"Live" building material is known to people for more than four thousand years. Its popularity has grown, it was leveled, depending on the fashion. Today, the "live" technologies are again in the trend, they are durable, self-renewed, practically do not require care and in addition to everything, not just environmentally friendly, but improve and clean the air in the house. In order to equip a living roof or the floor you need certain skills and knowledge, so we start with a small and look at how to make a bath mat.
Content
What is a live rug?
"Live" is called all materials of plant origin, which are suitable for repair work. Among them:
- grass,
- moss,
- turf,
- ivy,
- flowers,
- seaweed.
Tip: Algae products are not alive, as they die without water and begin to decompose, in a short time, a pipe appears, and after 2-3 years, the carpet is completely spoiled. The list fell solely with a preventive purpose.
Some plants are suitable exclusively for decorative purposes, others withstand quite serious loads.
Now let's talk about a live rug. The invention of this accessory is attributed to the Swiss designer Nguyen La Chanh. She used in its composition several varieties of MCH, which are combined with each other. The invention was called The Moss Carpet or a mossy carpet and immediately became sought-after in Europe.
Despite the fact that the prototype appeared in 2009, mass production is not started so far. This is primarily connected with an exorbitantly high price, which is three hundred US dollars. The cost is determined by the fact that some of the types of moss used are growing only in the tropics, so their collection and delivery costs quite expensive.
However, the designer created a vector for an integer industry, which actively began to offer a variety of variations of a mossy carpet and made it more accessible to the wide masses. In Russia, the first models appeared a few years ago, but the fashion on them began only now.
This is due not only to external attractiveness, but also by other factors, including:
- reliability,
- wear resistance
- regeneration of damaged sites,
- lack of dust and dirt,
- lack of care
- natural air purification,
- reduced humidity.
Thus, mossy rugs are really much more useful and practical than ordinary pieces of plastic. In order to acquire this miracle, it is not necessary to look for rare, today, distributors. Products are easy enough to do it yourself, especially residents of those regions where there are forests.
What can make a mat?
In order to answer this question, it is necessary to consider in detail the conditions in which the product will be used:
- mechanical load
- humidity level
- sunlight access.
The rug is needed in order to go on it, therefore, the material must be sufficiently durable, resistant to gripping and insertion and pleasant to the touch. Under these characteristics, only the grass and moss fit. Dern has the right qualities, but over time, the nodes of the roots are formed in the soil, for which it will hurt without slippers, this option is suitable except for, for a massage rug.
Humidity in the bathroom depends on ventilation. Natural extractor, as well as mechanical, can not provide the necessary indicators for grass. After a few months, the roots will begin to refuse, an unpleasant smell will appear and after some time the carpet will have to throw out. Therefore, the grass is suitable only for baths equipped with windows that go out on the street (need to be used after each shower taking).
The exact opposite situation with moss. This mode of operation is ideal for it. Nevertheless, he has its drawbacks, the sun can kill this body in just a few hours. Therefore, the contact of direct rays is strictly prohibited. Also right and relative to the air temperature, optimal up to +20 0 celsius. Higher temperatures are suitable only for tropical mosses.
If you make an interior in a living style, there would be unfair to abandon the colors. With their help, a decorative mini bath mat is made. It is used as a stand for:
- shampoos, gels and scrubies,
- razor accessories (except for the electric shaver),
- toothbrushes
- edging on the washbasin.
Another option is a coating for the toilet cover. In order not to update the coating every year, express long-term flowers in combination with evergreen herbs. In addition, it is better to choose a few species blooming at different times of the year. The manufacturing technology of such a rug exactly coincides with herbal. Consider the process in more detail.
How to make a rug for bathtub
We are talking about the grass, and not just about the lawn, since the form and family of cultures used are completely not essential for the rug. Lawn is the easiest solution, as it is sold everywhere. At the same time, it is important to choose a variety that grows only to a certain height and will not be spiped. Otherwise, your rug will need to cut every week.
Any species of meadow and field herbs are more interesting. Differences between them are cardinal. The meadows are high above sea level, therefore, herbs constantly feel the lack of oxygen. This circumstance determines their low growth. In addition, in the mountains there is a fairly intense sun, which does not allow the grass to high above the ground. Genetics secured these features in the biological memory of plants, therefore, even if they change their habitat, they will not start growing and spying. Perfect for small rugs.
Field Herbs, on the contrary, reach 3-10 cm in height. On the one hand, the cold february morning it is pleasant to stand in the ankle in fresh juicy grass, on the other, because of the height, it will be preparing and look not very neat. It is impossible to solve this problem, so the field herbs are used to create sufficiently large rugs, which visually help hide flooded places. On the complete recovery of the grass is enough 4-5 hours. To fully enforce such a carpet is quite difficult.
Now about the sequence of actions:
- choose and buy grass,
- soak seeds (if the donor portion of the soil is used, then put it in a cool place on wet matter),
- prepare the basis
- install barriate rails
- flood with alumina (chernozem),
- to plant seeds (decompose the donor soil).
With the purchase of grass there are no special questions, it is done either on the market or in specialized stores. Much better and more practical to use the donor portion of the soil. For these purposes, it is necessary to cut the top layer of the Earth for 5-10 cm more of the estimated rug sizes. Naturally, it is relevant only for those who live in regions with suitable natural conditions.
Seeds must be soaked, even if there is no word on the packaging and the seller did not give any recommendation. This is done for the fact that every seed swollen and softening. Allows you to achieve one hundred percent seedlings.
As a base, it is better to use plastic or rubber, any wood products sooner or later will start rotting. Borders for soil are made up to 3-5 cm high. It is suitable for all the same flexible plastic or rubber. Mix with soldering.
Alumina consists more of clay, chernozem - from peat. The first option is relevant for low grass, the second is for high. If you buy a lawn, it is better to use alumina, as it will brake grass growth. The soil falls asleep without reaching 0.5 cm to the edge of the boundary strip. The bases of herb bushes compensate for this height and make the surface level.
In order to plant seeds, the soil pass manual rakes, well swollen it, and watered with water. After that, herbal cobs are scattered with a mound. Donor soil, also placed on the soil political. Herbal bath mat with your hands ready.
Tip: If you make a floral carpet, then at the last stage instead of grass seeds, use flowers, it is allowed to combine different varieties, it will allow to get a really bright and colorful product.
How to make a rug from moss
Technology of working with moss is somewhat different from herbal rug. Unlike everyone else, it is used not only for bathrooms, but also for other premises, so it is appropriate to talk about how to make a home mat from MCH.
Moss is absolutely not necessary to collect in the forest, there are specialized stores engaged in its sale. Most often found in petrootions. If a problem arose with this, you can agree with the employees of the zoo and buy it from them (separation department).
The technology looks like this:
- preparing the basis
- preparing vases,
- break them to the base,
- replant Moss.
Absolutely any material is suitable as a base, even a tree, while it is important that the vases are made of rubber or soft plastic. To do not think for a long time, where to take them, suitable forms for baking from heat-resistant rubber species.
It is necessary to fix them with the help of glue, carnations of screws, and any other methods involving the violation of the integrity of the form are not allowed, since the water will flow and pack the ground floor.
Moss, as a rule, is already in the ground, therefore, it must be simply shifted into the Vazon. If the height does not match, then add the desired amount of any soil.
Important: Vasons are installed as close as possible to each other in order to visually it was not clear that moss grows in them.
Decorative aspect - a combination of various varieties of moss. This allows you to give a rug various coloring. In addition to standard, light green and color bottles from under the "Soviet champagne", the mosses are blue, red and brown.
The execution of these actions is not the end. The billet should lie 1-2 weeks, after which it was checked if MOH began. If all is well, then all visible voids are sprinkled by a very thin layer of land, which is also placed on top of it. Physical exertion He will experience minimal, but the design will give a finished look.
The described method allows to create a rather heavy stationary carpet, which will be difficult to transport. There is a solution for this problem, but will require the presence of a portable electric stove, a large cauldron or pan, and a somewhat kilogram of an electric cable, or rather winding from it.
When cooking (instead of water, the solvent by type of material), the cable is converted into a thick liquid mass, which is then poured into a predetermined form. Depending on the base thickness, one kg of the winding is enough by 0.8-1.5 square meters. m.
When performing this work, it should be noted that the pairs are completely toxic, so they boil on the street, while it is advisable to use the respirator.
The process has quite a lot of technological aspects that should be read before the start of work.
