Bottle Cap Magnet

I collect bottle caps. It isn’t an exciting hobby, but it’s hard to stop once you get started. My collection includes quite a few repeats, mostly because many projects that use bottle caps require a mass volume of them. One exception would be refrigerator magnets. This project only needs a 6-12 pack worth of caps, although it looks a whole lot classier when there are no repeating colors or brands. They don’t need to be your favorite drink because you are looking for display worthy artwork.

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Step 1

First, you must choose your caps. This can be fun if you are starting from scratch. You can buy your beer based solely on the cap design if you are the adventurous type. This will also give you a record of your beer trek. Next, you will need magnets, mine are from Wal-mart. They were the thickest they had, but they weren’t thick enough so I needed cardboard to act as a spacer between the cap and the magnet. I found that a pizza box worked well for the spacer as well as a work surface. Don’t use a washer or a nut unless it is the plastic type, this will keep the weight down. Finally, you will need glue. I used hot glue, if I had to do it over again I think I would use gorilla glue just because I often drop fridge magnets and gorilla glue is tougher.

List of materials:
Caps
Magnets
Scissors
Glue
Cardboard
 

Comments

[Browncoat]

Do you have any tips on getting bottle caps off w/o bending them?

[tjesse]

Try using a coin on the top of the bottle between the cap and opener, I heard that works. I use the bottle opener that's on my corkscrew. It's not as aggressive as most bottle openers. Some people use a lighter, but I don't smoke so I never have one handy.

[marple200]

You are correct.
I have been using the coin on the cap method for years.
A quarter works the best as it is approximately the same size as the top of the cap.
Cheers.