Slate paint for painting on the wall

Slate paint is a finishing coating, that is, the very last coating applied, with the help of which a wall, floor, table, another similar plane becomes similar to a traditional school board. It is convenient to draw with crayons on this unique surface, placing it in any room - hall, bedroom, hallway, nursery, kitchen, office, cafe, educational institution, etc.

Paint features

The usual slate brown, black, less often - dark green (the color of the "forest thicket") color is familiar to anyone who once attended school. The chalky surface allows you to draw on it with multicolored chalks, the magnetic one - to fasten magnets, there is also a magnetic chalky variant combining the properties of the two previous ones.

Krasochka consists of pigment, latex emulsion base, with the addition of gypsum, acrylic resin, marble chips, in order to create a magnetic surface, metal dust is introduced into it. If desired, the graphite composition can be made yourself by mixing acrylic pigment, gypsum, water, in a ratio of "three to two to one." Any dye is chosen, the finished composition is several times cheaper than the purchased one, but it is kept worse and less durable. The same category includes marker, magnetic-marker compositions - they are made of synthetic polymers with additives, have a texture similar to the graphite version. Draw on this coating is not chalk - only a special, easily washable marker.

The described materials are unique in that they can decorate not only the wall, floor, but also the entire area of ​​the kitchen apron, cabinet door, refrigerator, headboard or foot of the bed, highlight the working, training, dining area. The coating is matte, resistant to mechanical damage, slightly rough. The graphite wall will perfectly decorate such interiors as:

  • loft;
  • industrial;
  • techno;
  • African;
  • brutalism;
  • Scandinavian;
  • minimalism;
  • avant-garde;
  • manga;
  • grunge;
  • eclecticism. This material is almost unacceptable in classical style, Baroque, Gothic, Ampire, Art Nouveau, Ecological, Ethnic, Victorian, Indian, Country, Provence, Arabic, Conservatism, and some others.

The coating is poorly washed off after drying, because the floors, window sills, other places that should not get dye, covered with film.

Advantages disadvantages

Slate paintwork material, which is often called graphite, has a number of significant advantages and disadvantages.

Positive properties:

  • the covering is not afraid of fire, it is steady against emergence of scratches, chips;
  • can be used for the restoration of various household items - from cabinets, refrigerators to flower pots, glassware;
  • does not contain harmful, toxic substances;
  • practically odorless, which is very convenient when decorating a nursery, kitchen, cafeteria, restaurant;
  • on the surface treated with such material it will turn out to be painted with colored chalk;
  • everything that is written is painted on a graphite wall; it is easy to erase it with a usual damp rag;
  • great for rooms where children are often in the habit of painting on walls;
  • it is easily applied to most of the known materials; if necessary, it is easily updated and corrected with the help of sprays selected in tune;
  • if the material is planned to be used in the children's bedroom, this will help free up a large part of the space in which a huge board could stand on an iron stand.

The negative sides are:

  • paint, with the exception of some varieties, is not suitable for use outdoors in cold regions - the coating quickly loses its appearance due to temperature changes;
  • unheated summer cottages, a bath, an open veranda are also rarely painted with slate compounds;
  • if the wall is not periodically cleaned from the chalk, it looks sloppy;
  • functional coating has no decorative value;
  • the material is produced mainly in dark colors, which is not suitable for every interior, making the room gloomy, with excessive use;
  • monochromatic coating can quickly get bored;
  • ordinary chalk is frayed, therefore it is recommended to use special dustless pastel crayons;
  • if the plane is excessively textured, the “blackboard effect” will not work on it - careful alignment is required, followed by polishing;
  • chalk dust is harmful to people who are predisposed to allergies.

The most beautiful combination of several colors in the same room.

Types, release form

Graphite dyes are available in liquid form, packaged in metal cans, spray cans. Individual manufacturers offer whole sets designed for different purposes. It can be paint plus spray, liquid transparent material plus several tinting, slate composition plus a primer containing iron particles, with the help of which a magnetic layer is created, and others. The shelf life of paints is about two years.

Marker paint is matte, glossy, semi-matte. They draw on it with a special marker, erase traces of microfiber cloth. The cost of the material is 70-200 rubles, it is produced in a container with a volume of 500-1000 ml, packaging is enough for 3 or more square meters. When selling as a set, it includes a clear lacquer with hardener, a cup, a stirring stick, an application roller, rubber gloves, a tray.

Color variety

Slate colors are available in various colors:

  • black;
  • white;
  • gray
  • green
  • brown;
  • lilac.

The most common matte black variants - on such a surface it is easy to draw with any chalk, creating an image of the highest possible clarity. Transparent compositions have found wide application - they add pigment to them independently, creating mixtures of various degrees of saturation.

Application area

The plane, painted with graphite paint, originally diversifies the familiar interior. The material is easily applied by hand to:

  • plastered walls;
  • tree;
  • DSP;
  • MDF;
  • OSB;
  • Hardboard;
  • wallpaper for painting;
  • glass wallpaper;
  • metal;
  • glass;
  • ceramics;
  • drywall;
  • PVC

It is possible to paint in this way both the whole apartment and individual elements of the furniture - furniture fronts, columns, a ventilation box, a kitchen apron, a wall in the bathroom, flowerpots, kitchen trays, boxes, storage boxes. The inclined walls of the attic painted with slate paint look interesting, the sides of the stairs leading to the second floor of a private mansion. School classes, rooms for training classes in kindergarten, cafes, offices, clubs of interests.

On the kitchen

The kitchen room is usually decorated with warm, rich colors, at least - dark, monochrome. Often graphite paint emit a kitchen apron - while cooking it is rewritten the recipe, which allows not to refer every time to the book, magazine, notebook, table of measures and weights of various products will also have to be very useful. If the ventilating box is highlighted in color, then this uncomfortable element becomes accent. Magnetic-graphite dye make out the refrigerator, paint the jars for bulk products, and then chalk indicate to them what is inside.

If the kitchen is combined with the reception area, on one of the walls in two contrasting compositions with magnetic filling paint a similarity to a chessboard - chess and checkers on magnetics are made with their own hands from polymer clay and other materials.

In the nursery

In the children's wall, furniture items painted with a graphite mixture play an educational role - the child is allowed to draw on them, wash, immediately create another drawing on the same place. It is much more convenient for parents than to re-glue the wallpaper in the room three times a year or to constantly wash-tint the walls covered with other materials. The children's table is also painted: the children themselves will write with crayons on it everything they want - a “chain” with numbers for playing cubes, a chessboard, a labyrinth for typewriters, “tic-tac-toe” and others. palms or feet of all family members. The study zone is painted in black, dark green tone - here the younger student will master mathematical operations, learn to write letters, etc.

Here, each wall is painted in its color scheme - so the space looks more fun.

In the living room

In the hall, a graphite composition usually draws one large wall - they write on it the "motto of the day", which is periodically changed. In the presence of a home office, important notes are placed on its wall, the slate surface will also help people who are learning a foreign language - complicated words will always be visible, easily remembered. You can even paint zoning partitions in the combined kitchen-living room, bedroom-living room, studio. Decor items such as flower pots, bottles are also sometimes painted.


In the bedroom

Bedroom - a place to rest, because the bright, flashy colors are undesirable here. The exception is the room of the newlyweds, painted in a scarlet, red-orange color that symbolizes passion. A chest of drawers, a wardrobe, drawers in the dressing room can also be painted, after which it is chalked up to sign what lies where. The sleeping area is sometimes highlighted in black, creating some privacy, the space of a mini-office, a place for reading or needlework - a brighter color scheme.

The hallway

The space for drawing is not necessary to do exactly in the children's bedroom - the corridor fits no less. For forgetful members of the family, “reminders” are written here - take the keys, take out the garbage, turn off the lights, walk the dog, etc. You can paint the door with a frosted slate dye - the hallway will be unique in general. When in the corridor there is a stationary "home" telephone, on which they still sometimes talk, the wall serves as a surface for recording numbers, other important information that you want to save immediately.

In catering establishments

In small eateries, cafes, bars, on slate surfaces they write a valid menu or even a Wi-Fi password. In larger catering premises, small corners are made for children's corners, where people leave their children so that they do not interfere with adults to communicate with each other.

Visitors write wishes, reviews on the walls, the staff leaves messages about ongoing tastings, promotions, discounts; corporate events, wedding events.

How to prepare the wall for painting

Preparation of the wall for painting with graphite composition is the same as for other similar types of finishes. First you need to completely remove the remnants of old coatings - wallpaper, paints, films, plasters. After the surface is carefully leveled, the primer is applied, the layer is carefully polished. When applied to metal, wooden planes, products, they must also be pre-primed.

If the old paintwork still keeps well, it is cleaned, degreased using household detergents, polished to matte, the dust is removed. When it is planned to paint not the whole wall, cabinet, table, but only a small part, the borders are created with the help of masking tape.

Application technology

Paint is applied with a roller with a short nap (it is made of microfiber or velor), a soft brush, small curvilinear parts can be painted with a foam pad, spray can, a special spray device. It is important to note that the composition hardens very quickly, it is recommended to apply it in several layers so that the painting is uniform. A spray dye is applied from a distance of 20-30 cm from the treated wall.

If the paint thickens, it is diluted with clean water, adding up to 7-10% to the available volume. Drawing is made at a temperature of + 9C - + 29C - in excessively cold rooms, and also in the open air in the winter, the structure will not keep. Paint consumption in a single-layer application - 120-130 ml per square meter. m

When the mixture is made from "scrap materials" with your own hands, it must be thoroughly mixed, until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.

Manufacturers Rating

The modern market offers a wide range of coloring compositions from domestic, foreign manufacturers. They have differences in: color, degree of haze, consumption per square meter, volume of packaging, country of origin. Prices vary widely, but on average, a 0.75 liter slate bank costs around 1,000 Russian rubles, a liter of marker composition is up to 8,000 rubles. The cost of work on the application ranges from 220-600 rubles per square meter, depends on the type of surface, the number of layers. Alignment, primer walls, magnetic coating, the original painting of the surface is charged separately.

1st place: Blackboardpaint

The brand "Magpaint" from the Netherlands is one of the well-known companies that produces slate paints: black and transparent "Blackboardpaint". Transparent options, if you add a tinting composition to them, will find almost any color. Black paint is available in jars of 500 ml, 1.0, 5.0 liters, transparent - 0.5 and 1.0 liters. It is allowed to put structures with the roller, a brush, an airbrush, drying time - six hours, full drying - three days. The cost of one liter is 1600 rubles, this amount is enough to cover 7-10 square meters. Work master application - 267 rubles. for sq. m.

2nd place: Siberia slate

The slate ink products are produced by the Russian company "Siberia" - this is the tinted paint "Siberia", "Siberia PRO". The material has a high wear resistance, antifungal components are added to it, it is desirable to apply in two layers, if necessary, in three. Water resistance is also "at height", which allows the composition to be used in the kitchen, outdoors.

One liter is enough to paint 4.8-9.5 square meters. m. when applied in one layer. The average price per liter jar "Siberia PRO" - 1090 rubles, "Siberia" tinted - 990 rubles. The stores are available packing the usual "Siberia" at 0.2, 0.5, 0.9, 1.0 liters. Colors - black, blue, green, brown, gray, blue. Other shades are formed using a special slate base. "Siberia PRO" is applied by spraying, comes in packs from one to five liters. Paint application costs 220-247 rubles. per square meter.

3rd place: Krylon Chalkboard Paint

Slate composition "Krylon Chalkboard Paint", produced in the form of black spray, less often - green, paint with the effect of the school board "Krylon Chalkboard Paint Quart" produces the brand "Krylon", located in the United States. Spray "Krylon Chalkboard Paint" in cans of 350 ml, "Krylon Chalkboard Paint quart" - in cans of 950 ml.

The price of one liter of spray "Krylon Chalkboard Paint" - 2700 Russian rubles, "Krylon Chalkboard Paint Quart" - 1500 rubles. When painting walls, furniture, decoration with spraying, it is recommended to protect the respiratory tract with a respirator, gauze bandage, and eyes with special glasses. Drying time of a single layer - 1-4 hours, complete drying - 24 hours. A liter pack is enough for 4.2-5 square meters. Work on painting surfaces with such compositions costs 272-600 rubles. per square meter.

4th place: Tikkurila Liitu

Slate paint "Tikkurila Liitu" is available in black and tinted. They are produced in Finland, the brand "Tikkurila". The surface is matte, withstands up to 5000 erase-drawing cycles, the chalk from it is easily washed off with a damp cloth. The cover comes out eco-friendly, has a rich color, suitable for high-quality restoration of school boards, wall decoration, furniture surfaces. The only drawback is the relative complexity of the application.

The cost of a metal can with a volume of one liter with a black composition is 1100 rubles, a tinted one is 1340 rubles. The drying time of a single layer is about six hours, the final drying of the surface takes 6-7 days, depending on the temperature and humidity of the surrounding air. A liter jar is enough to stain 4.5-4.8 square meters. walls, another surface. The price of staining - 244-297 per "square".

5th place: Le Vanille

The company "Le Vanille" produces a slate, called "Le Vanille", the company itself is located in the Netherlands. The paint is available in one-liter cans, the cost of a liter of this paint and varnish product is 1550 rubles. One layer of material dries in two hours, dried to full readiness for use in five days. Approximate consumption of coloring agent - liter per 5-5.5 square meters. With a neat application on the treated surface, a uniform matte coating resembling a school board is obtained. The cost of working with paint - from 387 rubles per square meter.

6 place: Rainbow VD-AK 1170

Slate means "Rainbow VD-AK 1170" from the domestic manufacturer of paint and varnish compositions "Rainbow" is produced in metal cans, the volume of 0.9 liters. Apply it with rollers, a soft wide brush, spray gun, the drying time of each layer - one hour, complete drying - up to seven days. A liter jar is enough for painting 4.7-9 "squares", its cost is 1200 rubles, the price of application work is 266 rubles. for the quarter. m

The coating is intended for repair work on damaged school boards of various colors, painting furniture, walls, on which later it is planned to be painted with chalk. Применяется для внутренних, наружных работ, имеет высокую стойкость к истиранию - до 10000 циклов. Чтобы окрашенные предметы служили долго, их следует беречь от попадания прямых лучей солнца. Когда требуется сделать поверхность магнитной, предварительно производится обработка специальным железосодержащим грунтом этой же фирмы.

7 место: Rust-Oleum

Good slate variants are made in the USA by the firm "Rust-Oleum" - black "Rust-Oleum", volume 946 ml, "Rust-Oleum spray" packaged in 312 ml. When using the latter, it is necessary to use personal protective equipment for the respiratory organs, eyes, and skin from a dye, particles of which enter the air. The composition is used exclusively for indoor use, put it in two or three layers. Paint on the coating will only carbonate chalk, as other options strongly scratch the surface.

Black "Rust-Oleum" should not be diluted with water, it dries in two hours, completely dried in three days. It takes one hour plus three days to dry the spray. Approximate consumption of liquid dye - one liter per 3.7-3.9 square meters. m., spray - 2.6-4 square meters. m. The cost of a liter of black paint - 1690 rubles, spray in cylinders - 2080 rubles., applying the master - 450-650 rubles per square meter. meter.

Conclusion

Slate surface is easy to create with your own hands, having the right paint. It is possible to draw, write with chalk on such a coating with the whole family, placing the plane in any convenient place of the apartment, private house. Some compositions are suitable even for painting walls, objects of landscape design, located under the open sky - they should be drawn up in the warm season. It is possible to make the most beautiful, durable, original, eco-friendly coating, both by yourself and with the help of invited specialists.

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