MMmmman this deserves so much more views. I wouldve just given up after that first coat and bawl my eyes out. Lovely lovely lovely

I wanted to share my DIY chalkboard experience as I wish someone had explained it to me when using this rustoleum paint.

Beautiful job! Thanks for sharing the tips you learned along the way!

Oh my gosh! TY so much for this tutorial Cynthia. My project starts this week. I know I’d never get through it without your advise!

Thank you for sharing your experience 🤗

Thank you for posting this. I've this second done a small square on my door and I'm only one coat in and already thinking what the hell! Your video made me feel better. Your board looks amazing!

Thank you for the video and honesty on the process.

Thank you for this I needed to see someone useing it. Very good job on the video and the editing was also very good. Kepp it up!

Yours looks great. We're about to attempt ours this weekend. We wanted to check out your tips before we got started. Thanks.

your house has some beautiful spaces, Cynthia. you're very talented. needed these tips badly. thanks!

Wow excellent. Thank you

I LOVED THIS VIDEOOOOO! So much value 🖤🖤🖤 Thanks for sharing, Cynthia! About to start my first blackboard wall project, almost same size as this one! Very helpful video 🫶

Awesome! ❤

Your home is dreamy! Bravo! Love it and enjoyed stumbling across your video!

Thank you😁 I love the artwork also👍

Your home's open layout is perfect! Great job, I'm gonna do this for my nieces' bedroom! Thanks for sharing Cynthia!

About to tackle my first chalk wall....thanks for sharing your experience! This will help me manage my expextations 😂

Thank you so very much for this video!! ❤

Really great video! Very informative. Thank you for sharing! Have a blessed New Year!

Awesome job!

I Love this. Thank You!!!

U did an excellent job. The look on your face when U thought it wasn’t right. U made me scared 2 try. It’s really beautiful.

Thank you for this and you seem like quite the chalk artist !

I subscribed when you wrote it on the wall… lol too cute and it looks amazing

Great video. I've been thinking of doing this. What kind of saw is that? I'm so new to doing DIY stuff and I need to get a saw but am not sure what to start with.

This video was so helpful. I’m going to hopefully do a chalkboard wall in my living room (going to do an art design on it and then seal it) and this was so helpful . Thank you Ps: Your kitchen is absolutely gorgeous!!

I will try to paint this board on my room 😍thanks for super idea's ❤❤

Thanks so much ! I was also getting freaked out after first 2 coats

very cool channel, i suspect this will make my wife very happy ty :)

Lovely cheers from Pennsylvania Blessings 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

very nice job

great

Can you paint a vinyl sign with chalkboard paint? Will it still be easy to write on?

Your husband’s cousin was smiling he was so proud of you. 😊

Sheesh! I wanted to do my son’s nursery with a chalkboard accent wall…but not so sure I’ll get the results I hoped for. I’m grateful to you for making this video. You did a great job!!

You’ve definitely painted a gajillion things at least! This is huge!! A labor of love for sure. Love it so much! How often do you plan on changing out the art work?

It always takes more coats on plaster and painted wall. Normally, it takes 2-3 coats less on untreated wood ;)

Definitely use outside sidewalk chalk. It's very soft

How much paint did u use? I have a quart that says 120-150 sq ft. I guess if u need 5-7 coats u divide project by that? Must take a lot of paint

Looks great. The only concern I have is the dust. After having used it for a while, has that become an issue in your kitchen area?

Very nice!! You are very talented!!👏👏

I did like 4 coats and did a little sanding then two more coats. It's no joke

The streaks where there because of your painting skills

what is the color of your interior, I like it🙋🏽‍♀️and is it flat, semi

I made a chalkboard wall And watch the video. It turned out great until I put chalk on board.Both directions like he said, when I erased the chop off.I had scratches all on the chat board.. I wiped it completely off when it wiped it off and did another coat of Chalkboard paint And I smoothed off the sharp edges on each side of the chalk. But I'm so scared to do it again.Do you have any suggestions?

Hi, do you know if there is a black chalk one can use to season the board?

uh yeah im putting this in my gym lol

Would it help to prime the area with a black primer?

Does it smell strong when painting? I want to do my kitchen/bedroom door but I'm afraid the smell might bother my toddler.

I confess I came here to see what size lumber you used for the frame and I haven't started the paining yet so take that into consideration with what advice I have. I was worried about using a roller as most of my work is wipe on or regular brushes and airbrushes so I called my cousin who custom paints everything from walls and cabinets as well as chain stores all over the Canadian east coast. He said the taping and cutting in us the hardest part but where this in nowhere near a corner, ceiling, or lightswitch no cutting in needed lol. First fir a painted or primed wall do it just the way you have tape it up and give it a scuff or with a bare wall or if using a removable chalkboard cut out do any sanding and knot/ blemish filling now and seal the plywood then another quick scuff sand just get rid of the "orange peel" if it feels bumpy but this shouldn't happen it should be smooth. Now with the rollerload it up good you will want to apply lots put to much so it sags or runs then he usually does a big Z sorta stroke to evenly apply the extra where you need at (he also said for a whole wall he would roughly divide in 3 sections doing one at a time so in effect you'll make 3 Zeds across the wall by the time you're done). Now go back to one side and pait up and down in a very slight curve and move right to left ( or vise versa if you are right handed 😂). You don't need a lot of pressure here and after the first swipe near the tape put this pressure more on the side of the roller where the handle attaches (also should have mentioned the handle side needs to be facing the way you are painting. He assures me 4 isn't needed but hey a pro so I might cut that time back a little but not much besides I got other projects, housework, a wife and 5 young "adult" children to keep me busy for several 4 hour coats ha ha. Also again no sanding is needed unless you have stopped long enough for it to cure. He suggested 2-3 coats +1 when using chalk paint and the rest from cuing to installing the border and conditioning goes exactly how you've done it. He suggests the wall paint was too glossy for a base layer but also you weren't using enough paint and were way too erratic with your roller direction causing very thin almost see through areas as well as lines galore. Most of this can be fixed just as you have with extra coats but by doing it the suggested way could save you just on this project enough to make 2 chalkboards for the price of one. pS very beautiful if turned out nice AND you told me what dimensions your border is and it looks perfect so thanks for the great video.....most videos I've seen don't focus in that all

Can you use chalkboard markers on it?

You poor thing! I can feel your pain on that chalk paint Really it looks very good and your video is grat😊

Very informative video, thank you. As someone who's hand writing is absolutely dreadful I can appreciate how pretty yours is. Very nice. So just to be clear, anytime you wet the chalkboard you have to cure it regardless of how long the its been on the wall?

So I wonder can we use it in our nursery for constant writing and erasing for the kids? I wonder!

first get a bigger roller and wet the brush so its moist before dipping into chalk paint its ok to go back on the first coat or any coat to apply in light spots

So you can never clean the chalkboard with a wet cloth?

HUNDREDTH COMMENT! I bought my paint before I decided to do research. 😂 Great video! What kind of roller did you use and have you ever tried using chalk markers on it? ❤

How many cans did it take?

its called a left and right cut Mizz Lady

why does it need to be cured before using it???

I could smell the chalk dust when she was cleaning!

I am Indian it's uses

The paint I used was 100 times easier two coats and done. But not shiny finish matte black.

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After all this I bet she doesn’t even use the thing