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We have a lovely stainless steel fridge, but the downside is no magnet front. Our older son enjoyed and learned so much from the Fridge Phonics from LeapFrog.
A friend mentioned that there is a magnetic paint, like this you can paint on a wall or object so magnets will stick.
Has anyone done this? Recommendations of products? Does it work? I have a wall next to our oven that would be pefect for this.
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I've considered this paint (as well as the chalkboard paint) although personally have never done it. I guess my only concern w/ using these paints is what to do once the purpose is over and how could I get my wall back to normal. ?!
Soo, depending on the size of your space, have you considered may be a magnetic dry erase board that could just be attached to the wall? I only mention that since I'm purchasing one for my kids...I love anything dual purpose! Drawing AND magnetic use! Love it! :-)
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Well, I have very few walls in my kitchen. The "wall" I'm mentioning is actually the side of a cabinet, which I couldn't hang up anything. It's wasted space, and I think it might be an improvement to anything I do.
So chalkboard and magnetic paint I'm thinking.
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Since our little house is sooo little and there is no room for a magnetic dry erase board, two years ago we painted a hallway,dining room wall with magnetic and then chalkboard paint.
It is used constantly---my husband put molding around it to make it look a little "finished", it's not pretty but it is used everyday in this "little tiny house".
It hasn't needed to be repainted yet, and I see by my post it was done in Apr. 2007.
I don't know if it would ever be able to be removed without a lot of work, but I do believe there will be kids and grandkids using this space, probably forever! 
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I was noticing as I look at some of my blog posts, this chalkboard can be seen in many, many of my photos, because, well, the chalkboard is big, and the house it small! 
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I used it in exactly the same spot you are thinking of... the end of a cabinet.
I found that I had to do several coats to get a good magnetic field set up, and even then I couldn't hang heavy things on it with magnets (like a picture). But it worked fine then for alphabet letters and magnetic characters, and the kids did enjoy it.
It also gave the cabinet a rough feel... I think because of the iron filings in the paint. I put on the magnetic paint and then painted over that to match the rest of the kitchen, so you wouldn't even notice the roughness.
We also had stainless steel appliances at the time. When we moved I made sure the new house had regular ones!
But I would do the magnetic paint again. It turned the wasted space into something we needed and could use at the time.
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I've always wondered if that would work, and I'm glad to know it would!
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My sil used the magnetic paint on the wall in her hallway and it worked like a charm. She hangs all sorts of magnetic words as well as school work on the wall.
I had an old chalkboard that was given to us. It was a struggle to use, so I used the chalkboard paint and it worked great. I am really a chalkboard type of teacher, so I was quite happy with the results.
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Jennifer,
If you wanted to hang something on the side of the cabinet, you can use the Command Adhesive Picture Hanging Strips. We used about 6 sets of them to hang a chalkboard in our learning room.
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