can you use regular chalk with this?
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Certainly, but the "chalk" marker that comes with the board writes much better than chalk, and is easier to use and clean.
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Chalk does work on this board, it must be traditional chalk, not "dustless" or "dust free" chalk. Those types have a coating or some type of binder in the chalk that makes them harder. We were able to get one of the dustless chalk sticks to work by "starting" it on a rough surface. It was like some kind of coating was rubbed off and it exposed the soft chalk.One brand that worked well was "Kids Art" from CVS Pharmacy $1.29 in a box of 20, indicates "merry brite" brand. I could not find that on Amazon when searching the name or the UPC.I agree with Kevin C, the marker that comes with the board is easier to use and cleans with water. Chalk does work on this board, it must be traditional chalk, not "dustless" or "dust free" chalk. Those types have a coating or some type of binder in the chalk that makes them harder. We were able to get one of the dustless chalk sticks to work by "starting" it on a rough surface. It was like some kind of coating was rubbed off and it exposed the soft chalk.One brand that worked well was "Kids Art" from CVS Pharmacy $1.29 in a box of 20, indicates "merry brite" brand. I could not find that on Amazon when searching the name or... » Read More Chalk does work on this board, it must be traditional chalk, not "dustless" or "dust free" chalk. Those types have a coating or some type of binder in the chalk that makes them harder. We were able to get one of the dustless chalk sticks to work by "starting" it on a rough surface. It was like some kind of coating was rubbed off and it exposed the soft chalk.One brand that worked well was "Kids Art" from CVS Pharmacy $1.29 in a box of 20, indicates "merry brite" brand. I could not find that on Amazon when searching the name or the UPC.I agree with Kevin C, the marker that comes with the board is easier to use and cleans with water. « Show Less
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Prob not. It's more of a bendy magnetic surface. The pen that comes with it is more of a paint pen
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Yes it has a little 'shelf' at the bottom where you can keep the chalk. I found that a chalk pen works better and is more controllable than traditional chalk
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I use it with this chalk marker: NeoChalk Liquid Chalk Marker Chisel Tip - White successfully. Although, I would look for a finer tipped marker next time. The marker does work well on the paper, and erases easily with a damp paper towel.
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I use this chalkboard exclusively with chalk markers and I think they work great with it! A lot of the less expensive chalk boards are too porous to accommodate chalk markers without staining, and that isn't the case with this chalkboard at all.
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Yes, you can! You do need a wet wipe to erase the liquid chalk and it seems to wear the board out pretty fast, but we used the boards with liquid chalk markers for a full three day conferences (writing and erasing close to 100 times) and it worked, the boards are just showing wear.
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No, I don't think it will replace regular chalk. On the slate, it will probably never wipe off completely. The way I see it is the marker is more like concentrated chalk.
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Chalk, it's a chalk board surface. I wouldn't try using markers or crayon on it.
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I haven't tried liquid chalk but this is an awesome product for use with chalk sticks.
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I don't have access to a chalkboard, but based on the name of the product, (Pentel PERMANENT Marker), I would say no. It does have a very fine point, and if you are considering putting something on a chalk bord permanently, it would not be easiiy readable from a variable distance based on size of writing.
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I'm not sure but I believe that you can. I know for a fact that you can paint over this with chalkboard paint. The primer is very dark though.
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I am sorry, I have not used chalkboard fabric and do not know how it would work.
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Don't know about chalk, but I painted over magnetic paint, and I did not get good results. You can now but buy sheets of dry erase to put on a wall. They are much nicer and far cheaper. The dry erase paint is terrible.
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I've never used the chalk pens on them before so honestly I'm not sure. Regular chalk wipes off easily enough though.
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I didn't use anything special but I found I liked the wider/flat/somewhat firm bristled paint brushes I had in my stash - they were part of a paint brush variety pack I had purchased at some point, nothing special. I tried using one of those sponge brushes and it introduced too many air bubbles into the chalkboard surface.
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I don't know if you can or not on this chalkboard. I would be afraid to because I wouldn't want to see the chalkboard go to waste. Maybe call or email the actual maker of the chalkboard about this question. I would like to know myself. Word.
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liquid chalk will work good. I had regular chalk and it didnt write on it hardly at all, kinda dissapointing.
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this works well with regular chalk and with liquid chalks.. the longer the marking is on the board the more effort it takes to remove, however with a little work ... good as new.