Timeline for I'm looking for a drywall finish that will hold a magnet
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| Jul 1, 2015 at 15:14 | comment | added | Anastasia Bellflower | (continued): The magnets you mention are nice rare earth magnets, but you can get more strength in smaller size for around the same price with samarium based magnets. Using just four 1/4" rounds 1/16" thick, I can mount a steel 2' x 4' dry erase board @ 3 pounds sticking to only 4 drywall nails hidden unseen under the paint on the walls. | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 15:13 | comment | added | Anastasia Bellflower | Check my answer suggestion of vinyl coated steel for the best surface I have found in my research. Secondly, it may not be best suited for plastering, simply because vinyl is waterproof, but worth considering the option of a quality wallpaper and priming the vinyl surface or using an alternative non-water-based glue (may be better suited for a bathroom in either case). | |
| Jun 19, 2015 at 5:22 | answer | added | Anastasia Bellflower | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 21:25 | history | edited | RBerteig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2013 at 20:38 | comment | added | RBerteig | This is in my home, and I'm aware of the small risks associated with glass mirrors. I also tend to believe (foolishly?) that my guests are not complete fools.... | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 14:11 | answer | added | mac | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 1:42 | comment | added | Kaz | If this was in a public bathroom, and your insurance company knew about your plan, they'd likely want you to use plexiglass mirror panels rather than glass. Magnets or no magnets, this puzzle is somewhat of a safety hazard. It might not be horribly dangerous, but the element is there. I mean, people (possibly children?) are freely handling one pound glass panels. People have wet, soapy hands in bathrooms, too. | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 1:36 | comment | added | Kaz | "Don't do stainless steel because it might not be magnetic?" Do you people think he's an idiot? He's not going to buy the steel, bring it home, mount it and plaster over it and then find out, d'oh, magnets don't stick to it! Of course you bring a magnet with you when you go shopping; don't buy any material for which you don't have first hand evidence that it is magnetic. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 20:16 | comment | added | Edwin | Don't do stainless steel. It may not be magnetic. Just prime and paint, or otherwise coat, a sheet of regular steel. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 20:01 | comment | added | Reid | FWIW, I would not hang glass objects using any technique that I wasn't completely confident in. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:39 | answer | added | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | timeline score: -1 | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 18:13 | history | edited | RBerteig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 18, 2013 at 17:40 | comment | added | RBerteig | @mac, for example the specific stainless steel alloy they made my refrigerator doors from. Given that they had a choice, I do wonder sometimes what fool decided to make a fridge door non-ferromagnetic? | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 14:42 | comment | added | mac | @ratchetfreak some types of stainless are not magnetic. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 0:17 | comment | added | RBerteig | @ratchetfreak, I would prefer to match the paint and hand-worked plaster texture so that the region where magnets stick does not have obvious edges. Otherwise, I would just frame a sheet of steel and hang it like a picture... which still might be the best alternative. | |
| Sep 18, 2013 at 0:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackDIY/status/380120832091369472 | ||
| Sep 17, 2013 at 23:30 | answer | added | Justin K | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 23:26 | comment | added | ratchet freak | stainless steel sheet with some wallpaper/paint would do fine | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 23:09 | history | asked | RBerteig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |