Naturally when I discovered porcelain chalkboard paint I had to grab some. The inventor must be some kind of genius. Now I have the most amusing coffee mug ever, and you can have one too. This is a much easier version of the hand painted mug project—no drawing or painting skills required!
you’ll need:
a porcelain mug (mine is from CB2)
painter’s tape
Pebeo Porcelaine 150 Chalkboard Paint (available at Dick Blick or Amazon)
(Don’t use regular chalkboard paint. This only works with porcelain paint.)
a soft bristle paint brush (a watercolor brush works well)
how to:
1. Make sure your mug is clean and dry.
2. Use painter’s tape to mask off the part of the mug you don’t want to paint, 0r you could skip this step and paint the whole mug. Personally, I think it looks snazzy only partially painted.
3. Apply the paint with a soft bristle brush. If you mess up just wipe the paint away with a wet paper towel and try again. Please note that this particular porcelain paint says it’s not recommended for surfaces that come in contact with food. (Although it’s water based and nontoxic, so I don’t understand what the problem would be.)
4. As soon as you are done painting carefully remove the tape. If you remove it before the paint dries, the tape will be less likely to peel up the edges of the paint.
4. Let the paint dry for 24 hours. Then, bake your mug for 35 minutes at 300 F.* After baking turn off the oven and leave the mug inside until it has gradually cooled to room temperature. After you bake it the paint is dishwasher and microwave safe.
5. I recommend chalking up your mug before you fill it with a hot beverage. (I learned this the hard way!)
*If baking instructions are not printed on your paint bottle, you are probably not using the right paint. Please do not bake regular chalkboard paint—who knows what kind of crazy fumes that would release into your home—you should only bake the specific porcelain paint this tutorial calls for.
(Check out that extra large marshmallow floating in my hot chocolate. Oh yeah!)
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Can I use mugs from Goodwill or do they have to be clean of previous designs?
I can’t say for certain since I haven’t tried it myself, but in theory they should work!
ARGH1 CB2 discontinued their mugs! Any other sources for cute mugs?
Also meant to say thank you for posting such a great and fun idea! =)
Those are fantastic! A group of friends and I always give each other Christmas presents, and to keep it fair I like to give them all essentially the same thing (last year I bought them all a tiny canvas and easel and painted different pictures for each of them). If I’m going to make eight of these mugs, how much paint do you think I will need?
Thanks for the great idea and tutorial. I, like many others, was having to paint numerous coats to get full coverage and was worried that mine might turn out too glossy. so I did some research and on Pebeo’s website they have a video tutorial that cautioned not to shake the bottle of paint (which I did) but to just stir the paint. They stated that if you shake the paint, it may turn out glossy. I immediately stirred my paint and put on one last coat which seemed thicker, I’m currently waiting for it to dry, but wanted to share my finding.
Jessika, how did it turn out? I’m afraid I might have the same problem…
Mine came out nice but glossy for some reason. I did follow directions and did not shake. and the paint is the exact same as yours… Oh well. It will be a nice x-mas gift for the kids teachers…with a little bottle of Irish Cream for sure :) Not to be drank at school of course.lol
I LOVE THIS HOPE TO TRY SOON AS GIFTS AND FOR MY SELF :)
Thanks for sharing this great idea! Can you tell me about how many mugs each jar of paint can cover? I’m planning to make about 30 mugs and can’t figure out how much paint to buy. Thanks!
How many mugs would one bottle cover they are only 1.5 oz?? Thanks
what happened to the paint if I wash the mug? will it stay the same as before?
Great idea, thanks :)
I was able to get two larger mugs painted (half-3/4 of the mug covered) and still have some paint left.
I had success with the following: Stir the paint, don’t shake it, despite what the bottle says. I tried two different brushes and found that a flat fan brush gave me smooth and even coverage without it getting gloppy. It worked best to pour the paint out onto a plate or plastic lid to dip the fan brush into. Be sure to remove the tape before the paint dries, or it pulls off a bunch of the paint you want to keep. Also found out that if it messes up you can just wipe/wash it off, even if it’s partly dry (i put the whole thing under the tap and scrubbed with a paper towel when I messed up the first time).
Thanks for the great project!
This is tooo cute! GREAT teacher gift idea!