It is possible to decorate the interior in different ways. It is not necessary to buy expensive design items, it is enough to use the remedies to create a unique and practical interior. One of these items is wine stoppers.
Wine plugs are made from cortex cork. They do not affect the taste and quality of wine, so most manufacturers use this method of clogging the drink. Cork material has a positive effect on human health. With regular contact with it, seizures and spasms of the legs are reduced. For this reason, it is necessary to consider the version of the cork rug for premises with high humidity. The rug fits practically for each interior and makes a note of originality.
Preparation of materials
First of all, it is necessary to prepare workers and tools:
- Wine plugs. Their quantity depends on the size of the rug;
- cutting board;
- pointed knife;
- grinding paper;
- adhesive gun or super glue;
- rags or napkins to remove the remnants of glue;
- Old rubber carpet or thin bending plastic to be used as a basis. The form of carpet, proportions and size can be accomplished by different.
Important! Calculate the required number of traffic jams can be approximately based on the fact that on the rug, the size of 30x30 cm will be needed 170-180 wine plugs. This is quite a lot, so the collection can take several years, you can speed up the collection process, if you ask for help from friends and relatives or buy material in online stores.
Before working the traffic jam, it will be necessary to prepare - wash and dry. If there are marks from wine, the plugs are soaked for 10-12 hours in water with a bleach, after thoroughly washed under running water and dried. After you can start working on the assembly. If you do not dry the source material, the rug is deformed, die or dismisses.
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Assembling mat
Having gathered all the materials, you can proceed to cutting and assembling. Court to cope with the work under the power of a novice, the main thing is to do everything strictly according to the instructions and gently perform all actions.
All work consists of:
- All plugs are cut along in half. You need to do it on the board, so as not to be hurt and not damage the desktop cover. To the rug look beautiful, you need to pick up the same plugs.
- Slices are cleaned with sandpaper or grinding paper to make from more smooth and smooth.
- All blanks are laid out on the surface to try out and shift the corks if the drawing does not like it. You can lay out them chaotically, evenly or arrange a specific pattern.
- Glue is applied to cork fragments, and they are glued to the base. You need to start work from one end. It is important to wipe the gloves spread and released over the boundaries, otherwise after drying it will not be possible, and the appearance will suffer from it.
- The finished rug leaves to dry. It is better to transfer it to a warm room to speed up the process.
- The lower part and the edges are covered with sealant, and the upper glue or colorless varnish to preserve the natural type of material.
Corks can be glued in any convenient way. It is not necessary to cut them along, you can cut them into rings and collect a suitable composition from the obtained circles. The very shape of the rug can be rectangular, square, oval or round. It all depends on the interior, the size of the room and individual preferences. The carrots from the traffic jams are originally looking at the entire height, but the material consumption will increase significantly.
The pad from the traffic jam will decorate any room. It is environmentally friendly, safe and beautiful . It is pleasantly contacting the body and has a healing effect on the body.
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