Chalk painting?

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That seems to be latest craze around here with people offering classes and tons of stuff painted with it and then waxed.

I looked at it online and thought of it as a possibility for my kitchen cabinets.  That isn't original to me; an example was shown at the site at which I was looking.  It looked much more professional than just paint.

I don't have time to do this with school starting in two weeks.  But I think I'm going to take the class.

I also wondered if any of you had seen it/done it.

If this is so last year, remember that I do live in Alabama.  News travels slowly here. 

[constanz22]

There's a lady here that is buying old pieces of wooden furniture and refinishing with chalk paint and reselling at a huge profit. He work is beautiful from what I see from the pics. My concern is durability. I can't see it being a good solution for kitchen cabinets. It is more for decorative pieces, not functional pieces. It is waxed, but not sealed in any way. I asked her about a table she had, if it would be ok to use as a kitchen table and got a very vague answer (basically no).

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I'm bumping this because someone other than me and Constanz must have heard of chalk painting.

Constanz, the article I read said the wax was a sealer.  You may have to repeat it every year, however.

[midjd]

Do you mean the paint that makes a chalkboard surface? That's all I've heard of as far as chalk painting. Seems like it would be neat/useful in certain areas.

Don't know if I'd want to re-wax cabinets every year, though...

[constanz22]

No Mid, this is something entirely different...

[constanz22]

Susanna-look up "Piper Hill Treasures" on Facebook. This is the page for the woman I was talking about. Her work is beautiful, just not sure how functional.

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I will, Constanz, although I looked it up online, which is where I found the cabinet reference.  The article said you may have to reseal it every year if you use stuff like Mr. Clean.  I actually use Murphy soap on my cabinets, so it might be all right if I resealed every year.

The stuff is really pretty.  The class is supposed to be 50% less than what other people are charging.  I'd like to learn the technique even if I only used it on a few old pieces here.  I'll brobably go.

Mid, you are talking about chalkboard paint.  I don't know where this got its name, but it has a real following around here.  I only heard about it recently. 

I am not big on repainting wood furniture; refinishing strikes me as better.  But it would be heck to refinish our cabinets.  That is why I wondered if this would work.  It would be $3300 to have them repainted.  I did the bathroom cabinets; they look ok but amateurish.