painted as a chalkboard. The original paint was starting to flake off, so we sanded down the doors and used chalkboard spray-paint on them. We glued a thin wooden border around both doors, and now everyone wants to draw on our fridge!
MissGnomer
December 07, 2006
I've been searching for anyone who's painted their fridge with chalkboard paint. Any suggestions for painting on vinyl?
booizzy
December 06, 2006
wooks, the finish will get even better after you draw and erase a few masterpieces.
wooks
December 06, 2006
Hey just to follow up, my chalkboard paint came out nice and matte after another coat - the tin says you should sand between coats which'd probably help more too.
My kitchen now has an awesome chalkboard - thanks for the great post :)
UmAnOnion
I am going to paint a 4' x 6' piece of luan (sp?) with a wood frame behind it as an everchanging art piece on my new apartment. its goingto be leaning against the wall so no worries about the weight of it. my one concern is the chalk dust... how do you keep it to a minimum and prevent it from flying all over the place??? I am going to have a lot of dark fabrics in the new space so chalk dust will show on most pieces.
Rachel
AinshaNit
MOGREE
erinn
SimpleMindedPapaZulu
sounds pretty nifty. i think im gonna give this a shot.
robophobic
We had an old fridge that we painted as a chalkboard. The original paint was starting to flake off, so we sanded down the doors and used chalkboard spray-paint on them. We glued a thin wooden border around both doors, and now everyone wants to draw on our fridge!
MissGnomer
booizzy
wooks
Hey just to follow up, my chalkboard paint came out nice and matte after another coat - the tin says you should sand between coats which'd probably help more too.
My kitchen now has an awesome chalkboard - thanks for the great post :)
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