{"id":671,"date":"2013-10-17T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T07:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.first4magnets.com\/applications\/?p=671"},"modified":"2025-02-28T13:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:43:38","slug":"create-your-own-magnetic-spice-rack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.first4magnets.com\/blog\/create-your-own-magnetic-spice-rack\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Your Own Magnetic Spice Rack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnets are useful all over the home, particularly in the kitchen. For example, magnetic knife racks<\/a> and magnetic cupboard and drawer closures<\/a> are not uncommon. They can even be used to keep oven doors firmly shut and of course, every fridge has a magnetic flexible rubber seal.<\/p>\n

Another use of magnets in the kitchen is for creating a magnetic spice rack to keep all those spices neatly organised and accessible.<\/p>\n

We were delighted to receive these pictures from Mike in County Durham who had created this wonderful example of a magnetic spice rack.<\/p>\n

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You can clearly see that Mike has used a thin steel, painted sheet as the backing board for his spice rack. Mike has then glued a small neodymium magnet<\/a> to the inside of each spice jar lid so that when the lids are placed on the jars they are held in a shear position against the steel board. When you are done with the spices, simply pop the lid back on and reattach the jar to the steel board.<\/p>\n

The exact magnets used by Mike are 15mm diameter x 2mm thick N52 neodymium disc magnets<\/a> and these are able to hold a sufficient weight of 0.45kg in a shear position, plenty for most spice jars.<\/p>\n

If, like Yasuko, you are planning to stick magnets on the underside of your jars you can use a slightly weaker magnet to achieve the same effect. In the below photos Yasuko has used a 15mm diameter x 2mm thick N35 neodymium magnet with a 1.8kg pull<\/a>. Here, you can see that the magnet has been stuck to the underside of the jars using superglue and a ring of thin foam sheet has also been added to make the underside flush.<\/p>\n

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We think this is a really great way to organise and display your spices and to help take the stress out of cooking!<\/p>\n

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