How To Hand Stencil Coir Mat

Lay your design down on the mat exactly how you d like it to appear when painted.

How to hand stencil coir mat.

A new welcome mat would freshen up the front porch nicely and help me to think spring until it was safe to plant flowers. To speed the drying process use a hair dryer. After your tape is secured it s time to layer your stencils on top. Lay your design down on the mat exactly how you d like it to appear when painted.

Not familiar with a coir doormat. I bought mine at home depot for under 10. E learning tutorials for making coir products. Use freezer paper or a vinyl stencil to cut out your design with your silhouette cameo or cricut machine.

This will keep it in place while you are cutting out your stencil. The only time consuming part was cutting out all the stencils. All three stencil materials required extra work and creativity to get them to stay in place. I ended up making a cactus one door mat no stencil.

A list of other design ideas for painting on a coir doormat. 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. Secure the design to the mat using your pins.

Center your stencil pattern on this mark. In the end i decided to do my final design using a vinyl stencil. Thanks tanya for doing all the labor for us but once you have your stencil and idea picked it. After your tape is secured it s time to layer your stencils on top.

Find the paint and products we use here. Use the free sag file and hand paint a coir doormat with a stencil and outdoor acrylic paint. Lightly tape the edges of your stencil to keep it in place. 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.

Lift up the stencil and wait for the paint to dry. With a little outdoor craft paint and vinyl stencil my mat was soon transformed. Roll the dark aqua color over the stencil. So there you go a cute door mat.

Secure the design to the mat using your pins. It is a challenge to get anything to stick to these coir mats. I have to tell you i was a little intimidated to try my hand at painting this mat. Using a ruler and pencil mark the center of the mat.