https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/upcycle-an-old-table-with-pull-tabs • Posted by gwenives
i love upcycling i find it brilliant to have something that someone is throwing out and making it into something they love to be very cool :) this garden table was plain black and was being thrown out by a friend of mine. there is 589 pull tabs on it( the horror THE HORROR) the spray paint was 7 euro. thats all this project cost me! the pull tabs i found on the ground or was giving them by friends i roped into be alcoholics for the week so i could have their pull tabs lol im an evil friend i know :) hope you like it p.s the time limit is 3 hours , thats from the time i stuck the first tab to the table. it doesnt include the hunting for tabs like a craved goblin
i love upcycling i find it brilliant to have something that someone is throwing out and making it into something they love to be very cool :) this garden table was plain black and was being thrown out by a friend of mine. there is 589 pull tabs on it( the horror THE HORROR) the spray paint was 7 euro. thats all this project cost me! the pull tabs i found on the ground or was giving them by friends i roped into be alcoholics for the week so i could have their pull tabs lol im an evil friend i know :) hope you like it p.s the time limit is 3 hours , thats from the time i stuck the first tab to the table. it doesnt include the hunting for tabs like a craved goblin
i didnt have a camera to show you what the table looked like before i sprayed it. choose a colour that you like and spray paint the top of the table, you will need to do it with a few coats and wear a mask when its all done seperate all your different colours out, it will be a million times easier for you in the long run :)
i had a bottom of an old candle holder so i glued it into the center to hold drinks etc. then start with the outside and work in.( it helps if you do a dry run of what pattern you want first) i put all silver on my first line. it took 104 tabs i think. i used a spray glue so it went on almost like spray paint. so spray and put down tab as fast as you can as it dried quickly on me
my second row took about 102 tabs. i had a mixture of green and silver. GREEN TABS FROM HEINEKEN CANS. repeat step 1(spray and stick tabs) :)
this is just a close up of the way the tabs are placed
line 3 and getting closer to the middle lol this time red and silver. SILVER FROM BULMERS CANS
black from monster drinks gold from bulmers can blue from weird enery drinks green from hieniken cans silver from everything else lol
keep goin till you reach the middle. i made a tiny mistake with the gap there so be careful when you are doin it as mine is glued now and i cant do anything about it lol paint the edges black. spreay around the table again with the glue and leave to dry. i will be finishing mine with a water proof varnish when im done :)