Sheet magnet is what is used for the magnetic poetry in the article. Sheet magnet comes in 15 mil, 20 mil, 30 mil and 60 mil thick. The thicker the magnet, the stronger the attraction. In summary, mix the magnetic paint well before you paint.
Before every coat, mix it up again to keep the metallic particles in suspension in the paint. A regular fiber roller can allow the particles to get trapped in the spaces between the fibers. A foam roller is closed cell meaning there is nowhere for particles to get caught. It will also allow you to get the smoothest magnetic wall.
When the paint dries, the particles will show as a light texture. Tape around the area you want to be magnetic and paint the magnetic paint inside this taped off area. That will produce a nice clean straight edge around the magnetic area. Finish with a coat of your choice of any color finish paint on the entire wall. This will make a nice looking finished job and the light texture of the magnetic material will be less obvious.
The finish coat of paint also helps to protect the magnetic particles. Paint the magnetic paint first and when its dry, sand it lightly with sandpaper to get rid of any high tips of excess texture. Then paint the chalkboard paint as your finish coat. Visit my web site for more information on using magnetic paint and all kinds of magnetic picture frames and magnets to use on your wall.
Magnetic paint is a wonderful product and works very well if you know how to use it. I hope I have added to your knowledge on the subject.
Check out my site and if you have particular questions you are invited to call and speak to me. Look at our testimonials pages and see how my customers have successfully used my Magically Magnetic Paint on their walls.
From a lawyers perspective I think it is very important to know that anyone who buys the additive from Lytle and mixes the paint themselves is violating patent law. I would advise that anyone recommending this technique further on blogs do their homework and understand the implications. David Lytle should know this as well, he is playing with fire here. I do not understand how this would involve making the people who mix the paint themselves guilty of violating patent law.
While it is possible that Lytle may be violating patent law, I have doubts that the selling of a dry mixture of metal filings and whatever else may be in there, if anything for addition to paint is covered by a patent since the mixture ratios would be what is patentable. It is not like metal filings are a unique product that the big companies are making and he has copied.
As well, what type of patent there are more than one is held by the companies plural who make magnetic paint. If multiple companies are selling magnetic paint, the patent cannot be that broad ranging. And definitely not any more of a violation than following your advice. This is not violation of patent law unless you intend to sell. Also we had done this sort of thing long before it had became a patent. There are a few devices that are illegal to tamper with or modify but purely for safety, security, or substance control reasons.
It is too funny but very true making it more funny. So many people live in fear of the government through media and lack of knowledge about our laws and the constitution. Anyway just wanted to say that and I love this blog. First, I work in patent law and I can guarantee you that without a through legal read of the claims in a patent you CANNOT make the statement that someone is infringing a patent. To the others,a patent prohibits others from making, using,importing, offering for sale, and selling, this not have to have a direct commercial connection.
Anyway ignore Joane. I say she is a scare monger. I have been selling the magnetic paint additive I invented for over 15 years with not a problem from anyone. You are doing nothing wrong or illegal by using it to paint your walls. Here is the link to the photo. Here is another link to our Testimonials page with many more photos of magnetic walls and letters from our customers showing how they used our Magically Magnetic paint.
I built a restaurant in SF back in using a lot of galvanized metal sheets. One large wall was galvanized metal painted with chalkboard paint. This was before the secret of the ingredients was exposed. I was considering the magnetic paint, but it is double or triple the cost here and the surface area I need to do is large. After reading your post, I think I will stick with the galvanized sheet metal.
I am working on painting sheet metal with appliance paint and finding out if I can create a decent magnetic whiteboard for my class room wall. Letting marker sit for a couple of days to see if it still erases. Thanks for the post! I just made a small magnetic chalkboard for my fridge using chalkboard paint on galvanized metal and was ready to buy the magnetic paint to do a portion of a wall then overcoat with the chalkboard paint.
I will stick with the galvanized metal. The chalkboard paint covers well in 2 -3 coats so you will save me a tremendous amount of time!!!!
Does anyone have any cool ideas about how to attach the galvanized metal to the wall???? Paula, the most direct way to mount the sheet of metal to your wall would be with a few well placed wood screws into the studs behind the wall board.
It will require making holes in the wall to find the wooden studs. Hold your metal piece up against the wall where you want to mount it. Get it straight and level and then draw a faint pencil line around the metal piece.
Take the metal down and draw a straight horizontal line across about an inch below the line at the top of the outline and another about an inch higher than the bottom of the outline. If it goes in and hits nothing, there is no stud there. You only need to go about an inch into the wall to know. When it hits a stud, try a couple more holes close to the left and right of the hole that hit the stud.
Mark it. You can hear a difference in the wall when you knock on it. The sound changes to a solid sound when the stud is behind the wall in that area.
The rest will sound more hollow. That will give you a good clue to where to look for the studs. The studs run up and down so a stud at the top will also be where you find a stud at the bottom of your outlined area. Drill holes in the metal sheet slightly larger than the screws you will use at these locations where the studs are and use screws about two inches long to fasten the metal to the wall.
I just tried the store bought chalkboard spray paint on a portion of white enamel plyboard that I had cut to fit in an antique frame that I had purchased. I was worried that the surface might be the problem. I sanded the board and sprayed a white primer on it before applying my chalkboard paint and even sanded the board slightly between the second and third coats. Any suggestions you could give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and God bless! Quick question…. Can I paint a piece of sheet metal with chalboard paint and use it as a magnetic board as well as a chalkboard? Patrish, yes you can paint chalkboard paint on a piece of sheet steel and make a magnetic chalkboard. The thing that interrupt the attract tion of magnets to a sheet of steel is space between the steel surface and the magnet.
A coat or two of paint will not add enough space between the steel and a magnet to interfere with the magnetic attraction. Many sheets of paper will sometimes interrupt the pull of a magnet on magnetic paint or a sheet of solid steel by adding enough space between the steel and the magnet. The problem with painting on a sheet of steel is the steel is very smooth and paint might not stick well to it. After the paint is dry it may scratch off very easily when you write on it with chalk.
If you want to paint on steel, first sand it with fine emery cloth sand paper to rough up the surface to give the paint something to stick to and hang on. Then clean it well with detergent and rinse it clean. Many steel companies coat their product with oil to keep it from rusting in transit and on store shelves. This oil will keep your paint from sticking. You can buy a sheet of steel at your local big box hardware store or for a larger sheet, try a local heating and air conditioning shop that makes their own duct work.
Then can even bend over the sharp edges for you and drill mounting holes. You can paint Metal as long as you use a bonding primer and a little scuffing of the surface. Any paint vendor can tell you what you need. The trick to magnetic paint is you must stir it constantly. I am a commercial painting contractor we have installed this on quite a few occasions for some clients who demand a working product.
When the product fails is mostly because the metal is in the bottom of the can and not thoroughly mixed into the paint. To help with this for a home user grab a cordless drill and a whip from a mixer. Use a sturdy wood paint stick or like item to ensure you have the compacted material in the bottom of the can loose. Once you have it thoroughly mixed, a paint stick stirring the product in the can after that will mix it plenty. Just left the store and all they had was the spray paint… Bought it knowing it would suck and make a mess… Hopefully I can save my project with your method.
Do you think the regular chalkboard paint in black is not good to use? Or will it be fine in my application? Thanks for your help! You can usually find it anywhere they sell tiles or local hardware stores. I just used , and lightly, lightly sanded. But it seems to have taken off some of the paint in spots. I had given it two good coats and still I have some spots wearing through. Now I will have to touch up several spots and then re-sand before I condition with chalk.
Not sure the homemade stuff is that great for large surfaces. I have used the Benjamin Moore chalkboard paint numerous times. Very well. This is a roll on product. The most recent project was an easel for my daughter.
The chalkboard wipes clean with a damp paper towel. I always use a WhizzFlock google it roller cover to apply these products. They are water based and as someone else mentioned, you have to stir the magnetic paint to evenly distribute the iron that is in it.
And stir periodically throughout the job. You can paint over the magnetic paint with any regular paint and the black color is not a problem at all if you are using a high quality paint. I use Benjamin Moore Aura. I am a professional painting and decorating contractor. These are high quality products that I use.
It goes on a dark gray color, which I just painted over with my regular wall color once it dried. I simply kept coating the area until I had used all the paint. Otherwise I would have had obvious lines when I removed the tape, even after painting over the gray magnetic paint with my regular wall color. Oh no no no no no no. You will surely drink the bitter tears of disappointment. Unfortunately, these magnets have been out of stock for like, years now.
Get your life together Amazon. In fact, they are strong enough that the smaller items on my wall … other than the few you can see that are obviously held up with thumbtacks, wooden thumbtacks, mind you, because I keeps it classy … have only one magnet on the back. The larger items, like the YES and the white photo display frame have four each. And they are extremely secure. Come look at my wall!
Now look at this! So many fun ways you could use this. I heard a rumor that you could potentially even hang a TV. No nail holes, no damage, and endless possibilities! Hi Lindsey, I was one of the sputtering angry naysayers too until I tried this, and it seems to be working, so thanks!
Ah, dear Pablo, I knew him well. We need a video of you taking stuff off the wall and putting it back up. Like you do for your guests. Maybe next time…. I literally stared at your pics of the gallery wall for so long trying to find your secret!! Obviously, I did not. I LOVE your wall so much! A magnetic wall? I wonder where in my house I might need one of these……. Crazy awesome. Do they emit their own electro-magnetic field or something? Doing so might save you an avoidable return trip to the store.
Unlike regular paint products, magnetic paint primer is very thick and very sticky. In other words, messes are easy to make. Avoid an exhaustive cleanup by using drop cloths and masking everything carefully.
Conundrum alert! Magnetic paint primer only comes in dark colors black and gray , but covering it with more than two coats of regular paint significantly degrades its magnetism.
Of course, painting light colors over dark colors especially when limited to two coats is bound to let some of the base layer show through. If you want your magnetic surface to be a white, pastel, or neon shade, start with a gray magnetic primer if you can find it—but you know that you may still not be pleased with the finished results.
Medium to dark top colors are the safer bets. One popular manufacturer says that applying three thin coats is better than doing two heavy ones. Each new coat adds an extra measure of magnetic power.
Did we mention that magnetic paint primer gets messy?
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