It started when I visited our local cupcake shop! I fell in love with their blackboard menus and decided this was impact I wanted for my info boards. I also realized I had never used the chalkboard paint I bought from when we first moved into our house three years ago. I initially bought the blackboard paint to use in the kitchen but never did anything with it. So after telling my hubby what I wanted to do off we go to Home Depot for supplies. I knew he wouldn't want the paint directly on the walls and I wasn't too wild at the thought either. So we ended up purchasing plywood that I had divided into three large boards and turn into three large chalkboards.
We also decided to buy magnetic primer and an additional can of chalkboard paint just in case the paint we had was too old, which I believe it was or would have taken an enormous amount of stirring and shaking to combine it again. Three primer coats later this is what we had.
Since the clerk in Home Depot told us that the paint would crack if it was disturbed and need to be in its final resting place before being applied, we attached all three boards to wall and applied three coats of chalk board paint. I have to say that even after one coat of chalkboard paint we could not get a strong enough hold with the magnetic primer so I don't think I would purchase it again without doing a bit more research first.
After lots of waiting, (three days after the final coat and conditioning I finally have my chalkboards! I love it!)
