Hey PJ ???
how bout Velcro ??? you can get it in different colors and it's pretty air
tight when squoze together good... if that won't work... you might try a
bead of rubber cement then stick your covers on... it will come off next
spring and you can roll up the rubber cement with your fingers afterward..
john
> Hmm, magnetic paint, sounds like an idea! Let me know how that goes. I'm
> guessing you might need to experiment with how many coats to put on to get
> the
> magnetic material to stick.
>
> I'm sealing off the A/C vents in the ceiling b/c the louvers don't close
> completely on them, and in the heating season, I don't want heat to rise
> into
> them (even just a little bit).
>
> ... And b/c every year I find more ways to get frugal with heating oil,
> and
> find more comfort in the house (no drafts and less heat loss). And as far
> as
> I can tell, it's starting to make a huge difference, I'm using about half
> of
> what I was 6 years ago. Every little bit counts I guess.
>
> PJ> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:25:29 -0800> From: doug@dougbraun.com>
> Subject:
> Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers> To: pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com> > I
> have a
> similar problem: I want to seal off the> louvered opening for a
> whole-house
> attic fan. I had> assumed the frame in the upstairs hall ceiling was>
> steel,
> and I prepared a 3' x 3' square of foam-core> board, with a magnetic strip
> all
> the way around the> edge. Then I realized the frame was aluminum. :-(> > I
> got
> a pint of this "magnetic paint" from the> hardware store. I guess it has
> iron
> dust in it. I'm> planning to paint this on the louver frame and topcoat>
> it
> with white paint. Hopefully it will not look too> ugly> and the magnets
> will
> actually stick to it...> > Doug> > > --- PJ McGarvey
> <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
> wrote:> > > Anyone bought or devised a way to seal off ceiling> > A/C
> vents
> made of aluminum> > - that the usual magnets won't stick to?> > > > PJ
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