why magnetic plaster works for me

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???? why would you paint a venetian wall..lol... thats the point of having a micro/venetian finish... unless your getting confused with venetian and just a polished up multi wall ? when I said polished, I didnt mean a normal skim finish, I was referring to venetian polished plaster...
 
imago said:
I've worked in six different primary schools in the last 18 months, one victorian, one ten years old and the rest built in the '60s and '70's. One had some skimmed walls in the offices, the rest of the building was painted facing block, one was entirely painted facing block, three were tape and joint and only the victorian was skimmed throughout with the exception of a new block which was tape and joint.

Kids or teachers sticking pictures our using magnetic numbers etc. will not cut down on the time before redecoration at all so there's no saving there. Blu tack dries out as does tape, but nothing stays up that long in schools. Most stuff lasts only a term, with some stuff up for the entire academic year.

As for creative activity, I haven't seen a school which doesn't have an IT suite and interactive whiteboards in each classroom for a long time. They use those for their creative activities, and the walls are for displays.

My wife's a head teacher in a primary school and all the schools in her consortium are moving away from displays and now have a mural of some description and big screen active displays.

I can't see many people wanting to pay to have a wall skimmed with magnetic plaster to make it magnetic, and very few having it done when skimming anyway. It's too costly for no added benefit other than an alternative way to do what they are already doing.

I may be wrong time will tell, but I doubt it.
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You are not getting that the wall can be changed and changed through out the day by the kids without the need for a teacher, tape or blue tack, when you see kids on a wall you will change your mind and maybe realise the benefits. I drop my kids off at school and have visited schools and Can see the benefits straight off and the teachers I have spoke with think it is a great idea.
 
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I speak with about 10 different people on a daily basis who say to me do you know what would be really good. If they invented magnetic plaster so walls could be magnetic and you could stick metal objects to the wall. I just lied.
 
cassie said:
???? why would you paint a venetian wall..lol... thats the point of having a micro/venetian finish... unless your getting confused with venetian and just a polished up multi wall ? when I said polished, I didnt mean a normal skim finish, I was referring to venetian polished plaster...
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Why would you paint a wall a different colour? Why would you wallpaper a wall? It's called change if your happy to have the same wall for the rest of your life that's fine but most people I know like to redecorate now and again.
 
DHDRYLINING said:
I speak with about 10 different people on a daily basis who say to me do you know what would be really good. If they invented magnetic plaster so walls could be magnetic and you could stick metal objects to the wall. I just lied.
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I knew you were lying when you said you knew ten people ;)
 
the price you would pay for a good venetian job, you wouldnt be changing that too regular..lol... by the way, does redecorating affect the magnetic properties ?? anyway, just offered to do a wall at the little ones school free, had a word with a mate at BG and hes sending the gear...
 
flynnyman said:
£16m for materials it's similar to venetian, tiles, wallpaper, some paints so not really that expensive.
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where you getting your venetian for that price mate ..? joking apart, i can see its good for schools etc.... at 16 a m2.. its pretty cheap aswell... you want to price micro up a m2.. wtf..lol...
 
cassie said:
the price you would pay for a good venetian job, you wouldnt be changing that too regular..lol... by the way, does redecorating affect the magnetic properties ?? anyway, just offered to do a wall at the little ones school free, had a word with a mate at BG and hes sending the gear...
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Yes you would you wouldn't just keep it coz it was expensive and if you can afford it you can afford to change it. I nearly believed you about the wall until you said you had a mate :)
 
cassie said:
where you getting your venetian for that price mate ..? joking apart, i can see its good for schools etc.... at 16 a m2.. its pretty cheap aswell... you want to price micro up a m2.. wtf..lol...
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Venetian is a similar price of not cheaper but I've not included labour that fluctuates.
 
so does adding paint ie. changing colour schemes eventually effect the properties of it ?? I,ll give you a while, til you Google the answer...wink...x
 
why magnetic plaster works for me
I painted it white with a crown emulsion paint which had a slight shine to it and it lost some of its magnetism for the heavy stuff or pics and mirrors. I have painted it with another paint which doesn't have a shiney finish and it is back to being what it was.
 
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Forget magnetic, blue tak , sellotape and thumb tacks.
I've just invented a new way of hanging pics where no matter how many times you change the pics, it won't damage the walls.

I'm not going into the details of my invention yet for obvious reasons but I'm going to call it Picture Rail
 
irish_spread said:
Forget magnetic, blue tak , sellotape and thumb tacks.
I've just invented a new way of hanging pics where no matter how many times you change the pics, it won't damage the walls.

I'm not going into the details of my invention yet for obvious reasons but I'm going to call it Picture Rail
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pmsl
 
irish_spread said:
Forget magnetic, blue tak , sellotape and thumb tacks.
I've just invented a new way of hanging pics where no matter how many times you change the pics, it won't damage the walls.

I'm not going into the details of my invention yet for obvious reasons but I'm going to call it Picture Rail
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Magnetic one.?
 
Ayup asked the missus about this magnetic plaster malarkey and she said without a doubt she wants it would be brilliant so there you go
 
everybody who has been round our place wants it as well... its quite a talking point for most... it will never take off though...
 
Serial killers!
Just thought serial killers would love it they could post a whole wall of dodgy related photos and clippings and shite no problems whatsoever. Just waiting to be discovered by some smart detective bod in a back room it would be brilliant.
 
radford said:
Serial killers!
Just thought serial killers would love it they could post a whole wall of dodgy related photos and clippings and shite no problems whatsoever. Just waiting to be discovered by some smart detective bod in a back room it would be brilliant.
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lol
 
Danny said:
everybody who has been round our place wants it as well... its quite a talking point for most... it will never take off though...
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Hate to burst your bubble Danny but only me , jj, Lee, Steve, Al, arti, BG ( well most of them anyways) , knauff, P1ss and flynny who a sailed in with the black magic box thought it was good. While you and warty were out crushing them hackers we were, well, wanting it as well . Jane helped
 
I find it quite intresting, what thickness is it applied, is it just a skim, or is it like a float thickness you have to apply.
 
5mm max, anything over that doesnt give any benefit.. under 3mm and the magnetic effect is weak... so 4-5mm is optimal.
 
It's probably nearer to £40m2 Once you add up the cost of the magnetic plaster, the labour for applying the plaster, the cost of the paint to cover it (probably 3 coats as its a dark coloured plaster) the labour to apply the paint etc. :sisi:
 
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