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
>
>
>