If you do something, anything, towards what you’re working on, just a tiny bit each day, you will make even more progress than you will if you do a “jump in feet first go all out Saturday afternoon then do nothing the rest of the week” kind of work session.
I did two coats and let them dry about 2-3 minutes between coats.I always hear people say that you need to put a crazy amount like 8 coats on when you do chalkboards, or that you need to let it sit for 24 hours before you touch it, but I’ve only ever done 2 coats and have always just barely let it dry, even on glass, and my chalkboards always turn out perfectly.
So if you want to take the impatient route like I do, I say go ahead!.Next, I “seasoned” them by rubbing some chalk all over them and then wiping it off.. Time to see how they look!I used some thumb tacks to attach them to the fronts of the baskets.
I just pressed them right in and they held on beautifully.They look pretty neat too.. A few extras for fanciness and I had just the look I wanted.. You might think it sounds crazy to try and use cardboard to make a chalkboard, but it really works just as well as any other surface once you get the paint on there.
That stuff is magic.. Here’s one in action!
I’m pleased with it.I was watering it regularly, but not too regularly.
Bringing it inside during sunny times of day, everything.Then it was done.. Time to throw it in the trash.. As a last ditch experiment, I decided to cut it back a little.
Then, hey, why not, I cut it back a lot.Completely actually.