DIY Chalkboard Mirror

Hello again! Hope everyone is doing well. Today I bring you a tutorial for something everyone is doing: a chalkboard from an old mirror. There are a couple reasons why I am doing this. One is because I am using a new product, chalkboard spray paint. The second is because this mirror is not removable, and I learned some hard lessons. Let's get started.

My new best friend.

First, supplies:

1. Old mirror
2. Chalkboard spray paint (or regular paint)
3. Frog tape, or any painter's tape
4. Newspaper

So the first thing I did was tape the frame with frog tape. I use frog tape because it's awesome, but you can use any painter's tape you want.

Then I covered the whole frame with newspaper. I am not a dainty painter so I didn't want any getting on my frame.

Then, I painted. Let me start off by saying that I LOVE the chalkboard spray paint. It's soooo much easier to use, and there are no brush marks left behind. The cons, however, are that more coats are needed and the spray paint does not go as far as a can of paint. But these are things I can live with! Now the really bad. Because this was spray paint I decided to do it outside. I will never do this again. I had to do 5 coats of paint because stupid damn bugs kept dying in my paint! So I would take them out with my x-acto knife, let it dry, and repaint. Oh my God, I am only painting inside from now on! Anyway, this is my painted mirror.

Ignore my stupid foot.

Then after it was all dry and there were NO bugs, and it was all smooth and pretty, I removed the tape. Then, disaster strikes again.

Ooooh, so clean!

The good: no paint on the frame! The bad: no paint on the mirror. I tried touching it up with chalkboard paint, but it doesn't match exactly. Now I had to go back, retape, and RESPRAY! Kill me. Everything turned out fine though, and the finished product is beautiful! Any questions can go in the comments.

You can see the missing paint on the bottom.