Paint Your Own Carpet

Use the latex paint without conditioner to check the acceptability of the color.

Paint your own carpet. The consensus seems to be that coarser sturdier products such as sisal jute seagrass and berber are more receptive to paint than your standard plush carpet which would become impossibly hard and matted if treated with paint. How to paint your carpet. Spray flat and straight. Do not shake the paint can over the stripe.

If the color is acceptable paint the carpet as planned. You can create a new theme or mood for any room in your house with a couple of coats of fresh paint. My golden retriever stepped on my paint pan thing and flipped paint everywhere. And while you could use a paintbrush and paint from a can you will not achieve the same coverage consistency as you would using spray paint.

Let it dry completely. After scouring the web i ve found two fairly clear set of instructions on how to go about beautifying destroying your carpet rug. Do not go heavy because it will drip off of the painter s tape onto the rug. Preparing to paint is an important step because it is difficult to remove spilled or spattered paint from carpeting.

Choose upholstery paint only because if you use acrylic or any other paint your carpet will end up with that crunchy clumpy feel. You may have to do several coats to achieve the color closest to the can so buy extra cans if that s the case. If the color is not acceptable it can easily be painted over. Then place the remnants of the carpet over the paint protection covers.

While some rooms are easier to paint than others among the most challenging are those that are carpeted. If it seems to puddle a little on the tape use a rag to carefully dab it off. If your carpet is tan or taupe with yellow undertones and you re using a light colored paint those yellow undertones will come through and give you a different result than on the can. A second coat may be necessary in some areas.