How To Make A Rug Out Of Old Climbing Rope

Old climbing rope chalk bags.

How to make a rug out of old climbing rope.

Flip the spiral onto whatever you want to be the bottom cover the entire thing with caulk about one tube for a 50m rope. Seven hours of art on a saturday well i ve made my fifth rope rug out of an old climbing rope this one out of a length of 100 feet of half inch static line. I mean why not make old climbing gear into new climbing gear. If anyone wants to do this the easy way.

I attempted this for about 5 minutes before i gave up and went the quick and easy approach. Make a giant spiral out of the rope ensuring that each spiral is really tight. Use the plasti dip as paint and cover one side of the rope rug. It takes ages but trust me its worth the extra effort as the rug will last for years.

How to make your old climbing rope into furniture. Starting at the top left corner loop weave the long end of your rope in an under over fashion. Making a rope rug somehow seems to be an envious skill but i don t think it demands all that much talent just patience and not. Before you add the glue caulk silicone get a big diametre strong darning needle and fishing line from the centre work through the sheath of each rope and stitch each strand together out and back repeat until you have sewn all around the rug.

Get some rug backing from the hardware store and a tube or two of caulk. Glue all of the seams with caulk and put the rug backing on. Bind each rope end with metal wire and tie them off. Take the long end of your rope and pull it through your base weave.

Coil the rope flat on the floor so its like a round spiral. Take off the tape and let dry. Continue tracing the base weave until you get back to where you started. Come out bigger and flatter than the weave and hold together well.

Use a few coats to completely cover the rope. Cover the caulk with duct tape. In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray.