Chalkboard Paint Sheet Metal
Apply a couple of coats of primer.
Chalkboard paint sheet metal. While the chalky finish paint is drying on your sheet metal start working on the chalk board s trim. Black flat chalkboard paint the specialty 30 oz. Mind reader mind reader 40x20 free standing chalkboard restaurant sign wooden chalkboard display freestanding heavy duty a frame chalkboard brown item 2571560 model resign brn. So if you are chalk painting on a metal desk or on metal outdoor furniture i would water down the paint.
Step 2 apply chalkboard paint. This durable latex based paint is easy to erase or clean with soap and water and. Personalizeunframed blackboards to any size from our durable non magnetic or professional procelain on steel magnetic chalkboard panels. The ratio will be 1 cup of chalk paint to a 1 4 cup of water.
Black flat chalkboard paint creates a usable chalkboard on a wide variety of surfaces including wood metal concrete masonry and drywall. Just a light rough up will do. The thing that interrupt the attract tion of magnets to a sheet of steel is space between the steel surface and the magnet. To begin the process of chalk painting on metal i will water down my paint if i need to.
Frameless chalkboard sheet materialcut to size and sold by the square foot. You don t need a lot of sanding. Do paint all the pieces of your frame we decided to use our baseboard enamel do take a piece of course steel wool and rough up the surface of the sheet metal to allow the chalkboard paint to stick do buy quality chalkboard paint and a smooth surface roller do paint your sheet metal with the chalkboard paint try and roll in the same direction. Paint an entire wall as a canvas for murals.
Apply two coats of black chalky finish paint to the sheet metal waiting an hour between coats. Cut a piece of masonite board to the size you need this one measured 22 x 24. Purchase a small 6 x 6 inch piece or a complete 4 x 8 foot blackboard magnetic or non magnetic panel for immediate shipping. Apply chalkboard paint to a child s dresser so they can write out the contents of each drawer kids go crazy over this.
I like to use the zinsser primer. Two should measure 22 and the other two 24. How to make a magnetic chalkboard step 1 prep the sheet metal. Cut a total of four pieces of pine planks with a 45 degree angles.
This gives the primer and paint something to grip to. Patrish yes you can paint chalkboard paint on a piece of sheet steel and make a magnetic chalkboard. The specialty 30 oz. You will apply it just the same as you would if you didn t water down the paint.
Chalkboard paint lets you turn any clean surface into a writing slate and a drawing pad for conventional chalk sticks or chalk markers.