Even with 5 coats and waiting 20 minutes inbetween coats, I could still see too much of the wood grain for my liking. So I decided to go back to the drawing board…errr chalkboard! This time I went to Hobby Lobby.
Hobby Lobby had many more sizes of chalkboard paint. This one was $2.99 and I used a 40 % off coupon from their website on my cellphone.
The coverage was much better and I quickly achieved the results I was looking for with just 2 coats!
I let it dry overnight and removed the tape!
Then I tried it out.
It’s perfect for grocery lists, reminders, calendar memos, poetry or love notes to my fresh hubby! 💗
And all it takes is:
Update: 9/15 Hubby used it!