Magnetic paint for creative & magnetic wall decoration

Magnetic paint is easy to use and versatile

Magnetic paint can be applied to any smooth surface, which allows you to not only use it on walls, but also on furniture and other wooden or plastic objects. If you like you can apply an acrylic paint or other product of your choice on top of the magnetic wall paint.

Tips:

• Prepare the selected surface the same way as you would for a regular wall or water-based paint.
• Stir the magnetic wall paint properly so the iron particles can disperse evenly.
• Let each coat of the magnetic wall paint dry for 4 hours before applying the next coat.
• Before applying a coat of regular wall paint you should wait 6 hours. Before painting over with blackboard or whiteboard paint you should even wait 2 weeks to prevent uneven textures.

Rectangular, round, L-shaped or wavy: You can apply the magnetic paint any way you want. Just tape off a certain area on the wall, paint it with magnetic and then white paint. This allows for individual interior designs and inconspicuously hanging up photos, pictures, postcards, and other decoration. You can expand your design possibilities by purchasing our blackboard paint or whiteboard paint. With these products, you can also vary your colour palette. Because of the iron powder, the magnetic paint is grey. With transparent, white, green, or black whiteboard or blackboard paint, you can choose the colour you want.

Ideas for designs with magnetic wall paint

• For the kitchen: Paint your chosen surface with magnetic paint and apply emulsion, blackboard, or whiteboard paint after drying. These special communication areas provide your family with opportunities to note or hang up different things, such as shopping lists, dates for birthdays and meetings, recipes, cute messages, etc.
• For the children's room, kindergarten and school: First apply wall paint with magnetic properties and then blackboard paint so children can let their phantasies run wild and hang up things with magnets on the walls. The big advantage is that the artwork can be easily wiped off the blackboard paint.
• For idea generation in the office: Apply whiteboard paint on top of magnetic wall paint and you can make note of tasks and appointments and hang up papers with magnets.

Magnetic paint on furniture and other objects

Magnetic paints are not only great for walls but they can also be used to revamp furniture:

• If your walls have already been painted with magnetic wall paint, then room doors lend themselves to be transformed into large surfaces for magnets as well. First, paint either one or both sides of the door with magnetic paint. After it has dried, paint over it with white dispersion paint. Now your door has turned into a photo wall and is ready to receive photos or nametags. To ensure the photopaper stays up on the door, we recommend neodymium magnets with a strong adhesive force such as cube magnets, block magnets or rod magnets as standard magnets may not be strong enough.
• Magnetic paints are also great for making a growth chart for your kids. Paint a wooden board with magnetic paint and then paint over that with your choice of colours and motifs. To measure the height of your children, craft little wooden figures and furnish them with a strong neodymium magnet. Now you can slide these figures across the growth ruler. You can find the details for this project in the customer project Grow chart with magnetic paint.

Magnets for magnetic paint

Not every magnet adheres well to magnet paint and common ferrite magnets are too weak. A perfect choice are strong neodymium magnets such as cube magnets, disc magnets or cone magnets as well as magnetic sheets and magnetic tapes. You can find a comprehensive list of suitable magnets in our FAQ Which magnets do you recommend for walls painted with magnetic paint?.

Good to know: If you want the very best outcome, we recommend three to four paint coats because compared to sheet metal, magnetic paint contains less iron per cm². Each additional coat adds more iron powder to the wall and magnets adhere better, however, it will never reach the same adhesive force as sheet metal.

More creative possibilities with whiteboard and magnetic paint

You can also use non-ferromagnetic whiteboard paint to turn a wall into a huge whiteboard. It is also suitable to paint over the grey magnetic paint. Whiteboard paint is especially convenient for the children's room: Children can be incredibly creative and create wonderful artwork on the wipeable wall. But the whiteboard/magnetic paint combination is also ideal for the office or study. It allows you to write notes, tasks, and dates on the wall and at the same time hang up papers with magnets.

Overview of advantages of magnetic paint

• Flexible and creative wall designs are possible: See customer projects with magnetic paint.
• Whether you want the whole wall, rectangular areas or circles painted - you can use magnetic paint in any way you want. To fit the needs of various projects, the magnetic wall paint is available in cans of 0,5 - 4 litres.
• You can also apply magnetic paint to furniture and other objects.
• Prevents the deterioration of walls by not using nails, pins, adhesive, etc.
• Discreet, flexible and more creative than hanging a magnetic or whiteboard.
• Perfect liaison of magnetic bulletin and writing board through the combination of magnetic paint with blackboard or whiteboard paint.
• Versatile indoor use, such as in the children's room, foyer, lounge, home office, kitchen, etc.

Magnetic paint can be used in many different ways: We have summarised the four most important questions for you:

How does magnetic paint work?

Magnetic paint consists of regular paint, but also contains many small iron particles. Iron is a ferromagnetic material, which means it attracts magnets. These iron particles are spread across the wall as you paint. Thanks to several coats of magnetic paint, the number of iron particles on the wall increases and magnets will adhere better.

How strong is magnetic paint?

Magnetic paint reveals its strength particularly with several coats of paint since there will be more iron particles that are more evenly spread across the wall. With three coats of paint, you can already attach up to four sheets of A4 paper with strong office magnets.

Can you paint over magnetic paint with chalkboard paint?

Yes, you can paint over magnetic paint with chalkboard paint. So that the ferromagnetic properties don’t decrease too much, we recommend applying three to four coats of magnetic paint and not spreading the chalkboard paint too thickly. An extra coat of chalkboard paint is a good idea. It will keep your children busy in a creative way.

Can you write on magnetic paint with chalk?

No, to write on your magnetic wall with chalk, the wall will need a coat of chalkboard paint or chalkboard varnish. This top coat will allow you to write down your notes with multicoloured chalk too. If magnetic paint comes into contact with water repeatedly, the iron particles contained within could start to rust. Chalkboard paint and chalkboard varnish, on the other hand, can be wiped clean with a little bit of water if necessary.