Be creative in a kid’s room or playroom with a magnetic wall using a specialty magnetic primer as a base coat. The coating allows you to create a wall surface similar to your refrigerator for whatever can be held in place with a magnet. A wall in a home office is another popular place to use magnetic paint. The magnetic primer can be applied to just about any surface, including drywall, plaster, wood, metal, and masonry. Then paint over it with a coat of latex paint. If you want to define the magnetic area of a wall, add a chair rail or outline it with molding.
Painting a room is the best payback for a budding do-it-yourselfer, because you can learn while doing (and cover up any mistakes) and the paint and equipment are inexpensive. Start with clean, dry walls; then tape off the area to paint and apply three thin coats of the magnetic primer, letting each application dry between coatings. Finish the job with a topcoat of latex paint on all the walls.
