Chalkboard Wall
By booizzy
This is the easiest project ever:
empty wall + 1 can chalkboard paint = instant conversation piece
It took about 30 minutes to get the wall covered and it only cost $20.
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My name is Jen, and I own a little house in downtown Salt Lake where...
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 :)
inkyR
kiddynomite
wooks
roadvermin
Interactive 'thrones' are so underrated!
This chalkboard wall is fantastic, thank you for the idea.
-RV's Girl
bruno
Anybody heard of magnetic paint primer? Here's a link.
Alicia's mom used this stuff in their downstairs bathroom to make a magnetic poetry wall right across from the, uh, throne. Makes using the bathroom a lot more expressive.
Example:
booizzy
That is a good questions, Gradon. I would imagine you can, but it might take a lot of coats to cover black chalkboard paint with white.
I've heard of putting up corkboard and painting that with chalkboard paint. Squares of corkboard might be pretty easy to put up and take down on rental walls.
Gradon
booizzy
Thanks, like I said it was really easy to do. The paint itself is only about $12/quart. It covers really well, and you don't need primer.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone who has kids or has friends/relatives who bring their kids over to visit. I don't have much in the way of kid friendly entertainment so when my niece and nephew come over, they get bored pretty quickly. I just pull out the chalk and they entertain themselves for hours.
And it's fun for adults too.
urbanmom
benmoore
I found this how to make chalkboard paint link:
Material:
3 teaspoons acrylic paint [colour of choice]
1 1/2 teaspoons glazing medium [water based]
1/2 teaspoon powder tile grout"
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