Dye An Outdoor Rug

You can keep your color fresh by setting it with a vinegar and salt solution both during and after the dying.

Dye an outdoor rug.

Just prior to dyeing add several large potfuls of boiling water which will give your rug a much better color result. Different carpet dye sticks can be used together to blend into different shades and colors. Stir the dye bath with a wooden stirring stick to evenly spread the dye. Then i sprayed the dye all over the rug until the color was fairly even.

The more synthetic in the fabric the less dye it will absorb. Paint that will work in outdoor applications. Mine is an ozite 6 x 8 rug in bark it cost 12 bucks and i had a 2 dollar rebate. It started to fade considerably from the.

If you are using a powder dye predissolve the dye in 2 cups of boiling water. If this size is too big you can cut them down with a scissors to any size or shape you desire probably even puzzle pieces. Add the amount of liquid or predissolved dye required for your rug. Outdoor spray paint i recommend rust oleum painters touch i used about 3 5 cans for my rug but it will depend on your rug and the design you choose note.

Practice the different colors on a piece of white paper until you are able to match the color of your indoor outdoor carpet. You might also want to test the dye on a small area of carpet which isn t normally visible. Different fabrics do absorb the dye differently. I took the rug outside laid it on an old shower curtain dissolved the dye and put it into an empty windex container.