How to paint a carpet?

For many years, people have decorated their homes with carpets. Carpets for the house, their shapes, ornaments, colors, materials for many years changed depending on the fashion and national cultures of peoples. But even today in almost every house you can meet this piece of furniture. Unfortunately, carpets often get dirty and discolored long before their physical wear and tear. Even if they are regularly cleaned and vacuumed, they can still look rather old.

Some people decide to paint the carpet when changing the color of the walls and decorating the room as a whole. If the carpet is made of nylon or wool, painting will be an excellent way to update its appearance and extend the life. To make everything work for you, we'll tell you how to paint the carpet, what tools to use for this.

Important! If your carpet is made of acrylic, polyester or polypropylene, the painting is contraindicated, because such fibers can not absorb the paint well, and the product may be damaged.

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Resuscitation of carpets

As a rule, carpets are placed on the floor in the most passable parts of the house, because of which they are prone to rapid discoloration and contamination. Even under the condition of regular cleaning and periodic cleaning of carpeting one day, when the question of its replacement becomes. If you do not want to part with your favorite carpet, then you can resort to painting it.

To properly paint the carpet, you should divide the work into two steps:

• Cleaning.
• Coloring.

Important! To get a high-quality color, you can ask for help from companies that perform similar work. As a rule, at the end of such works, many masters give a guarantee for painting for a certain period, which is very convenient for the customer.

If, after consulting a specialist, you want to paint the carpet yourself, then you should do it step by step.

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The first stage - cleaning

For high-quality cleaning it is desirable to buy or rent a steam engine. Covering, occupying most of the room, must be freed from furniture and all interior items. Furniture is better to take out of the room at all.

After reading the instructions for the steam engine, you can start cleaning. Next, allow the fibers and lining of the coating to dry thoroughly before starting the staining.

This concludes the cleaning of the carpet.

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Second stage - painting

In order to prevent the staining of other surfaces in the room, they must be covered or sealed. Especially it concerns batteries, sockets, skirting boards.

Many wonder whether it is possible to paint the carpet in a different color with the help of fabric dyes. The answer is positive, only when choosing a color should be taken into account that the color will be more effective in the color of the paint, the darker the color of your carpet.

Important! If there are spots on the coating, then the paint should be chosen darker than the color of these spots.

Following the recommendations on the package, prepare the dye and try to paint a small piece of carpet in the most inconspicuous place. So you will learn how the paint behaves exactly on your cover. If the color you like, you can safely embark on painting the rest.

The dye should preferably be applied to the carpet by means of a sprayer, and by taking a rigid brush it is possible to distribute the paint evenly over the entire surface.

Important! In order not to step on the painted area, move better from the far corner of your room to the exit.

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How to extend the service life?

Immediately after painting, when the product is still wet, the color may seem bright and saturated. But after completely drying, some areas may look a little lighter, due to previously discolored stains or insufficient application of paint.

Important! After staining, the coating should be allowed to dry completely and not use it for a while, as a rule, such information is indicated on the paint package.

Painting dirty carpets is inefficient, because the effect of this action will turn out to be very bad. Therefore, due care should be taken before cleaning.

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Carpet cover

Carpet painting can be done with a special paint for carpet in spray cans. In order to carry out this procedure, you should:

1. Before cleaning, clean and dry the surface thoroughly.
2. We will paint with a special paint for carpets, which can be bought at a specialized store. Select it follows the composition of the coating: viscose, wool, polyamide. Color choose on the tone darker than your cover.
3. Protect with polyethylene of plinth.
4. To perform on the carpet pattern, you must use an adhesive tape. You can also buy a ready-made stencil or screen drum. According to the pattern, make holes in the stencil. Pour the paint into the drum and apply a pattern on the coating, like a paint roller.
5. Leave the coating to dry, avoiding walking on it.
6. If the stains are noticeable after complete drying, it is advisable to repeat the procedure again.
7. In the end, it is desirable to wash the carpet with a vacuum cleaner, adding vinegar in water in a proportion of 2: 1.If you do not have a cleaning vacuum cleaner, then you can simply treat the coating with a cloth dampened with such a solution.

Important! Carpet painting can be carried out both for low-end products, and with a long pile. In the second case, you only need to increase the paint consumption.

Thus, you can save your favorite carpet, giving it a beautiful appearance, and save money on buying a new product.