Rug Tufting Tutorial | Step By Step Guide

you need these tools so I'll tell you the list 
right now now this is the primary tool you're   gonna need in order to start this entire Journey 
there are many tufting guns out there but this is   the one I bought from Amazon and it's worked 
perfectly throughout this entire time so if   you're in need of one I have the link in the 
description next thing you'll need is fabric   primarily Monk's cloth then you'll need backing 
fabric I started with felt but I later switched   to anti-slip that provides a more premium and 
professional feel to the rug next will be yarn   only pick the colors that you need because 
believe me you will have tons of yarn once   you begin and let's not forget the frame make 
sure it's completely sturdy and it's ready to   be used whether it's custom or pre-made make sure 
everything's on there tight and securely the last   thing you want is an unsecure and swaying frame 
of course we can't forget glue throughout this   video you'll see me use three different types of 
glue to finish the rug finally I use scissors and   shears to detail and shape and if you guys need 
a more in-depth description about these tufting   items I have a video for that look at the top 
right to start you're going to need to apply   the fabric to the frame but there is a couple 
of steps to this so follow with me first to   know that you're applying it correctly there will 
be lines that go vertically and horizontally now   once you've applied it to the frame there's one 
more step what you want to do is carefully grab   each end of the frame and pull as hard as possible 
making sure that the fabric is extremely tight on   the frame once you've done that you can do the 
tufters test what you want to do is flick the   fabric as hard as possible now if the fabric 
is soft that means that you've applied it in   correctly but if the fabric bounces back very 
quick you know you've done it now once you're   ready to start tufting take out your projector 
and set it up a good length away from your frame   also try not to over complicate picking an image 
you can always look on Google or design something   yourself once you have the photo put it onto 
your computer and start projecting Now flip the   photo as well you can do that in any type of 
software even preview if you have a Macbook   sometimes you can't get the projector in 
the perfect spot remember you can always   move the image around on your computer as 
well now you're ready to trace you want to   outline each color of your design try and get 
as close as possible so it's a perfect outline foreign once everything's outlined on your fabric you 
want to label each color as well believe me you   don't want to be confused when you're inserting 
the yarn now for the tufting gun there's things   that you need to be aware of cleaning the tufting 
gun is really important otherwise anyone that you   buy at any price will break sooner than later so 
I'm going to show you how to clean it take care of   it and the settings that I use for my gun before 
I show you how to clean it please turn off your   gun flip the switch down and make sure that any 
bright light on the gun is completely turned off   now I use a microfiber cloth and a brush I only 
use the brush if there's a little bit of yarn left   on the gun so here you'll see me brushing off the 
important parts of the gun and if there's a small   space that you can't get to you can always twist 
the gear and that will allow you to get more space   after this I'll lightly oil the gun and then turn 
it on for around 30 seconds now if you see a black   residue or a black Gunk on the gun then turn off 
the gun take your microfiber cloth and clean off   that residue once again you can spin the gear 
to get those tight spaces and once it's cleaned   I lightly oil it and then turn it on now for the 
settings this is an Industrial Tool so please be   careful with this there's enough knob located at 
the bottom of the Gun there's a little white line   I try to keep that close to the lowest factory 
setting now of course you can turn this up higher   which means the gun will be tufting at a higher 
rate of speed so this is important to know for   the next step this can lead to more problems 
like cutting the fabric and potentially just   ruining your rug a slower speed allows you to get 
more detail and altogether just a better rug and   at the same time if you're watching this video 
I'm guessing you're a beginner which starting   at a slower speed will definitely help you so 
much now for those that don't know the tufting   gun guides you in an upward position let the 
gun guide you the only time I guide the gun   is if there's a curve or I have to go diagonal 
mostly just for making shapes now for the part   everyone's been waiting for if you get Red Heart 
yarn like I do you can either take the Strand from   the outside or the inside though I definitely 
recommend taking it from the inside because   eventually it can become Tangled if you take it 
from the outside strand assuming you already have   the yarn looped through the frame like so take 
your gun and thread the yarn through like this thank you leave a little bit of yarn hanging off the end 
when tufting designs I normally outline the rug   first and then fill it in when threading the 
Border I normally do three lines thick but if   your design doesn't require an outline that's 
okay too normally you're going to want to use   the gun vertically sometimes it may require you to 
go horizontally or diagonal I like to outline each   separate color and then I fill it in vertically 
and make sure that the yarn is fully embedded   in the fabric also watch how close my lines 
are this is normally how close you want them [Music] [Music] [Music] applying the same amount of pressure all the way 
through creating the rug is definitely important   now you see this little thing hold on hold on 
let me get a little closer you see this I don't   cut these anymore I pull them out the reason you 
don't cut them is because one that can lead to   cutting your rug and the most important reason 
why is because they don't actually stick into   the rug itself though if you do end up ripping 
your fabric there is a fix to that but since I   didn't rip my fabric I didn't want to just rip it 
to fix it so if you guys really want that video   please spam it in the comments section now that 
you filled in your design you want to glue it   for this I'm using Robert's 3000 carpet glue now 
it doesn't really matter what type of flooring   you have protect your floor from this glue I 
have carpet and it can absolutely destroy it   so I bought super cheap gym mat set on the floor 
underneath there's an important reason why I use   this glue and that will come into the video 
later as well you can either put a glove on   or get a little spatula make sure that there's 
barely any clumps and leave everything even make   sure you do this step within a ventilated 
area you don't want to inhale fumes all day now you wait 12 to 48 hours for the 
glue to dry once it's finished you   can cut the rug out just make sure that 
you leave a little bit of excess fabric   so you can fold it over on the second glowing step foreign flat down on a table and I cut little 
pieces all the way around the rug the point of doing this is to fold them 
inward into the rod now feel if the glue   is still kind of tacky on the back side 
of the rug and if it is now you can fold   in each piece that you cut from here I take 
hot glue and spray adhesive glue and apply   the backing on the way that I prefer 
to apply it is by doing it little by   little otherwise the hot glue dries way too 
fast and you really don't want that laughs something to remember when you are applying 
the glue make sure that you apply pressure   on the entire rug each time you apply glue now I 
cut off the excess backing Fabric and as you can   tell everything's starting to come together now 
it's time to shave the rug I like to use my big   shears which are called Beach Rose if you guys 
do decide to buy this year it does not come with   a guide that I have online I made that separately 
on my own and that little white piece that I have   on that as well I have a whole video explaining 
what that is and how I created that and now I   have a 3D printer to produce them it allows a 
vacuum to be attached to the guide itself so   it makes cleanup time way faster and it stops 
the shear from overheating now the reason why   I have a guide on it is so it makes a clean Glide 
across the entire rug inconsistencies in the rug   will definitely make it not feel professional 
whatsoever and a lot of the time with the mess   up like that you can't really get your work back 
once that's done I use scissors to detail the rest   of the rug I Glide my scissors through the colors 
to separate them then I go through a second time   and cut the fabric I do this on a very slight 
angle so the definition is more prominent or   tilt your longer scissors up a little bit for 
me that works but for some people it may not now that everything's detailed I vacuumed the 
rug and make sure that there's no lint on the   back in front you can also go over the rug with 
a lint remover now that you're almost done flip   the rug upside down and slap your label on it 
I make sure people know it's a one of one rug   and if they decide to scan the code they get 
all of my info congratulations you tufted your   first rug now you might want to learn how to 
price that rug so watch that video here [Music]

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