The best way to clean a chalkboard – professional cleaners share their tricks

A kitchen diner with a very large, floor to ceiling chalkboard on onr wall with chalk cafe art and a shopping list.

Chalkboards are great additions to kids' playrooms and family kitchen walls, but after a few uses they always start to look a little worse for wear. So, what is the best way to clean the chalkboard to make it look like new again? 

While you might reach for the wet wipes, cleaning experts suggest there is another, far more effective method that will restore the black backing to new again – and it doesn't require any scrubbing.