Kichwit Dishwasher Magnet Clean Dirty Sign Indicator with Running and Empty Options, Works on All Dishwashers, Non-Scratch Strong Magnetic Backing, Residue Free Adhesive Included, 4 Inch, Silver

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Might this lil number be of use to you, too? Well, then, great! I’d love to share some freebies with you. I have the Dishwasher Magnet designs in two different file formats, so everyone gets to play: a free Silhouette cut file for those of you with a Silhouetteor digital craft-cutter and a free PDF printable for everyone else! You can simply buy the Printable Magnet Paper, print the design, and use scissors to cut the magnets out. Easy as pie! Place a strip of tape along one side. In the picture below, the tape is along the top edge of the mat but the top of the mat is in the left side of the picture. This is best for those working left-handed. If you are right-handed, rotate the mat so the taped edge is on your right side.

In the picture above, I trimmed around the word “dirty” so I could see that corner of my work surface and I trimmed along the entire side (hidden under the tape in the above picture) to help me align this layer. Does your kitchen need a clean and dirty dishwasher magnet? Do you have someone in your household who doesn’t look in the dishwasher to know if the contents are clean or dirty? They leave their dirty dishes on the counter or in the sink, just assuming the dishwasher is full of clean dishes or they sometimes put their dirty dishes into the dishwasher full of clean dishes. Maybe there is someone in your home who would help with loading and unloading but they cannot tell if the dishes are clean or dirty so, they just don’t bother. Has this ever happened in your household? It seemed like it was happening to Mark and I a lotlately…and since we didn’t want to waste any more water than we already have, it was time for a solution. A solution of crafty proportions! The printable magnetic sheets in this project can be used in an inkjet printer. You can then print the design from the PDF in my resource library directly onto the magnet sheets. The PDF has the outlines for the design, then you can paint the parts of the design the colors you prefer. The magnetic sheets are easy to cut with an X-Acto knife or a pair of scissors. There are straight edges in this layer of cut vinyl that you can use to align this layer to the vinyl-covered magnet. If you have the more opaque style of transfer tape as I have, then you may want to trim some of it away to help you with aligning this layer.Person A sees the dishwasher is getting pretty full and decides to run it. After its cycle, person A pops it open to grab a clean spoon. The green “clean” light is deactivated. Start with the magnet that you still have affixed to your cutting mat (that is now covered with vinyl or that you painted) and your cut vinyl that should already have the transfer tape applied from Step 1. Brush on the leftover paint from painting your kitchen walls to make something to match your kitchen.

When you make this, you can leave a note in the comments of this post with the brand of magnetic sheets you used and what settings worked for you. Then others can benefit from everyone’s experiences. These are some options to do instead of a layer of uncut vinyl. If you do any of these then skip Step 2. To be honest, I almost re-recorded this video. The cut on this vinyl was a little deep and it cut into the carrier paper enough that I had to “baby it” as I separated the vinyl from the carrier paper. I hate it when that happens but it sometimes does. It was a bit of a pain but I’ve dealt with this sort of thing before. I laid this out in two ways in the design file and both of these are in the files in my resource library. When I sat down to design the clean and dirty dishwasher magnet, mostly I wanted something functional, something I needed. But, since I have this blog and part of what I do is teach you how to do things, I also wanted to be able to demonstrate some techniques for you to help you learn how to work with vinyl.You can make this by hand or cut it on your craft machine, such as the Cricut. I was able to use vinyl that I got for free, too! I never knew how much I needed a dishwasher clean/dirty indicator until I got one! As a person who's constantly puzzled by the status of the dishes inside the dishwasher, this little gadget has been a game-changer. Repeat until the magnet is cut all the way through. Again, on my machine, it took four passes. When it has cut through then you can eject it from the machine and weed the outside of the magnet off of the mat.