We have been making magnets ever since. Each set is a little different, so I wanted to share a new style of wine cork magnets that I enjoy making.
Materials needed:
Oak Wine Corks
Knife (or hand saw)
Drill
Glue
Magnets
First, cut the oak wine corks in half. I have used a perforated kitchen knife and my husband’s hand saw, both work well.
Once your corks are cut in half, use the
drill to hollow out a small hole the size of your magnet. The hole
needs to be on the opposite side of the cork you are wanting to display.
It doesn’t have to be a perfect hole either, just big enough to fit
the magnet with a little glue behind it.
Once you have a hole dug out, put a drop of
hot glue, or other permanent bonding adhesive like E-6000, in the hole
and place your magnet on top of it to dry. There are several types of
magnets you can use. I use Neodymium Rare Earth Magnets, size 3/8 x
1/16. I purchased a set from a cute little Etsy shop.
Each little magnet can pull a little over 2 pounds and holds down
several sheets of paper . What is important in magnet selection, is
that they are strong enough to hold what you would like, and small
enough to fit nicely into your cork.
It is important to note here that
the magnets will attract to each other while you are doing this
project. Once glue has entered the picture, I would keep the corks with
magnets drying in them, far away from other corks with magnets drying
in them! I use some old wood moldings to separate them.
Allow the magnets to dry in the corks for
24-72 hours and you’re DONE! For this particular set of wine cork
magnets, we used our shop’s colored cork supplies. You can also hand paint each cork by cutting acrylic paint with blending gel and allowing them to dry overnight. Please note,
our shop’s colored cork supplies are dyed in a
special permanent solution, the acrylic paint method will bleed unless
you seal them.
Happy Crafting! (source: thewoodenbee.com)
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