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I am going to give you a little tips how to floor paint.. These tips are related with canvas floor paint.. So be care full when you applying paint on floor.

1. Lay out a preprimed canvas with a 1-inch allowance on all sides for finishing the edges.

2. With a foam floor paint. roller, apply one coat of acrylic latex paint for your background color . Be sure to cover the entire front of the canvas. Allow to dry completely.

3. Using a sturdy, nonmarring tape, hang your canvas on a flat, vertical surface in a room that can be darkened, so the projected image will be easier to see.

4. Place the projector, with the photocopied pattern beneath it, on a flat surface approximately 8 feet from the canvas. Move the projector forward or back until the pattern on the canvas is the desired size.

5. Use a pencil to trace the pattern onto your canvas of floor paint..

6. Once you have completed the tracing, use a paintbrush with a flat, rounded tip (called a cat's tongue) to paint within the lines with your second paint color (B). If you are painting a light color onto a dark color, you may have to use two coats. Allow to dry completely.

7. To make the surface durable, apply matte varnish according to the manufacturer's instructions with a foam roller.

8. To finish the edges of the canvas, fold under 1 inch on all sides. For a mitered edge, use scissors to cut a triangle out of each corner. Use fabric glue to secure the folds

Used bookstores are a great place to hunt for inexpensive books containing decorative patterns.

* If you are tracing your pattern onto a dark color of floor paint. , use a white pencil.

* If your canvas starts to warp or wrinkle, roll it firmly around a gift-wrap tube and leave it for several hours.

* To give the floor paint. coverings added durability, apply at least three coats of varnish.

* When finishing the edges of the canvas, use books as weights to keep edges folded under while the fabric glue dries.

* Put a thin foam pad under your finished mat to keep it from slipping.

for using a floor paint. u need carefull instructions which will be handfull to you. This work is only done by the professionals. they give this work a totally perfection then any one else can give

Article Published: Wednesday 18th July 2007