How to Paint a Message Board - Free Painting Instructions

Supplies needed: Surface, (of course I am using up the the 200 doors that are in the cellar) Refer to this. Crackle medium of your choice A candle A good 1/2 inch flat brush. Sponge Chalkboard Paint DecoArt Americana Black Cocoa Bleached Sand Heritage Brick Antique Maroon Milk Chocolate Antique Gold Mustard Seed Butter Another version...they all come out different. If you have pre-finished doors, sand the areas that you are going to paint. Paint the frame and the main area black. (Almost everything I paint starts out black.) Decide on the area that you want to be the chalkboard and mark it off. For an arch, find the center of your board and mark it. Fold a piece of paper in half and cut an arch with scissors. Line up the centers and trace the arch with chalk. Tape off the straight edges and paint a heavy coat of the chalkboard paint on the marked out area. Sponge the chalkboard paint. (I hoard sponges from in jewelry boxes, they are perfect for this sponging and for sponging back...