Does anyone have any ideas how I could dye or paint an outdoor carpet?

Depends on what the carpet is made of. If it's fabric then you want fabric dye. I'd use a spray bottle to totally soak it, trying to get the coverage as even as possible. Then use a garden hose to rinse it. However I can't see getting the most even coverage with this method. Depending on the size of the carpet, maybe it could be loosely rolled up and soaked in a bucket of the dye, or folded to fit in a plastic kids pool. That might work but again I don't see even coverage resulting.





If it's a man made material like a plastic/vinyl check with your local automotive paint supply store. They sell a paint that is used for dying the carpeting found in cars. It comes in spray cans in a select variety of colors (might be more colors available now, it;s been over 5 years since I worked in a body shop). It's a little more work since after you have sprayed it, you need to take a really stiff brush and brush the entire surface to loosen the pile up again. Then you have to do a second coat to get the areas that didn't cover the first time, and then brush again. I have done this in a few cars and if you are patient and put some elbow grease into the brushing you would never know the carpet had been dyed.





Good luck!!Does anyone have any ideas how I could dye or paint an outdoor carpet?
i asume this carpet is a solid lt color? they have fabric paints that u can use to paint on anything including carpets/rugs. I've seen it done on HGTV... so u mite try that... i don't know about the dye





http://www.hgtv.comDoes anyone have any ideas how I could dye or paint an outdoor carpet?
if it's low traffic and has roofing to semi-protect it then go ahead and continue this project. otherwise i'm sorry to say i think you might be throwing away your hard-earned money