Moving into our new office building, we spied a super cool feature in an upstairs office of a bunch of designers. On one wall they were using small metal magnets to hang all of their design drawings. Without piercing the drywall or needing to put up corkboard, they had simply painted the wall with magnetic paint which was extremely strong.
We went to Janovic to find it and they grumbled about it being discontinued, but when we spoke to the designers, they sent us this link. It's a good resource. Paint it on the wall as a primer - the more coats the stronger the magnetism - and then paint over with the color you desire. Available starting at $25 from Kling Magnetics in Chatham, New York. (Thanks, Travis!)
Very interesting, I had been looking into a way to place things on walls, without having to hang a bulletin board or anything similar.
I wonder if there is a coating you could use after that would allow you to write with markers, with easy removal (think white-board).
If you use wifi, though, keep in mind that this will most likely play hell with your signal in this room.
I have used this. It worked really well. We primed my 6 year old nephews folding closet doors and then painted large grass blades over it. (His room is insect themed) We cut him out large ants from magnetic paper and he can position them on his closet.
It is no more than Grey primer with iron filing in it.
MUST HAVE NOW!!!!!
i used a similar product on the border of a bookcase, and the bottoms and edge of the shelves, for my kids room. i am making them magnets that they can move around to decorate/play themselves. (possibly using the charachters from all those paper book sleeves)
i figure then there is a more timeless quality to the bookcase itself - i can switch to more 'sophisticated' magnets as they get older.
Krylon makes a magnetic paint that is pretty readily available (at least anywhere you can get spray paint - here in Chicago it's banned, but you can get it in the burbs.) It's as great (and combinable with) the several types of chalkboard paint out there right now. I made a magnetic chalkboard on plain drywall mounted in an ornate picture frame and I love it!
Or make your wall into a magnet and a chalkboard with magnetic-chalkboard paint from Yoyamart!
http://www.yoyashop.com/ys_product.asp?cat_id=41&prd_id=97
I have a web site at www.lyt.com that sells a magnetic paint additive, a harmless dry powder that mixes easily with ordinary paint to make a super strong magnetic paint. It mixes easily, fresh each time you use it, no sitting around in closets and car trunks waiting to explode. It's child and pet safe, no dangerous chemicals and it can't harm anything in your computer. Magnetic paint does not have any actual magnetic energy of it's own and does not attract steel objects. Like a steel surface, magnetic paint only attracts magnets. My Magically Magnetic Paint is safe. I can't attest to the safety of the premixed explosive liquid magnetic paints on the market. The only danger conected to my additive is if you would drop it on your foot. It's heavy. We put eight pounds of magnetically attractive material in every gallon of ordinary paint.
Thank you for the opportunity to tell you about my product.
As spammy as Mr. Lytle's post sounds, I have to say I've used his product and it is fantastic.
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is it true that this will mess with your wi-fi? will it cause any other problems with electrical wires in the walls?
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