Make a floor cloth.
How to make a canvas floor cloth.
After much research i purchased a heavy duty canvas drop cloth from home depot and went to town.
You can use floor cloths canvas rugs to cover a multitude of floor sins.
To make your floor cloth slip proof you can apply a liquid rubber backing available at most craft stores.
Continue stapling from the center points outward about every 3 inches.
3 4 of a yard of 60 wide canvas will make two floor cloths press an approximate 1 2 hem on all four sides.
It did make the white stripes not quite so white more of an off white or very light cream color so if you need the white in your fabric to stay a brilliant stark white you ll want to find another sealer for your floor cloth.
This was the second floor cloth i ve made.
Let the sealer dry completely between coats.
How you make a floor cloth from a drop cloth.
For the first one that i made several years ago i purchased the gessoed cloth but this time i decided that i could prime the cloth on my own.
Here is a comparison of the floor cloth after a coat of shellac and the extra fabric.
It helps a canvas floor cloth stay viable for longer than an untreated canvas floor cloth.
Make it large to cover an entire kitchen or small to.
Working on a large table or on a drop cloth on the floor center door or board on canvas.
And when you paint be sure to brush your paint from the tape to the canvas to ensure that you will have a clean edge on stripes or dots.
Place the rug backing under the hems on the floor cloth.
The colorful canvas carpet learn how you can recycle old fabric works or repurpose leftovers to make a beautiful floor cloth that ll make your floors pop.
By lisa curry mair.
Cut the rug backing slightly smaller than the hemmed rectangle.
When the wax dries hand buff the surface.
Cut the canvas into the size desired.
Floor clothes are a wonderful project for artists of all levels.
The trick for painting a floor cloth is to make sure that the edges of the tape and labels are well adhered to the canvas.
Durable and easy to care for a hand painted floor cloth can be used like a rug for high traffic areas such as the kitchen or even the patio.
The one i.
Staple at each corner far left.
Then fold over 1 and press again on all four sides.
Smooth the fabric around to the back stapling it at each side s midpoint.
Fold one side neatly under the other.
Get your entire family involved when you are painting the cloth.
The coating on pre primed canvas floor cloth acts as a protecter and sealer.
