I had a home built screen before this as well. But it didn't work all that well. At least it was cheap, screening cloth and clothes pins. Thanks, Mike On 7/8/03 10:03 AM, "Jay Brown" <jayb@coedsportswear.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > What type of magnets are you using? The neodymium rare earth magnets from > www.wondermagnet.com are available in all sorts of sizes and strengths. > They should have something that will fit the bill for your screen very well. > If I had to guess, I would recommend trying 4 of the #030 - 3/4" x 1/8" > spaced across top of the screen and 2 or 3 of the #032 - 1/2" x 1/8" down > each side. > > I made my sliding door screen out of an old screen house that had a big rip > in one side. I sewed a 2" border of canvas around the perimeter and glued > magnets in with silicone based craft adhesive. The zipper was already > there, I just had to cut it down to size. For a weight at the bottom I used > some big (#13 I think) ball-chain that I had kicking around sewn into the > hem. It works pretty well and stays in place just fine with the magnets as > long as I haven't had too many drinks to be able to work the zipper > properly... > > Hope this helps, > Jay Brown > '72 Riviera > '85 Vanagon Westfalia > > > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:25:34 -0700 > From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> > Subject: Sliding door screen > > Vanites, > > I bought a screen for the sliding door on my 85 Westy. It's meant to be > snapped in the same way the rear door screen is. But I didn't want to drill > any more holes in the van so I tried magnets as a means for holding it up. > > No go. If they're strong enough to hold they can't be taken off or > manipulated very easily. > > Anyone have any other ideas for putting the screen in? > > TIA > > Mike > > > |
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