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  Can anyone suggest a suitable material?

  Posted by Nick Monir on 31 August 2009 at 20:44

  Hi folks,

  I’m looking for a sheet material, 8’x4′, which a magnet will stick to but also pretty lightweight. We’re going to use it to make a scaled layout of a customer’s yard. They’ll have small magnets which will represent their trucks and vans. Anything we have came across is too heavy to be mounted on their office wall.

  Thanks,

  Nick.

  Nick Monir replied 16 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Colin Bland

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  31 August 2009 at 21:46

  How about a sheet of galvatite

  Basically galvanised sheet steel but i think you can buy in 18 or 20 gauge should be ok screwed directly to an office wall

  Colin

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  Nick Monir

  Member

  1 September 2009 at 20:59

  Thanks Colin, any ideas of where i can get it?

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  Colin Bland

  Member

  1 September 2009 at 21:39

  Never actually bought it in my own company know of it from working at other larger companies I guess any of the large steel stockholders will be able to help
  Happy hunting

  Colin

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  Robert Lambie

  Member

  1 September 2009 at 21:41

  Sheet of Plasticol metal from adam g brown in parkhead.
  use the reverse. made tons of them from it. then magnetic panel cut to shape to stick to it.
  get them to guilotine it to size for you…
  about £30 per 10ft x 4ft but ask for a odd colour or thinner than a mill and you will get much cheaper. your using the rear so doesnt matter what colour you get.

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  Graeme Harrold

  Member

  1 September 2009 at 22:14

  Have you looked for a stock dry wipe marker board. Some are actually magnetic, not sire if they make them that big. Extra cost might save you a bit of time.

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  Nick Monir

  Member

  3 September 2009 at 19:50

  Spot on! Thanks for you help guys. 😀

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