Splash Out – Painted Carpet DIY
I am really excited to show you this post today, but not for the obvious reasons! Yes, the colour is lovely and it looks really cool, but it took me 7 tries to figure out how to make the paint stick!
You see, most paints that stick to a cut-pile carpet also changes the texture of the carpet, it makes it hard. And if you get a paint that is quite happy to be absorbed by the carpet, then you can also scrub it out*
You see, most paints that stick to a cut-pile carpet also changes the texture of the carpet, it makes it hard. And if you get a paint that is quite happy to be absorbed by the carpet, then you can also scrub it out*
I tried thinning the paint, spraying the carpet with water first, using thinners, even ironing it to fix the paint. But to no avail. In the end, I got the idea to use bonding liquid – the type that you use to get paint to stick to cement. And to my surprise – it worked! The paint stuck through various scrubbing test and after the horrid smell left, it works really well! I used Chalk Paint ® decorative paint by Annie Sloan in Florence for my carpet (which was synthetic cut-pile).
A few tips:
*Any mom who’s ever tried to remove paint from a carpet will say that you can’t scrub it out completely and that’s true. But I didn’t want to be able to scrub it out even a little bit! Read the full post on homeology.co.za
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Interesting and presents lots of possibilities for different colors versus just one. Pretty and dramatic option to upcycling a rug.
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I love how it turned out!
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