painting over wires with magnetic paint

[shakira]

i am creating a wall half blackboard paint and half magnetic paint in the playroom for the kids. at the top of the room are some electric wires that run along by the ceiling, will they be affected by either paint, i don't really know what either one has in it...

 

[Doc Hudson]

Hello shakira, there are a lot of unknowns there to give a reliable answer. What sort of cables are they? Mains power, Telephone, Data, Alarm system, Home Audio/Video etc. As you point out you don't know what the paints have in them that is also a bit tricky. Standard emulsion causes minimal negligible effect on the items it is painted over. I think you need to provide a specification for the paint and possible a photo of the cables on the wall would help.

Doc H.

 

[septiclecky]

i am creating a wall half blackboard paint and half magnetic paint in the playroom for the kids. at the top of the room are some electric wires that run along by the ceiling, will they be affected by either paint, i don't really know what either one has in it...

What do you intend using it for? client asked for this to be painted on the walls of a conference room to hang tempoary lightweight displays up, but they kept failing off as the paint was carp.

 

[revjames]

You will have to make sure you put the paint on the right way ie N - S otherwise the walls will have a repulsing effect

 

[Badger]

and make sue you dont put the paint on upside down as well :slap

 

[steptoe]

You will have to make sure you put the paint on the right way ie N - S otherwise the walls will have a repulsing effect

bit like Sandra before the 8th special brew,

in me, not her.

 

[kme]

You will have to make sure you put the paint on the right way ie N - S otherwise the walls will have a repulsing effect

s`funny.

I thought north-south brush lines would be kinda attractive :coat

 

[steptoe]

just make sure the paint doesnt draw all the power from the cables!

BTW,

I do agree with the magnetic stuff being feebley weak.!

try it somewhere like a piece of wood first,

might be better to get a tiny thin sheet of metal and screw it to the wall then just paint it whatever colour.