Add Paint To Area Rug

Once i finished painting the rug i let it dry completely.

Add paint to area rug.

To keep from getting paint on the rug itself as you paint add painter s tape around the edge of the border to protect the rug. I mixed 1 part fabric medium with 2 parts exterior latex paint. Cheryl simmons first coat. This is what the sad drab rug looked like before i got started.

Once i mixed the paint and fabric medium i just applied the mixture with a sponge brush. Painting your old area rug is great way to give it a new life and flex your artistic muscle. This rug became my canvas to create my own design. I have wanted a rug in our girls playroom for a while but i just didn t want to drop a ton of cash on one.

Pour the extended paint into a tray remove excess and begin rolling onto the area in small sections. If you re also painting a 6 8 rug you ll need 2 6 oz bottles of the fabric medium found at a craft store and 1 quart of paint to do one coat. Lay it out on a drop cloth. How to paint a rug.

It helps the paint soak into the fibers of the fabric rug so it s not going to flake and peel after a while. This will make more of a contrast between the paint and the rug and a crisper finished product. The sixth tip is to apply more than one coat of paint. This is a no dye method meaning you won t need to boil y.

So i decided to paint an inexpensive rug to get just the look i wanted. I wanted the variations of different shades of red. I didn t want a solid red rug. Add the extra strip on the inside of your tape borders so that you are not covering up the parts of the carpet that would become the stripes.

Continued painting until all stripes have been painted. Here s a diy tutorial on how to paint your area rug with regular latex paint and still keep it soft. If you notice that any paint has sprayed beyond your double tape borders blot. You might think your rug is ready but go over the entire rug one more time.

Spray painting stripes on the area rug. To add a faux fabric technique to a faux painted rug mix one part paint extender with four parts paint and mix well. I used a stiff angled purdy paint brush to paint the border and didn t use tape since the angle on the paint brush made it fairly easy to not get paint on the rug as i painted. I don t know about you but i love area rugs.

Make sure it is clean and completely dry.