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Old 01-14-2011, 11:52 PM   #1
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Has anyone tried it? We're thinking of doing a wall of it in the office and it claims to be as strong as a fridge door.

We were going to do the whole office in IdeaPaint but it's too expensive.
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:02 AM   #2
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You will need neodymium magnets (not ferite) and several coats of magnetic paint for it to do something. But don't expect that it'll be strong enough to hang anything to that wall except maybe a photo or something small and lightweight.

Even with the strongest magnets, the field will be weak as the particles in the paint are too much spread around.
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:17 AM   #3
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You will need neodymium magnets (not ferite) and several coats of magnetic paint for it to do something. But don't expect that it'll be strong enough to hang anything to that wall except maybe a photo or something small and lightweight.

Even with the strongest magnets, the field will be weak as the particles in the paint are too much spread around.
So it's s**t then?
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:20 AM   #4
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Yep, since it's particles mixed with paint it'll never have the full attraction of magnetic force. Plus magnetic paint is very heavy and costs quite a bit.

You can try, but I wouldn't spend my money on it.

If you like magnets... here I orderd some good stuff from, inc ferrofluid.

http://www.supermagnete.de/eng/
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:28 AM   #5
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We just thought it would be cool to stick magnetic strips, fridge magnets and plastic letter magnets onto a wall. Those magnets look really cool though, I might get a couple just for the look [thumbup]
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:31 AM   #6
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We just thought it would be cool to stick magnetic strips, fridge magnets and plastic letter magnets onto a wall. Those magnets look really cool though, I might get a couple just for the look [thumbup]
If it's only for that use, you can do it. Just be aware of the price of the paint and that it doesn't have much power to hold stuff in place.

Yeah there's some mean ones. You can have fun with some coworkers if you get two balls with 26mm in diameter. Each one has a force of 10kg, when their together.. you'll be amazed what it takes to seperate them again.
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Old 01-15-2011, 07:52 AM   #7
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If it's only for that use, you can do it. Just be aware of the price of the paint and that it doesn't have much power to hold stuff in place.

Yeah there's some mean ones. You can have fun with some coworkers if you get two balls with 26mm in diameter. Each one has a force of 10kg, when their together.. you'll be amazed what it takes to seperate them again.
Dont' let your hand get stuck inbetween.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/edithzimmerm...er-accident-y7
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Old 01-15-2011, 11:57 PM   #8
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I was at Home Depot yesterday and they had a little display, dry erase magnetic paint combo. Paint looked very rough, dry erase sucked, they only had thing fridge magnets on it, but the paint was $21 a QUART. It may have even required a special primer, which was separate, but i forget the price
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