Free up Cabinet Space!  Use empty wall space to store your spices.  See all the different ways!

• Create a Magnetic Wall
• Magnetic Material directly to wall
• Stainless Steel panel
• Framed Magnetic Sheet

Michele, one of our featured cooks, uses her spices as colorful art on her kitchen wall.  First, she treated her kitchen wall with Rustoleum's Magnetic Primer (a bit of a misnomer).  This product is full of metal pieces which attract magnets.  She then covered the magnetic primer with two coats of her wall paint.  She cut the magnetic strip that came with her Elegance squares and created a beautiful border of color in her black and white 1921 bungalow.

To create a magnetically attractive wall, using Rustoleum's Magnetic Primer, coat your wall with 3-5 coats of the primer.  Cover it with your wall paint.  Cut the magnetic strip that comes with your tins (or choose Precut Magnetic Rounds) for the bottom of the tins.   Arrange your spice tins on the wall!

Lauren (left) loves the space she gained in her kitchen cabinets!  She adhered our Magnetic Strip directly to the wall below her cabinets.  Simplicity 2.5 oz. rounds hold her spices close at hand.

Lisa (right) also mounted the Magnetic Strip directly to her wall near her prep area.  The 4 oz.  Bravada square are at her fingertips, making meal preparation even easier!

Things to consider:

The adhesive on the back of our magnetic strip is very aggressive.  It is an outdoor grade adhesive, chosen to ensure its hold on your vertical surface with the added weight of the filled spice tins.  Removal of the magnetic strip from painted, papered or laminated will likely result in damage to the wall finish.  Hard, non-porous surfaces, like Corian, will not be damaged. 

Plaster or other uneven surface walls are not suitable for direct mounting of the magnetic strip.  The magnetic strip must have full contact to the surface to which it is applied.

Excessive heat or moisture, combined with a painted wall, may adversely effect the strength of the adhesive.  If you live in a third floor apartment with no air conditioning, consider mounting your strip on a panel to mount on the wall, or consider an alternative Idea.

Karla was our first featured CMSR Cook in our monthly newsletter and on our home page.  She is a culinary student in Toronto.  Karla purchased a sheet of Stainless Steel at a local DIY store.  She adhered the magnetic strip to the bottom of each of her Elegance Squares.  She tells us she is the envy of her fellow culinary students.

Not all Stainless Steel is Magnetic!

Stainless steel is the universal name for a number of different steels used primarily for their anti-corrosive element.  When it comes to classifying stainless steel as having magneticmagneticmagnetic properties, there is not a simple yes and no answer.

It is important to understand that stainless steel is not a pure magnetic metal. In fact, stainless steel is really a collective name for a steel alloy that is mixed with other metals in order to give it the properties that make the metal compound so desirable.  For instance, the typical stainless steel contains just over ten percent of chromium.  Other metals may be introduced into the steel compound as well as the chromium. One of these metals is nickel.  Essentially, the addition of nickel to the stainless steel compound helps to strengthen the protective qualities of the chromium.  Generally referred to as a 300 series, stainless steel that contains nickel is not magnetic at all.  The reason is that the presence of the nickel alters the physical structure of the stainless steel and removes or inhibits any magnetic qualities.  Stainless steel refrigerators are not magnetically attractive.

However, magnetic stainless steel does exist.  The 400 series, which contains steel and chromium, but without the presence of nickel, does have magnetic qualities. The degree of magnetic attraction may vary.  Because the Grade (300, 400, etc. ) may not be displayed at your DIY store, it is recommended to take a magnet or one of your tins with the magnetic material on the bottom with you to test for magnetic attraction. 

Charles created a beautiful stylized wall spice rack by adhering our magnetic sheet to the side of his refrigerator cabinet.  Four and eight ounce Bravada squares add color and flair to this kitchen!

Magnetic Sheet offers a sleek, smooth looking alternative to magnetic strip.  That's what Toni was looking for when she made her purchase of 4 oz. and 8 oz. Bravada Squares.  Her husband, Eddie, had built Toni a farm table and framed up a length of our magnetic sheet with the same wood.

Our magnetic sheet has the same paper-backed adhesive on one side as our magnetic strip and precut rounds.  You can apply the magnetic sheet to any surface.  We've had a few customers apply it to the inside of their kitchen cabinets!

For more information about the application and removal of our magnetic mounting materials, please see our About Magnetic Options page, by clicking here.