Anyone know where to get a customized chalkboard?

I've seen a few both through google search and ebay but they run 50 - 80 bucks a pop. Maybe pick up a plain framed one
and stencil your Brewery name on it.

 

Check out chalkboard paint. From what I have used it works very well. Paint the area you want and frame it with some baseboard trim.
Another option that I think looks great is finding an old cabinet door and just painting the middle flat part with the chalkboard paint leaving a nice looking frame. I will see if I can find a picture for you.

Edit: Searched google and here's a link to what I was referring to, someone sells them on etsy I guess.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83803748/sale-upcycled-cabinet-door-chalkboard

 

i might be able to help you out here...never done a chalkboard before, but i do paint beer signs. search unkel's beer signs on facebook. if you have a name and/or logo i could probably come up with something. bm me if you want to talk

 

I saw this last night while looking for kegerators. They just added chalkboard paint right on the fridge.

http://www.kegworks.com/blog/2012/02/15/a-lesson-in-awesome-kegerator-facades-0216121/

 

That's pretty neat.

 

I used chalkboard paint on my Keezer build directly on the chest freezer. I love the customizability... check out my avatar.

 

You could also get a Chalk Board Tap Handle:

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=12256

Also available as a White Board.

 

We used chalkboard paint for one of our walls in our kitchen. It works great. We also put a few coats of magnetic paint paint under the chalkboard paint. It's just metal filings in the paint basically, but magnets stick to the wall. You can paint an area and frame it out if you don't want to do the whole wall.

 

Craft stores sell wooden letters in all sizes. You can hot glue those to any chalkboard frame. We made a friend of ours 2 small framed chalkboards with "Tap 1" and "Tap 2" on them with those letters. Super easy.

 

my kegerator is painted in chalkboard paint and handles are made with it too. relatively inexpensive at the big hardware stores.

 

Heres mine and I didnt build mine with a collar. http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/moedogger/beer052.jpg

 

That's pretty cool! What exactly did you have to do to get the taps mounted? I assume scrape insulation out of the top and install a block of wood to mount them to?

 

I went and bought some PVC and cut it down to length.

 

Whoops I moved the pics into another folder here is a link http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/moedogger/keezer build/