Diy Paint Rug Solid Color

With a light touch apply puffy paint dots around the outside of the design.

Diy paint rug solid color.

Here s a diy tutorial on how to paint your area rug with regular latex paint and still keep it soft. I painted all of my green squares first and then followed with my blue squares. There was a lot of streaking where the paint was not applied evenly. I didn t want a solid red rug.

I used two coats of each color. The puffy paint dots will look like embroidered french. Allow the paint to dry for three hours and then remove the contact paper. The carpet fibers and carpet backing soaked up the paint.

You might be bored with the pattern or color or perhaps it has stains that are difficult to cover up. How to paint a rug. Cut it out and press the paper to a solid color pillow. The color faded a bit and the rug looks more of a dark pink.

To make a painted pillow like this one trace a favorite shape on contact paper. You can use acrylic or latex paint and i just used some custom mixed navy and turquoise paint. This rug became my canvas to create my own design. 2 now you are ready to paint.

Go for a classic solid color or tap into your creativity to make funky or modern designs. This will prevent bleeding under the tape. Your old area rug has seen better days. I wanted the variations of different shades of red.

The next day in this case the paint had substantially lightened in color. If you don t mind that than this might be what you re looking for. The first thing i did was create the shape templates in illustrator. I love taking a pattern from a pillow or even trying to recreate the same pattern from a very expensive rug.

A second coat was added and again left to dry overnight. How to paint your carpet. When you paint your squares be sure to roll away from the tape. How to paint on old area rugs.

Once i mixed the paint and fabric medium i just applied the mixture with a sponge brush. It s been over year now and a the paint slightly rubs off. You ll need to use the right kind of paint and. It is with great sadness that i have to say this diy was a flop.

So this rug needed a second coat of paint. One of my favorite home diy projects to make over the past year has been painting rugs. This is a no dye method meaning you won t need to boil y. Instead of spending money to replace an ugly carpet you can paint it.

Just make sure that if you custom mix a paint color that you make more than enough. Buying a new area rug. The last thing you want is to run out of paint before your diy painted rug is finished.