Diy Spray Paint Welcome Mat

Apply your stencil material to your door mat.

Diy spray paint welcome mat. Make a simple and fun diy halloween doormat for your home with spray paint. Sealer will help your painted door mat last longer. Supplies to paint a recycled rubber outdoor mat recycled rubber outdoor mat available at the home depot paint we used acrylic paint it comes 24 jars in a box from walmart in the craft department these were much cheaper than buying sample bottles or quarts of paint but if you are doing less colors you will need to buy larger bottles. Dab the paint on.

If you use folk art outdoor acrylic paint let it dry for 48 hours before setting the mat out. Spray paint your bats black and your moon white. After painting my first stripe i quickly realized that i needed a way to get the paint down into the fibers of the rug. And i have the shirt to prove it i ended up making a cactus one door mat no stencil.

I definitely suggest buying a pack of cheap sponges for this stage of the project. Skip the mod podge as it turns white when it gets wet. But we do not have a front porch and the mat was always exposed to the elements snow rain etc and it started to fade after a while. See the before and after and how this outdoor welcome mat has held up over the years.

That man is a genius it totally worked. Spray your mat several times letting the paint dry between sprays. I spray painted my diy custom welcome mat using and it has lasted for all types of weather. Welcome mats are so fun for the holidays.

Seal your door mat. If you are using a light color of paint use a light color of sharpie another quick tip. Paint your door mat. Finn suggested i use a scrub brush to really work the paint down in there.

I used almost the entire bottle of black paint. My mat held up pretty well for about 3 months. If you ve got an old rubber welcome mat that you d like to paint for a custom welcome mat this blog post is for you. I went over mine 5 times with a light spray.

I used the krylon clear polyurethane spray and made sure it was for outdoors. Spray several light coats. It does dry back to almost clear but it s not amazing looking when wet follow along on the e. Watch my video to see how to paint and personalize your door mat.

Just fill in with paint. I did spray the whole mat as well just to make sure i had lots of extra coverage. Using brush strokes got little tiny dots of paint everywhere. I find that a number of layers of light paint work a lot better than 1 or 2 thick heavy coats.

Keep painting until you have the desired color depth.