Head to your kitchen because freezer paper is the secret!! Freezer cuts easily sticks well, but is not permanent making it a great material for stencils.
Grab your freezer paper.
The key here is, when using freezer paper, you want to use a doormat design that doesn't have a lot of "islands" - those little floating pieces that aren't connected to anything else.
The Hey There design I'm using only has one island - the middle of the "R." That makes it PERFECT for this technique since we have to hand place the freezer paper stencil and won't be using transfer tape.
If you have a design that has more "inners" or islands, I would suggest using adhesive vinyl instead...and don't worry I have a trick to get the vinyl to stick to the doormat too (just head to your bathroom)!
Cut the Freezer Paper Stencil
Size the design and then place the freezer paper onto your cutting mat with the waxy size down. Make sure the doormat design doesn't come too close to the edge of the stencil. You want the surrounding area to protect your doormat from over-sprayed paint.
Go ahead and cut. I use the Copy Paper Silhouette settings for freezer paper.
Weed out the areas of the stencil that you're going to paint.
Here's a little trick: When removing the freezer paper from the mat, flip the mat over and roll it AWAY from the freezer paper. This prevents ripping!
Heat Press Freezer Paper Stencils!
Now grab your stencil, doormat, a piece of sturdy cardboard or foam board, and head over to your heat press.
With the heat press still turned off, place the cardboard on the lower platen, then add your doormat. The cardboard helps keep everything flat and supports the entire mat so it's not hanging off the press.
Remove the doormat and stencil while you heat up the heat press to 305.
When it comes up to temperature place the doormat back on the cardboard piece and place the stencil (waxy side down) onto the mat - then press for 15 seconds. Use the cardboard to slide the doormat around so you can press the entire stencil.
Spray Paint Custom Doormats
Carefully move the doormat to a well-ventilated area for spray painting. Mask off the area outside the stencil to protect it from overspray.
Almost nothing adheres perfectly to coir so keep a small iron or Easypress handy in case you need to re-press any areas of the stencil that lift.
Spray paint the stencil making sure to get good coverage without drenching the doormat (that can cause paint bleed).
When the paint is completely dry, you you can peel up the freezer paper stencil.
Look at those BEAUTIFUL, clean, crisp paint lines. This is a game changer for creating custom doormats at home!
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