Creating A Giant Floor Cloth

Big duck canvas fabric warehouse offers a wide range of fabric options ideal for making cotton canvas floor cloths or canvas floor mats.

Creating a giant floor cloth.

Cut the rug backing slightly smaller than the hemmed rectangle. This space should be dust free well lit and well ventilated. This room is the room that we enter and exit our house 99 5 of the time. Our vintage vinyl floor cloths include 900 unique patterns in warm colors with.

All of our fabrics are offered at factory direct wholesale pricing for cut yardage and bulk orders. Lay out the fabric and make sure the cut is straight across both ends. Most patterns are offered in 13 standard sizes ranging from 20 x 30 to 120 x 120. Fabric for floor cloths.

Let the sealer dry completely between coats. Floor clothes are a wonderful project for artists of all levels. At our giant floor stores we have the area s best selection and largest inventory of flooring in northeastern pennsylvania. Cut the canvas into the size desired.

Our heavyweight numbered ducks are the best option for canvas floor cloths. If desired you may apply a final coat of paste wax using a soft cloth. These floor cloths can even be used in controlled outdoor settings or in a screened in porch. For a traditional floor cloth you ll need linseed oil a large paintbrush oil based paints assorted stencils with early american or colonial designs small brushes sponges or foam pouncing.

You ll probably need two or three coats just to make it extra durable. Custom sizes are also available for most designs. To make your floor cloth slip proof you can apply a liquid rubber backing available at most craft stores. If you think you may want to polycoat the final product then grab some polycoat spray on or brush too.

How to make floor cloths before you begin set up a work space where you can leave the floor cloth to dry undisturbed for several hours. One of the key elements of my plan was a rug to cover to a good portion of the tiled floor. Scranton wilkes barre bartonsville. For this week s installment of the one room challenge i decided to make a floor cloth from a drop cloth as the search for a suitable runner was proving to be fruitless.

Then fold over 1 and press again on all four sides. When the wax dries hand buff the surface. 3 4 of a yard of 60 wide canvas will make two floor cloths press an approximate 1 2 hem on all four sides. Here s one more look at the finished floor cloth.

Place the rug backing under the hems on the floor cloth.