apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Just what I need- MORE reasons my cell phone won't work in my house! haha

i just saw this in domino and i've been thinking of all the fun ways i could use this. greg, i love your idea of using it in the kitchen -- a sort of postmodern nod to julia child's famous pegboard!

wow - you don't even NEED the rasterbator to make something cool... you just need to know how to use photoshop!
Also, talk about finally getting away without using frames! the magenetic wall and a large display of magnetic injet sheets... oh man, my brain is going wild now!!!
and to think I was arranging the magnet boards and strips from ikea to display my wild ideas in my home office!

So can this be used on a wall, covered up with regular flat interior paint and still remain ferrous and effective?

If so, hello kitchen cabinet above my stove. Time to stick a recipe in place!

I haven't used this product but a similar one where the magnetic surface (mid grey) is brushed on. Once dry, the dark tone colour eg blue or red not yellow or white, goes over it.

The only magnets which stick to it are those thin flexible rubbery ones, not heavy fridge magnets.

Clueless: Yes, this paint can be used as a primer before painting with a regular interior paint (most instruction recommends two coats to provide ample magnetic surface, since the paint is actually iron based).

Deb, try using neodymium magnets, which are smaller (think watch batteries), but are very powerful compared to normal magnets.

I used rustoleum magnetic primer (about $20 a can) to coat my blackboards at school (I'm a 4th grade teacher). 5 cans later, and 6 coats on my 2 back boards, 5 coats on the two front boards, I'm just a bit disgusted! I have the tiny little magnets you mentioned above (bought them at a craft store) and they barely hold. The primer was advertised as usable for blackboards, but is very gritty - I'm having trouble imagining how white or black board paint will go on smoothly! Now I'm wishing I had done a little research like this before I'd bought the paint.

Perhaps the Krylon works better, but I doubt it - I imagine it would have less attraction due to the thin coating provided by a spray paint. As for me, I'm marching to Lowe's tomorrow to see if I can get my money back ( or at least half of it since that's about how well this stuff works!)

oops - I just found out I didn't have the neodymium magnets. Thanks for the tip - I just bought some online -maybe they'll make my efforts worthwhile!