Anyone's shields lose their magnetism?

[Zing]

Just put my skins on last night, which have been in the closet since Fall. They aren't sticking around the edges and some panels are really bad. Last time I used them I was in a torrential rain storm (remember hurricane Ivan) which I wonder had something to do with it? Only had them a year.

[Zing]

Just put my skins on last night, which have been in the closet since Fall. They aren't sticking around the edges and some panels are really bad. Last time I used them I was in a torrential rain storm (remember hurricane Ivan) which I wonder had something to do with it? Only had them a year.

[KenP]

That sucks. More tape!

I have seen the magnetic signs that people put on their cars appear to lose magnetism over time.

Didn't leave any credit cards on them, did you?

[PARAGON]

The earth's magnetic poles have moved in the past year making some areas more magnetic than others and taking magnetism away from others.


No.. No... No... That doesn't sound very good. Let's try this. Hurricane Ivan picked up so much metal in it's path that it particularized it and whilst spinning it through the air, the particles demagnetized your shields.

[PARAGON]

You didn't store them in eel skin, did you?

[Andy C]

Paragon - you are beginning to worry me.

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Andy C H2 hasbeen:
Paragon - you are beginning to worry me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I constantly worry me.

[DennisAJC]

Isn't he from NYC?

[rodster]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Zing:
They aren't sticking around the edges and some panels are really bad. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you have TruckShield's magnetic shields and if you registered your purchase with them, you have a lifetime replacement guarantee against loss or damage.

Magnets can be remagnetized. I found this post on the (believe it or not) Nuts and Volts Forum. Personally, I'd buy new magnets or drink heavily before trying this . . .

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">
Not sure if this is helpful, not knowing the size, etc of the magnets involved, but I used to re-magnetize old loudspeaker alnicos by clamping them in a vise, wrapping a few turns of battery booster cable around the magnet while it was in the vise, and connecting the ends to a car battery for a fraction of a second.

If the magnet was too small to get cable around it, I'd wrap the cable around the "arm" and movable jaw of the vise. Didn't have to be a neat winding. Just a few turns.

The vise formed a complete magnetic path around the magnet.

Sparky and dramatic, and wear gloves and glasses, and keep away from fuels, but it worked. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[tower]

Yeah, that's a great idea. And after you've blown yourself up, remember next time, to screw the tops on the shields tighter so that when you store them, the magnetism can't evaporate.

Or just use the warranty you paid for.