Place light pressure on the magnet and rub the metal in one direction only.
Magnetize metal sheet.
Alternatively wrap the wire around a heat proof plastic tube large enough to insert your steel through.
Use at least 10 loops for nails and several dozen for larger objects.
If a regular magnet is not attracted to the steel don t bother trying to magnetize it with a battery.
A metal alloy that doesn t have iron in it is less likely to be magnetic.
These items can easily be purchased at a local hardware store.
The magnet must make as much contact with the metal as possible.
The steel will become more magnetic the more times you wrap the wire.
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It causes the non magnetized metal to polarize and turn into a magnet.
Magnetization will take some time to accomplish so continue rubbing until the iron or steel attracts other pieces of metal.
Place the magnet at one end of the piece of metal.
Pure gold silver copper etc.
Rub the metal you want to magnetize in one direction over the existing magnet.