Chalkboard Table

Step 6 Chalk

Put some blackboard chalk in the chalk holder and you should be good to go.

Comments

[what it is hoe]

if you're worried about lead....don't be. they sell acrylic latex chalkboard paint at a few stores if you look around with absolutely no led in it. great tutorial also! my girlfriend and i have been looking everywhere for a table to buy and now im just going to make this one instead

[snowluck2345]

I don't think people are worried about lead paint considering it has been outlawed in the united states for over 30 years and most companies manufacture a single product to keep costs down.

[MediumKing]

Awesome idea, but almost all of the chalkboard paint I've seen has been lead based.  Might not be the best idea for a table you're planning on eating off of. 

[articice]

actually, lead paint is not a good idea at all ;(

[BobbyCage]

 lol... no, not for eating.  strictly drawing, writing and coloring. things to do for a child and myself when ideas pop up + save on paper

[alozzam]

first, nice tutorial.  second, if people really like this idea, but would like to able to eat of it then use glass.  i think it looks just as cool and cleans up a little better.  I wanted a desk that i could write on so i built it with 1/4 in glass and i write on it with dry erase markers.  works like a charm.

[BobbyCage]

that's pretty neat. never heard of chalkboard paint but I think I'll get some and try this on an old table I have sitting around

[Tgwizman]

This is a great Idea, but will the chalk just go right on it or do you have to put some sort of a plastic film on it?

[Kryptonite]

Should go straight on, that's what the blackboard paint does.