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Tin, enamel, letters, or a board
A fridge souvenir, a kids letter set, an office tracker, and a magnetic whiteboard are four jobs. They share a magnet. They do not share a construction. If it will not stick to steel, it is not the product. Scientific American (Thomas Devine) splits ferritic stainless, which generally holds, from austenitic stainless such as Type 304, which usually does not. GE Appliances says to bring a magnet and test the door.
Four jobs
| Job | What you pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Fridge memory | Printed tin or enamel plaque | Tin is light and scuffs. Enamel chips if it drops but keeps its face in kitchen air. Full split: Souvenir vs enamel. |
| Kids letters | Letter and character magnet set | Alphabet on a fridge or board. Not a souvenir print. Guide: Kids letters. |
| Office tracking | Status magnets on a steel board | Names, dates, a column that moves. Guide: Office tracking. |
| Writable wall | Magnetic whiteboard | Dry-erase plus magnets. Kit: Whiteboard kit. |
Printed tin is a picture on a flexible sheet. Corners bend. It rides in a carry-on pocket. Die-struck enamel is a metal blank with color in cells and a magnetic pad on the back. Weight in the hand. The red fridge plaque here is that kind of object. Kids letters are a different job: characters you can spell with, not a skyline print. A whiteboard is the wall those letters and status chips can live on when the fridge door is already full.
Shop those families on Shop. Whiteboard, kids, and office filters are on that catalog.
A car magnet is a fifth job and a different steel. Vehicle paint and a fridge door are not the same surface. The car guide stays on Car magnets. Do not put a fridge tin on a bumper and call it done. Do not put a car sheet on a whiteboard and expect dry-erase to survive.
Get this a magnetic whiteboard. Get this kids letter magnets. Get this a souvenir magnet.