Paint Area Rugs

The rug i painted is an indoor outdoor rug so it was stiff to begin with and the paint did not significantly change the texture.
Paint area rugs. You can use acrylic or latex paint and i just used some custom mixed navy and turquoise paint. Just make sure that if you custom mix a paint color that you make more than enough. Sorry i can t be more helpful. So in this case you should start spraying the paint beside the rug spray it over the rug and then keep spraying until you are off the rug again.
To minimize paint drips you will need to spray paint beyond the rug. Put the paint in a paint tray roll the roller in the paint and then roll it on a paper towel before you roll it on the rug. The first thing i did was create the shape templates in illustrator. The fifth tip is to roll from the edge of the tape in toward the bare rug.
Paint your taped rug with a paintbrush first applying a coat of paint perpendicular to the weave of the rug then parallel to fill all crevices. This is a no dye method meaning you won t need to boil y. Here s a diy tutorial on how to paint your area rug with regular latex paint and still keep it soft. The last thing you want is to run out of paint before your diy painted rug is finished.
That keeps the paint from being so liquid that it runs underneath the tape.