The low down on chalk paint...

Well I managed to finally shut one voice up in my head... I now know what kind of paint I am using if I do end up painting my cupboards and anything else that isn't nailed down. 


While doing some research, I came across a wonderful blog that has a recipe to make your own "chalk paint".  Don't worry I will share the link, hold tight.  As you well know that stuff is like liquid gold.  I can't tell you how elated I was to find out I can make my own and now so can you. 

I really wanted to try this stuff, no sanding, no priming... how much better can it get. Unfortunately the cheap side of my brain will not allow me to spend that kind of money on paint.  I don't care what it does.  Have you priced that stuff in Canada?   


Now for the other inquiring minds out there... here's the goods on the notorious "chalk paint".  This is just one ingredient that Sherry shares... there are two more.  I think this is the one I am going to choose. 


What is Calcium Carbonate?
Calcium carbonate, or CaCO3, comprises more than 4% of the earth’s crust and is found throughout the world. Its most common natural forms are chalk, limestone, and marble, produced by the sedimentation of the shells of small fossilized snails, shellfish, and coral over millions of years. Although all three forms are identical in chemical terms, they differ in many other respects, including purity, whiteness, thickness and homogeneity. Calcium carbonate is one of the most useful and versatile materials known to man.


Many of us encounter calcium carbonate for the first time in the school classroom, where we use blackboard chalk.

Paper, Plastics, Paints, and Coatings: Calcium carbonate is the most widely used mineral in the paper, plastics, paints and coatings industries both as a filler – and due to its special white color - as a coating pigment. In the paper industry it is valued worldwide for its high brightness and light scattering characteristics, and is used as an inexpensive filler to make bright opaque paper. Filler is used at the wet-end of paper making machines, and calcium carbonate filler allows for the paper to be bright and smooth. As an extender, calcium carbonate can represent as much as 30% by weight in paints. Calcium carbonate also is used widely as a filler in adhesives, and sealants. 

Now, run on over to this very kind lady that shared her recipe and her knowledge with us and be sure to thank her.  I am sure she is no stranger to many of you.  Her blog is to die for.  This woman has some serious talent happening.  Believe me you won't be disappointed.

Good luck and please if you try or have tried this would you be so kind to share your findings with the rest of us. 

Hugs,

I have people talking in my head...

It has been awhile since I have had the chance to get back here and update this blog.  Thanks for hangin in there.

My head seems to be twirling around and around lately.  Do you have so many projects in your head you can't stop long enough to pin just one of them down?  I exhaust myself thinking about it, then I am too tired to tackle it.

I have been desperately wanting to update my house a bit lately.  I "thought" I would start with painting my kitchen cupboards a light colour as it faces north and my cupboards are a dark oak. Now they are nothing to write home about, anything special or out of the ordinary.  So why is it anyone I tell of my plans thinks I have fallen off the pumpkin truck and hit my head?  You see they are perfectly fine, without a blemish and they were custom made by the previous owners.  I don't have any attachment to them, personally I really don't even like them.  So why, oh why am I having such a problem with this. 

I have this beautiful plan in my head and I just can't seem to get my brain to send that message down to my hands.  I have even gone so far as to buy a paint sprayer, albeit I have no clue how to use one, but I am certainly willing to try. 

I have been on U-Tube and all over the web seeking out instructions... seeking out my next big purchase, which happens to be a farmhouse sink, new countertops, new flooring... oh the prices are killing me.  I need to win the lottery to fit all my ideas into my budget.

 So I ask you how do I shut those voices off in my head.  How do I overcome my fear of doing all that work and thinking to myself, what the hell were you thinking? 

(hopefully I will be posting this soon as the before pic)

Stay tuned,

I have to turn the volume down... those voices are screaming again. 

Do you have those voices lurking around in your space too?

How do you get the little buggers to shut up?

I really need your help on this one my friends... I think I am slowly going insane...lol

Hugs,