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!)
A Contemporary Space in the Queen City 
Before & After: Trashed Hutch Turned Vanity Dresser 
Like us on Facebook
RSS Feed (Atom)
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Geneva Sound System...
How To Cook a Steak: 15 Recipes for a Weeknight Valentine's Meal
How To Make Cake Pops
Comments (6)
As spammy as Mr. Lytle's post sounds, I have to say I've used his product and it is fantastic.
is it true that this will mess with your wi-fi? will it cause any other problems with electrical wires in the walls?
Wait... why is it banned??
Is it toxic?
I'm also interested to know why it's banned. Is it toxic? Is there lead in it? If my cat licks the magnetic wall, will she die?
I have never heard of magnetic paint being banned anywhere. If your cat would lick a wall painted with my Magically Magnetic Paint, nothing at all would happen, to the cat or the wall. My magnetic paint is not toxic. In fact, you could eat my additive and nothing would happen. I don't know why you would want to eat it, but you could. Mix it with paint and all bets are off. I don't eat paint of any kind. One last point. Magically Magnetic Paint will not affect your wiring in your walls or do anything to your computer. It's as safe as my grandmother.
It looks like spray paint may be banned in Chicago, not magnetic paint specifically, if you re-read the original post. I just used some magnetic primer under chalkboard paint (I believe it is Rustoleum brand, which is what was available at my local big-box store), and I wouldn't call the attration super strong, or even strong. I used the reccomended 3 coats with a foam roller and would have used more except that the panels I was painting will have to slide back into the notches the slid out of and I don't want to add too much bulk in paint. Magnets will stick to the panels but I don't know that they would actually hold up a piece of paper; even the strong neodyoneum (sp?) magnets don't stick all that well. This will probably be fine for my application but I suggest MANY coats for real magnetic appeal. I also suggest KJ Magnetics (kjmagnetics.com)for the best magnets, they are great! Probably not great for kids though (too tiny- swallow hazard!). I'm not sure about Mr. Lytle's assertion that his rodut is "as safe as my grandmother" (perhaps she's a bit senile?) but it doesn't seem as though there is any extra toxicity to magnetic paint that isn't inherent to pain in general. I did see a post somewere that a whole wall painted with magnetic paint might block a wifi signal- I have zero personal experience with this but it seems plausible enough, I suppose if you wanted to paint a whole wall with the paint that would be between your wifi source and your wireless device, you might want to do a little research. Essentially, what you would be doing is creating a very thin wall of iron, so if a wall of iron blocks a wifi signal than maybe this paint would too.