Magnetic Chalkboard Wall Paint

How to turn any wall into a huge chalkboard using rust oleum paint.

Magnetic chalkboard wall paint.

If your wall has any holes or bumps in it this is the time to sand it out. Chalkboard paint is made specifically to be used as a chalkboard. How to paint a magnetic chalkboard wall step 1. I added a magnetic primer so we can put pictures on it too.

Rust oleum magnetic chalkboard paint is a tough scratch resistant finish that allows you to create a writeable wipeable chalkboard surface that attracts magnets. If you can get away with one coat that is best but i ended up doing two. But vinly magnetic chalkboard wall paper can. After 3 coats of magnetic paint the area still was not magnetic enough to hold most magnets.

The thing that interrupt the attract tion of magnets to a sheet of steel is space between the steel surface and the magnet. My brother had used this room as an office several years ago and there were holes in the walls still from where he hung things. Step one is priming and prepping the wall. If i can do it you can do.

The more paint you have over the magnetic layer the less effective it will be supposedly. So i filled those in and sanded them down when it dried.