How To Hand Stencil Coir Mat

The biggest difference for me was getting the stencil to stay in place on the mat.

How to hand stencil coir mat.

You need to seal and protect these rugs. Lay your design down on the mat exactly how you d like it to appear when painted. This will keep it in place while you are cutting out your stencil. To speed the drying process use a hair dryer.

Using a ruler and pencil mark the center of the mat. All three stencil materials required extra work and creativity to get them to stay in place. It is a challenge to get anything to stick to these coir mats. I just knew the stencil would bleed something awful but it didn t.

But when i happened upon a bin of coir door mats plain ones just begging for some silhouette intervention i popped one in the cart. I have to tell you i was a little intimidated to try my hand at painting this mat. I bought mine at home depot for under 10. With a little outdoor craft paint and vinyl stencil my mat was soon transformed.

After your tape is secured it s time to layer your stencils on top. Use the free sag file and hand paint a coir doormat with a stencil and outdoor acrylic paint. The only time consuming part was cutting out all the stencils. Thanks tanya for doing all the labor for us but once you have your stencil and idea picked it.

A list of other design ideas for painting on a coir doormat. Center your stencil pattern on this mark. And here is tip. Secure the design to the mat using your pins.

Lift up the stencil and wait for the paint to dry. So there you go a cute door mat. I ended up making a cactus one door mat no stencil. Roll the dark aqua color over the stencil.

Secure the design to the mat using your pins. E learning tutorials for making coir products. After your tape is secured it s time to layer your stencils on top. This will keep it in place while you are cutting out your stencil.

In the end i decided to do my final design using a vinyl stencil. Lay your design down on the mat exactly how you d like it to appear when painted. Lightly tape the edges of your stencil to keep it in place. Use freezer paper or a vinyl stencil to cut out your design with your silhouette cameo or cricut machine.