- AREAS OF APPLICATION
- Magnetic Paint is for indoor use only. All Magnetic Paints contain
microscopic particles of iron that can be affected by moisture. Use
paint treated with Magically Magnetic Paint Additive in areas free of
moisture and condensation.
- ADDING MAGNETIC ADDITIVE TO YOUR PAINT
- LYTLE Magically Magnetic Paint Additive comes in powdered form. You
will need a container that holds more than the amount of paint you are
mixing, because the additive adds to the volume of paint it is added to.
Pour your paint into the mixing container. With a paint stick, stir
your paint while adding the powdered additive. We recommend using a
premium quality, white, oil-based primer/sealer to mix with our additive.
Any brand will do. These paints hide stains and cover unpainted or
previously painted surfaces. They make good sealers on unpainted walls
and can be used over oil-based or latex paints making a good base coat
for final coats of paint in your choice of color, latex or oil-based. We
do not suggest using water-based, acrylic or latex, alcohol or
shellac-based paint to mix with our additive. Magically Magnetic
Additive works best with thicker paints. Do not thin. Be sure
to provide adequate ventilation. Follow directions on the can of paint
you are using. Use a ¼" to ½" foam roller or a low knap fiber
roller and paint tray. Two coats should be sufficient on a smooth wall.
Allow magnetic paint to dry thoroughly between coats and test for
desired strength of magnetic attractiveness with the sheet magnet
supplied with your additive. For the strongest attraction, three or four
coats may be desired. The more coats you apply, the stronger the
magnetic attraction.
- TOP COAT WITH ANY PAINT
- Let the magnetic paint dry for 24 hours before applying final topcoats of
regular latex or oil-based paint in your desired color. Use a new paint
roller and tray for finish paint. The finish coats of paint should act
as a moisture barrier to the metal particles and act to smooth out the
finished appearance. We recommend two finish coats. The end result will
be a beautiful, lightly textured wall that will hold sheet magnet,
opening all sorts of decorating opportunities.
- APPLICATION TIPS AND SUGGESTED USES
- PAINTING ON TEXTURED WALLS
Magnetic paint works best on smooth walls. Textured walls such as
cinder block or concrete block walls have high and low spots that
interrupt solid contact of the magnet to the steel particles in the
paint. Textured walls can be smoothed out with filler compounds before
painting with magnetic paint.
AVOID DRIPS AND RUNS
To avoid drips and runs when painting with a roller, saturate your
roller evenly with paint and apply the paint to the wall with light
pressure in an area approximately 4 to 5 square feet in size. Blend
sections together smoothly, and then refill the roller. Allow sufficient drying time between
coats.
PREPARE THE SURFACE
You may not want to cover an entire wall with magnetic paint. Only the
area that will be used to display art or photos will need to be treated.
Because any magnetic paint has a light texture that will show against an
absolutely smooth wall, it may be desirable to mask off the area to be
made magnetically attractive. If the area is already painted, clean the
surface well and remove any dirt or dust. Remove or mask off switch
plates and outlet covers. Use a pencil and straightedge to outline the
area to be painted. Use light-tack painter's adhesive tape to mask the
area being sure to mask off any woodwork or other areas to remain
unpainted. Then tape newspaper to the painter's tape to protect the wall
from splatters or overpainting. After applying the Magnetic Paint,
remove the tape and newspaper except from woodwork and switch covers
etc. Then paint two coats of your finish color over the entire wall.
BETWEEN COATS
Clean your paint tray after each coat of magnetic paint or use
disposable paint tray liners. Use a new roller and roller tray liner for
your finish color coats.
MIX ONLY WHAT YOU NEED
If you purchase enough additive to mix with a gallon of paint, you can
mix a portion of a gallon (1, 2, or 3 quarts at a time) so you don't
waste paint or additive. Mix 2 pounds of magnetic additive with each
quart of paint. Mix only what you think you will use for the
application. The unmixed additive has a longer shelf life than paint mixed
with magnetic additive.
SUGGESTED USES
- Mounting posters magnetically
Once you have painted your walls with Magically Magnetic Paint, you’ll
want to mount all kinds of photos, art and posters on the wall.
Click here
for an easy method to hang your posters and other frames magnetically without marks or
holes.
- Helpful hint: You can find old movie posters to decorate
with at a video rental store or local theater.
- Wall Decorations
It’s fun to make your own wall decorations for your magnetic wall. If
you have favorite children’s book illustrations, make copies on a color
copier and blow them up in size. Remember, these are copyrighted works
of art so you can only make them for your own enjoyment, never to sell.
Cover the back with self-adhesive
sheet magnet and cut away the scrap material. Now the book
illustration can be used as a decoration in a child’s room.
Every holiday season brings beautiful decorations to the
stores. Usually they are hung with tape, tacks or nails on walls. Now
that you have made your walls magnetically attractive, you can simply
cover the backs of your favorite decorations with inexpensive sheet
magnet and mount them magnetically. Best of all, you can save the
decorations for next year and the magnets continue working, year after
year. The magnetism never wears out.
Kids love making their own holiday decorations out of
colored construction paper and drawings. Anything a child makes can be
magnetized with our self-adhesive
sheet magnet.
- Photo groupings
Anyone with children or grandchildren knows how difficult and expensive
it can be to frame and mount a grouping of photos. That’s a thing of the
past now thanks to Lytle magnetic paint and magnetic frames. Easily turn
any ordinary smooth wall into a magnetically attractive area with our
new Magically
Magnetic Paint Additive and regular paint.
Using our magnetic frames, mount one photo anywhere on
your magnetic wall. Then, mount another near by. After you mount a
third photo in a magnetic frame you can easily go back and re-space them
to get the look you want. With magnetic frames on a magnetic wall, you
can easily raise or lower your frames or move them to the right or left
until they are just right. No nail holes or uneven frames, just a
beautiful grouping of photos or art. You can even move the entire
grouping any time or add pictures and re-arrange them.
If you are renting and it’s time to move, you won’t have
to worry about losing your deposit. No nail holes in the walls or tape
marks to force your landlord to re-paint the walls. You can just take
down your framed photos and art and box them up to go to the new
apartment. You will most likely be painting there so be sure to use
Magically Magnetic Paint
again. Your new landlord will love you for it.
Maybe if you tell him about Magically Magnetic Paint, he will paint it
on for you or at least pay for it. Well, he might.
- Making a wood trimmed display panel
| A grouping of pictures looks great by itself
on a magnetic wall, but for a beautifying touch, add a decorative
magnetic wood trim to the area. Click
here to see how easily it’s done! |
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- Magnetic Wallpaper trim
Every wallpaper store offers many attractive trims, available in rolls.
Usually, these trim rolls are adhered to walls with wallpaper paste. Not
anymore! Now with magnetic paint, you can mount these decorative trims
with self-adhesive
sheet magnet on the back. Change trim easily later for an
entirely different look. This is a wonderful idea for a child’s room.
- Magnetic words and poetry
Here’s a great idea for a child’s room. Print sheets of different
words in large bold letters, then adhere them to sheets of self-adhesive
magnetic backing. Cut the words apart and let the kids arrange them
into sentences, stories or poems. What a great way to help your
children to learn to read, write and compose while playing a game on
your wall. Kids will love making messages for each other while they
learn. These magnetic words can be used over and over and can even be
taken along on road trips and vacations for hours of fun. Just take a
cookie sheet to arrange the words on. Better yet, take a cookie sheet
along for each child and keep them all busy. “Are we there yet?”
- Magnetic Chalkboards
Many of our customers have shown interest in making a section of a
child’s room into a magnetic blackboard using our magnetic paint
additive and commercially available chalkboard paint. We tried some
experimentation with the chalkboard paints.
Click here
to see how it is done. This link will open in a new window.
- A nice finishing touch is to put a magnetic
three-dimensional wood trim frame around the blackboard. Click Here to see how this is
done.
CLICK HERE to order LYTLE Magically Magnetic Paint Additive
introduced 04/09/2002
Individual
results may vary depending greatly on personal painting technique,
environmental conditions, surface characteristics, paints employed, etc.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Magically
Magnetic Photo Frames offers only LYTLE mailable magnetic photo and
picture frames. They are available in soft pocket, hard pocket, sleeve,
and die-cut styles. It's the smart, easy, fun, modern way to protect
and display your favorite photos. They're the Original and they're the
best. We also have other magnetic photo products, scrapbooking and
craft supplies by LYTLE. All LYTLE products are protected by US patent
and copyright laws.
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