Turn Any Framed Glass into a Black Chalkboard with This Easy DIY Tutorial
DIY black chalkboard paints are all the rage these days. They have been for awhile at present, actually. Which means that there are a variety of methods of how to make a DIY chalkboard, and so it can be hard to know which ones actually work.
This tutorial will show yous exactly how using chalkboard spray paint and an old picture show frame.
View in gallery This method is extremely unproblematic, and it works bang-up every bit long as you consummate each stride entirely. Ready to create the easiest DIY chalkboard you'll ever make using Rustoleum chalkboard paint? Here'due south how.
What You Need to Make Your Own Chalkboard
- an onetime framed picture or empty moving picture frame with glass
- palm sander
- fine dust sand paper disc
- painter's tape
- Rustoleum chalkboard spray paint
- chalk
How to Make a DIY Chalkboard
Step 1: Sanding the Glass
View in gallery Cull a piece of framed glass in whatever size or shape you desire. You can selection up cheap, large frames at austerity stores, or you might just have 1 lying around. Carefully give the glass a adept sanding with some coarse sandpaper or steel wool. I used 80 grit sandpaper here. Exist sure if you're using a power sander that the glass is firmly and evenly supported on the underside, or it will break. Y'all'll want to see some scratching of the glass surface. Wipe off the drinking glass and frame with a soft cloth.
Footstep 2: Tape the Frame
View in gallery Tape off the frame with painters' record. Take care to keep record border, fifty-fifty 1mm, off the glass completely, or your chalkboard will have blank spots.
Step iii: How to Use the Chalkboard Paint
View in gallery Milkshake up a tin of Rustoleum chalkboard spray paint. You might be hesitant near chalkboard pigment in spray form. I don't blame you. Only if you've sanded your glass thoroughly so that the spray paint tin have something to grip to, your chalkboard will turn out beautifully.
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View in gallery Spray in low-cal, fifty-fifty strokes, across your framed drinking glass. Resist the urge to apply the chalkboard spray paint likewise thickly with each layer. It'southward critical that the pigment is thin enough that it tin can dry completely.
Note: You can brand your own chalkboard paint if you lot'd rather. We've included how at the bottom of this article.
Stride 4: Removing Painter'south Tape
View in gallery Follow the guidelines on the chalkboard spray paint for coating. I did four *very* lite coats, waiting most v-x minutes between each glaze, in the sunshine. After your last coat has been practical, immediately skin your painters' tape off at a 45-degree angle. Allow the chalkboard to dry and harden. Due to weather circumstances, I allow this chalkboard sit for over 48 hours then it had a practiced and hard surface earlier I fifty-fifty got close to it with chalk. And then I advisedly peeled abroad the painter's tape.
Step five: How to Condition a Chalkboard
View in gallery Later on your DIY chalkboard paint is thoroughly hardened, and before you do annihilation else, have the side of a piece of chalk and rub it all effectually the surface of your chalkboard. If you skip this step, the first affair that you write on your chalkboard will probable never come up off completely.
View in gallery Once your chalkboard surface has been covered completely with the side of a piece of chalk, erase the chalk completely. This is called workout your chalkboard and it'southward an important step so don't skip it.
View in gallery Your chalkboard is now ready to apply. Yous can write on it, erase it, and write on information technology over again, over and over. Just like a regular chalkboard. And to recollect that this spray-on chalkboard was then easy to make!
View in gallery Considering information technology's on glass, your chalkboard surface will be completely smooth, which is fun to write on.
View in gallery I honey the vintage appeal of a great chalkboard. Yous will need to have care not to scratch your new chalkboard, merely that's non really whatever ground-breaking advice when it comes to chalkboards anyhow. *shudder*
View in gallery Final Stride: Hanging Your Chalkboard
One of the many benefits of creating a DIY chalkboard on a piece of already framed glass is that the mounting hardware is already installed.
Hands hang your chalkboard wherever you want it! This one is hung nigh 2 anxiety off the footing, prepare for picayune artists to use their creativity.
( Note: If you lot're interested, cheque out the tutorial for building a elementary DIY picture frame to mount some tactile-sky mermaid tail fabric, shown adjacent to the DIY chalkboard here.)
View in gallery FAQ:
How to Brand a Chalkboard Wall
This is easy! Simply tape off the wall you desire to employ as a chalkboard or tape off only a section of it. Proceed to give the area a quick wipe downwardly to remove any dirt. Then, use either roll-on chalkboard paint or chalkboard spray paint to encompass the area.
How to Clean a Chalkboard
Wipe off any backlog chalk with a dry cloth. Then, using warm water with a picayune vinegar, launder the chalkboard surface. Dry out with a towel.
How to Make Chalkboard Paint
Get i cup of latex paint and add ii tablespoons of tile grout. Mix thoroughly and, voila! DIY chalkboard paint of any color!
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View in gallery Source: https://www.homedit.com/chalkboard-paint-on-glass/
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