They don't work. You get tiny scratches and the marks are not visible at all.
A proper chalkboard is made of slate. It has a distinct surface that grabs material off the chalk-stick and holds it there.
These things are like cardboard painted with black paint. The chalk-stick hardly makes a mark. Black paint does not a chalkboard make. I used to run into black-paint-boards in other people's offices. I guess they didn't know any better, but they never used their chalkboards. Guess why? Because the chalkboard didn't work. Just like these things, they don't work.
Not good enough!
My chalk is decades old. Could that make a difference? I tried chalk from three different manufacturers and of four different colors. Didn't seem to make any difference.
You're supposed to prepare the surface of a chalkboard, and re-prepare it every year (I did mine as a ritual during Christmas Break). Using the side of the chalk-stick, cover the board uniformly and then erase with vigor. I used a terry-towel cloth, since I couldn't find my old eraser. Didn't help. Actually made it marginally worse, since the weak marklets the chalk makes are even harder to see against the new smoky background instead of plain black.
Nope. Great idea; too bad it wasn't implemented well.
--Gil Dawson
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I have seen many room makeovers where the people have used chalkboard paint. I didn't want that for me, this was the best solution. Now I have them all over the house. I leave little notes to myself for different rooms in the house. Now I don't forget.
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