Monday, November 26, 2012

Bread Board / Chalk Board

I wanted to add a chalk board to my kitchen to quickly and easily jot down groceries we needed without searching for a pen and pad of paper. So I picked up this old bread board for $2.49 at Value Village and had plan...

I used Circa 1850 to remove the varnish and a layer of paint, then sanded it down. Even though some of the paint remained, I knew the chalk board paint would cover it so I didn't worry about removing it all.


Since I wanted to try my spray on chalk board paint, I masked off the parts of the board I wanted to keep natural.


Then I painted it using two coats of Rustoleum spray paint. What a quick project! It dried in 20 minutes, and after an hour I removed the tape, primed it with chalk and wiped it down.

A loop of rope through the top, plus some to hold a piece of chalk (with a bit of E6000 glue to hold it on the back) and I was done!


Easy peasy.

2 comments:

  1. Great idea! But why do you have to prime the paint with chalk?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ah, you should always drag a piece of chalk across a newly-painted chalkboard then wipe it with a dry cloth (I use a piece of felt) so that when you write on the surface, it rubs off easily.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know you were by. I appreciate and read with delight each and every comment!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...