In the Interest of Full Disclosure

I'm generally a pretty honest person.

But, on an extremely obsolete and rare occasion, it's possible that I might have told the eensiest, little tiny, itty-bitty lie.

Today I'm here to fess up to a little one I told you all a few months ago.

I didn't do it intentionally.

Pinky swear!

Let's start at the beginning...

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You may remember this post at Christmas time, where I showed you all my brilliant ornament covered chalkboard.

And I told you that the hot glue I used to affix those lovely ornaments would come off with "No Problems"!!

Well that was true the day I put them up.
Honestly, I tested it, no problems at all... that day.

Fast forward a month later, and we have this.

I'm guessing I don't have to point out the obvious.

The obvious being that I lied to you and the hot glue did cause a problem.
Wasn't this Mr. Concrete's idea in the first place?? 
Yes... let's blame him.

Alright, now that I know he's sufficiently sorry (or thinks it's my fault since I certainly didn't have to follow his advice),
I HAVE TO FIX MY CHALKBOARD!

I decided that since they were just tiny little spots, I'd pull out my chalkboard paint and carefully dab it on with a sponge brush.
It was perfect.
Until I added the chalk.

Oh. Happy. Day. all the spots are showing. (where's that sarcastic font when I need it!)

Now this is a homemade chalkboard, made by flipping over an old picture and just painting the backside.
It was never perfect to begin with.
That being said, this is way more "imperfect" than I'm prepared to live with!

The solution that finally worked wasn't quite as simple as just dabbing on some new paint, but close.

I used 100 grit sandpaper and carefully went over each spot and a small area surrounding it.
Then I actually had to break down, decide not to be lazy, and get the paint roller back out. (I was a little lazy, it was the tiny 2" roller, and I only went over the areas I sanded)

About 2-3 coats of paint, sanding between each coat, and it's finally back to the non-perfect chalkboard it was before.

If you look closely, you can still see some of the chalk sticking to the repaired area in the middle, on the right.

But it's good enough for me.

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