How to Make a Whole Wall a Blackboard

Though your children may enjoy drawing and coloring, you don't want them using their bedroom walls as a canvas. One way to save your walls while encouraging creative expression is to paint a bedroom wall so that it can be used a blackboard. You can make a blackboard wall using a few basic supplies that can be found at any home improvement or craft supply store.

Spackling compound
Drop cloth
Painter's tape
Paint tray
Blackboard paint
Paintbrush, 2 inch flat
Paint roller

Instructions

- 1
  Clean the wall using a mild cleaner and allow the wall to dry thoroughly. Fill any nail holes using spackling compound.
- 2
  Lay a drop cloth over your floor where the floor meets the wall, and tape the drop cloth along the edge of the wall using painter's tape. This tape can be removed without peeling off existing paint or leaving a sticky residue behind.
- 3
  Fill a paint tray with blackboard paint, which is available at paint supply and craft stores.
- 4
  Coat a 2 inch flat paintbrush with blackboard paint, and apply a strip of the paint along the top edge, bottom edge and corners of the wall.
- 5
  Coat a paint roller with blackboard paint, then apply the paint over the surface of the wall using the coated roller. Cover the wall with an even layer of blackboard paint.
- 6
  Allow the paint to air dry for 8 hours, then apply two more layers of blackboard paint using the same methods as before. Allow the paint to dry for 8 hours in between the layers.
- 7
  Remove the paint tape and drop cloths before use.

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