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The ability to beautifully paint wheels for a flower bed is not only a desire to decorate the courtyard area in an original and inexpensive way, but also an opportunity for self-expression, the realization of creative potential, and the fruitful use of used car wheels. Flowerbeds decorated with car wheels are found everywhere.
What is necessary
Having decided to build and paint flowerbeds from wheels on a personal plot, its owner must purchase the basic materials that will be needed when tinting the tires.
To carry out quality work you will need:
- a special solvent, acetone or other liquid, for preliminary cleaning of the surface;
- primer used as a base for paint;
- paint and varnish material;
- paint brushes of several sizes, spray bottle or spray can.
What paint to paint tires for flowerbeds
In order for flower beds made from tires to please their owners for as long as possible, they must be properly painted. It is important not only to choose the right paint, but also to apply it.
To color car tires, you can use different types of tints, including:
- enamel paint and varnish coatings;
- acrylic coatings - if applied correctly, they will last a long time;
- automobile paints, characterized by fast drying, good performance and can be used as a base layer;
- paints in aerosol form, the convenience of their use lies not only in completely covering the product with paint, excluding gaps even in hard-to-reach places, but also in the ability to change paint shades;
- nitro paints - quick-drying coatings that are not susceptible to exposure to sunlight;
- water-based paints have a significant disadvantage - they fade under the sun;
- oil compounds penetrate the rubber surface well and last a long time;
- paints intended exclusively for rubber surfaces.
Each owner has the right to choose what paint to paint the tires for the flower garden, based on their capabilities and preferences.
Guided by numerous tips and photos from the Internet, you can beautifully paint tires for a flower bed and create a unique design for your personal territory from tires.
Tire painting techniques
If you want to properly paint tires for a flower bed, you need to adhere to a certain technique and follow the rules developed by experience:
- Rubber surfaces require mandatory preliminary preparation of the material for work: thorough washing of the tires, degreasing the tire, priming, drying, cleaning the surface with emery material.
- The choice of primer type depends on the paint and varnish coating: for oil-based paints, a quick-drying acid primer of the GF-021 trademark is suitable; for water-based paints, you can use ordinary PVA glue.
- After completing the preliminary stage of choosing a paint coating, you can proceed to applying paint to the rubber tire. The coating must be applied in several layers.
You can paint car rubber wheels on a flowerbed either with paint of one shade or with a variety of colors, creating a specific pattern.
Basic rules that are recommended to be followed when painting a flower bed made from car tires:
- the best coloring option is a palette of light colors, since such shades will prevent overheating of the soil and plant rhizomes;
- the thickness of the layer covering the flower bed should not be too thin, but the paint should not be applied in a very thick layer either, otherwise it will be deformed under the influence of the sun or frost;
- It is necessary to decorate flowerbeds made from tires in such a way that the design on flowerpots made from car tires does not drown out the beauty of living plants with its brightness.
Ideas for painting wheels for flower beds
Anyone can beautifully paint a flowerbed made from a rubber tire. Only the process is creative, requiring time and effort. Among the most popular options for decorating a flower bed using tires are the production of flowerpots, hanging flowerpots, decorative flower beds, various representatives of fauna: swans, elephants, parrots, turtles, hedgehogs, spiders, flowers (daisies), elements of kitchen utensils (cups). The exterior design of your garden or yard will look original if you paint the flowerbed wheels to look like natural stone.
Common tire compositions are divided into several types:
- raised, when several tires are laid one on top of the other;
- curb - tires are laid along a path or a certain recreational area;
- monoflowers - free-standing tires with one type of flower;
- hanging – supported by weight with the help of special supports, serve as a place for planting annual plants;
- multi-tiered - structures made up of a cascade of a large number of car tires.
Car tires can be placed either individually or in groups; they can also be part of a flower garden - a mixborder, where various plants are planted in a stepwise order.
If you want to create a bright, beautiful design, it is better to decorate the flowerbed wheels with different colors.
Simple colorful flower beds
One of the simplest ways to create a flower bed from car wheels is to place the tires in the desired planting location. You need to fill them with soil and plant flowers. Large tires painted in bright colors look good. An important condition when designing such a flower garden is the arrangement of a drainage system, without which the plants will die from excess moisture. A flower garden with several tiers will allow you to use tall and hanging flowers along with low ones. Even if you arrange the multi-colored wheels in a chaotic manner, you will get a nice flower bed.
The selection of tire painting options for a flower bed is carried out based on the general conceptual idea of a garden or other area:
- noble silver will transform an ordinary tire into a spectacular steel-colored flowerpot;
- grass green will hide a decorative element on an area with a green lawn;
- variegated colors will make it possible to focus attention on certain details of the garden.
Having looked at some ideas for finished products in the photo, you can paint the tires for the flower bed in one color, and apply a light ornament to it using a stencil.
Non-standard flower beds
The standard use of tires has already faded into the background. Today, everyone is trying to find a unique design for a flower bed made of wheels, paying special attention to its painting, and create a custom flower garden in their yard. The original decoration of the flower garden will be representatives of the animal world: a turtle made from tires, a swan, a hedgehog, a spider, a dragon or anyone else, the flight of imagination is not limited.
Making a turtle is quite simple. To do this, you will need 2 tires, holes are cut in the main one for the animal’s paws, the other will be the outer part, it is divided into 4 segments, which will become the paws. A tail is constructed behind the craft, and a head is made from a plastic bottle. The manufacturing process is completed by painting.
Painting flower beds created with your own hands from old car tires is the most enjoyable moment of decorative art. The choice of paint will be facilitated by the availability of photo examples, but the decision remains with the owner and his capabilities and preferences.
To make a flowerbed of tires more original, along with tires, other available materials are used: plastic bottles, various stones. A well made of tires will decorate your garden plot.
Making a flowerbed with your own hands has many positive aspects, in particular, the ability to choose color, quality, and size. Thanks to the presence of colorful shades, car tires for flower beds are painted with all the colors of the rainbow and turn them into real masterpieces.
Other ideas for using colored tires
Along with the opportunity to decorate a flower bed with flowers, crafts made from wheels look original. The limitlessness of ideas allows you to create even designer furniture from car tires: garden tables, poufs, armchairs. They are also used to make bird feeders, children's ground rocking chairs, swings, sandboxes, toy cars, and motorcycles for playgrounds.
Rubber tires are used to lay out paths and make garden pools from them. Tires are used to make chandeliers, steps, newspaper boxes, fountains, trash cans, and umbrella stands. And this is not a complete list of all possible options for using old tires. The wide range of applications of tires is explained by the properties of the material: low cost, durability, versatility.
Conclusion
Beautifully painting wheels for a flowerbed is an exciting process that requires a careful approach, thinking through every detail and meeting certain requirements. By applying the recommendations outlined above, every owner will be able to turn their garden into a work of art.
