I recently painted a small side table with tinted chalk board paint (from Lowes) and things really stick to the paint. I sanded/pretreated the surface before hand- but it just isn't awesome on the table top- things I set on it kind of stick weirdly.
It's fine for this little side table- no big deal. But I don't know if I'd like it on a work surface (oh and the texture of the surface
I don't like the way chalk boards feel though
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Oh and for prepping the wood you can use some thing called "rough and ready" some thing like that. You could ask at your local hardware store. But pretty much it's an oily chemical you rub onto the wood and then paint over.