How to make a rug from bottle caps?

Materials

To make cork matFirst of all, it is necessary to accumulate the traffic jams themselves. For a small-sized product, you need about 150 pieces, if you want a larger carpet - and there will be more traffic jams.

In addition, you need:

• cutting board;
• emery;
• knife (sharp);
• fabric basis (as a basis, you can take a rubber mat, rubberized fabric, soft plastic, canvas);
• glue (super glue, hot glue);
• rag to remove excess glue.

Training

The plugs must be washed with a detergent. If there are red wine corks among them, soak them overnight with bleach to bottle cork mat did not work out “spotted”. After this, be sure to rinse several times in running water and dry. Perform further work only after complete drying. Cut each cork in half, sand the slices. Do it on the board so as not to get hurt.

The foundation

As a basis for cork mat Soft plastic, or a dense rubberized fabric, and even a durable canvas will do. You can take old mats if they are strong enough. From the base, cut out the future rug, and cut it out. The size depends on your desire, the preferred shape is a rectangle or square.

Calculation

After the preparatory work on the fabrication rug from bottle caps finished, you can proceed to the main operation. Spread the cork, starting from the edges and moving towards the center. You can do this in a row, you can - alternating directions to form a pattern. If at the end of the work it turns out that the plugs are not included in the remaining space, they must be carefully trimmed.

Mount

The final and most crucial stage in creating a rug from traffic jams is gluing them to the base. The procedure is the same as when laying out - from the edges to the center. Remove excess glue immediately with a rag. Try to keep each half of the cork in the place allotted to it in advance.

Drying

It remains only to allow the mat to dry and, if desired, to process the bottom and edges with sealant so that moisture does not seep through it.