Trying a little tile experiment.
NeoBlackdog
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I started setting tile in one of our bathroom showers today and am trying an experiment to see if I can keep the shower curtain held close to the wall so the water won't spray out. I'm placing these really thin neodymium magnets at every grout line (every 12") going up by the doorway. I'll use some self adhesive velcro to place others on the curtain itself. By using the velcro we should be able to pull the magnets off the curtain when it needs washed. I'm putting them on both sides of the corner so we'll have 2 options on where the curtain will 'attach' itself. The magnet is the thin silver disc in the upper left of the leftmost tile in the picture. They'll only be on the side of the curtain where the shower head is so the other side will still move easily. I guess we'll see if it works!
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Two magnets on the curtain (or 1 magnet & 1 piece of steel) would work, too. Then you don't need the velcro.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Good point!
Neo........
If you use two magnets.........keep in mind that like-poles repel.😉
Good luck…...😎
It sounds like a great experiment. Looking forward to hearing how it works out.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Gonna be a while yet. My wife wants to help and she's gone until June 6th. I told her I'd only work on the first three or four rows of tile, the harder parts, until she gets back. Even if it's a bust those little magnets sitting behind the tile unused won't hurt anything.
That's a cool idea and I don't see why it won't work.
It is already a thing… good luck on your experiment though.
https://www.google.com/search?q=magnetic+shower+curtain&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS879US879&oq=magnetic+shower+c&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEAAYgAQyBggCEEUYOTIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABKgCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I'm going to scare the crap out of Larry one day and text him while he's at work….."I think I want to tile the bathroom, starting the tear down now."
Those have surface mounted strips the magnets cling to. My system has the magnet embedded behind the tile and thus invisible.
@NeoBlackdog "Those have surface mounted strips the magnets cling to. My system has the magnet embedded behind the tile and thus invisible."
I understand you are trying something different, I was just pointing out that it was something I had heard of before in case in may be helpful in the materials you choose to use. I like the idea of the hidden magnets and hope it works out for you. Wasn't trying to rain on your parade if it came across that way, it was not my intention.
Not at all! We can't learn if we don't examine other ideas.
@NeoBlackdog : are those magnets in the wall gonna be strong enough to work the way you want when the tile is laid over them?
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Yep. Already tested that out. Even through a 3/8" thick porcelain tile they exert quite a bit of pull.
Nicely done.👍
I'd imagine that magnet-to-magnet force.....…would be much greater than magnet-to-tin/steel.
We have an internal and external shower curtain on our guest shower with steel tub. My wife made the external one and sewed magnets into it. They are just strong enough to hold it tight and to keep the coriolis effect from drawing the curtains in. She then glued slightly stronger magnets to the interior opaque curtain. In the end, these combined keeps the water in, and the cold air draft out.
For our master shower, we just mounted the curtain rod further out so the curtain already sits at ~10 degree angle so it doesn't pull the curtain up much more than that unless the wife is cold and is running nearly straight hot water and comes out looking like a lobster.