How To Hand Stencil Coir Mat

Center your stencil pattern on this mark.

How to hand stencil coir mat.

I ended up making a cactus one door mat no stencil. Find the paint and products we use here. Use freezer paper or a vinyl stencil to cut out your design with your silhouette cameo or cricut machine. With a little outdoor craft paint and vinyl stencil my mat was soon transformed.

Lightly tape the edges of your stencil to keep it in place. Secure the design to the mat using your pins. In the end i decided to do my final design using a vinyl stencil. To speed the drying process use a hair dryer.

The only time consuming part was cutting out all the stencils. E learning tutorials for making coir products. After your tape is secured it s time to layer your stencils on top. And here is tip.

Not familiar with a coir doormat. Use the free sag file and hand paint a coir doormat with a stencil and outdoor acrylic paint. Secure the design to the mat using your pins. Lay your design down on the mat exactly how you d like it to appear when painted.

A list of other design ideas for painting on a coir doormat. Using a ruler and pencil mark the center of the mat. After your tape is secured it s time to layer your stencils on top. All three stencil materials required extra work and creativity to get them to stay in place.

This will keep it in place while you are cutting out your stencil. The biggest difference for me was getting the stencil to stay in place on the mat. I bought mine at home depot for under 10. 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 just knew the stencil would bleed something awful but it didn t. This will keep it in place while you are cutting out your stencil. So there you go a cute door mat. Lift up the stencil and wait for the paint to dry.

You need to seal and protect these rugs. Thanks tanya for doing all the labor for us but once you have your stencil and idea picked it. Roll the dark aqua color over the stencil. I have to tell you i was a little intimidated to try my hand at painting this mat.