Have you ever bought a chalkboard, get it home and it sucks? I have, I have even thrown out a couple because I did not know you were suppose to prime your chalkboard.
1) cover the entire chalkboard surface with chalk, use the side and in all directions… left to right, top to bottom, criss cross, just make sure there is a hefty layer of chalk.
2) wipe with a damp cloth.
3) wipe dry
and you are done….
I made these with inexpensive plastic trays from target & lined them with chalkboard contact paper. I am going to use them to take photographs on my kids first day of kindergarten.
Thanks for the tip – I ordered some chalkboard fabric and even though the shop said it had to be ‘primed’ I didn’t know how to do it!
Thanks for visiting- I found this tip because I was searching for chalkboard paper & fabric and started reading other peoples reviews of them.
cheers & good luck with your fabric hunt.
Who knew? I had no idea about priming a chalkboard…great tip and I love the new blog! Theresa
I use chalkboards for everything- menues, reminders, notes, etc… I never knew but noticed that my crappy boards if I didn’t throw them out got better over time… so why not make them work the first go around?
Thanks for visiting.