Chalkboard paint

For water-based paint made with chalk, see Chalk paint.

Chalkboard paint is a specialized paint that creates a chalkboard-like coating that can be utilized as a writing surface in the same manner as a traditional chalkboard. Chalkboard paint is commonly made out of a mixture of talc,^[1][2] acrylic,^[1] water, glycol, titanium dioxide,^[3] carbon black,^[4] opacifiers, silica,^[2] and esters. It may also contain acetone, propane, butane, xylene, ethylbenzene, amorphous silica, n-butyl acetate, and propylene glycol methyl ether acetate^[4] which are industrial standard ingredients used in inks and paints as thinners, olfactory, and pigmentation agents.

A chalkboard-painted wall surface