You ll need to use the right kind of paint and.
Diy paint rug solid color.
One of my favorite home diy projects to make over the past year has been painting rugs.
The carpet fibers and carpet backing soaked up the paint.
The next day in this case the paint had substantially lightened in color.
To paint the edges put your roller on the paint and then roll away from it.
It s so fun to come up with a pattern or design and then create it.
How to paint on old area rugs.
Go for a classic solid color or tap into your creativity to make funky or modern designs.
I love taking a pattern from a pillow or even trying to recreate the same pattern from a very expensive rug.
The color faded a bit and the rug looks more of a dark pink.
Your old area rug has seen better days.
Allow the paint to dry for three hours and then remove the contact paper.
How to paint your carpet.
The puffy paint dots will look like embroidered french.
This rug became my canvas to create my own design.
Cut it out and press the paper to a solid color pillow.
Once i mixed the paint and fabric medium i just applied the mixture with a sponge brush.
Buying a new area rug.
I painted all of my green squares first and then followed with my blue squares.
How to paint a rug.
Just make sure that if you custom mix a paint color that you make more than enough.
I used two coats of each color.
There was a lot of streaking where the paint was not applied evenly.
I wanted the variations of different shades of red.
When you paint your squares be sure to roll away from the tape.
I didn t want a solid red rug.
The first thing i did was create the shape templates in illustrator.
You can use acrylic or latex paint and i just used some custom mixed navy and turquoise paint.
It is with great sadness that i have to say this diy was a flop.
This will prevent bleeding under the tape.
If you don t mind that than this might be what you re looking for.
With a light touch apply puffy paint dots around the outside of the design.
The last thing you want is to run out of paint before your diy painted rug is finished.
To make a painted pillow like this one trace a favorite shape on contact paper.
You might be bored with the pattern or color or perhaps it has stains that are difficult to cover up.
This is a no dye method meaning you won t need to boil y.
2 now you are ready to paint.
A second coat was added and again left to dry overnight.
It s been over year now and a the paint slightly rubs off.
Here s a diy tutorial on how to paint your area rug with regular latex paint and still keep it soft.