How to Make Spray Paint Stencils

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Matt Cail homepainting.biz and today I'm going to show you how to make spray paint stencils. To start our stencils you have to decide what purpose do you want it for. Do you want to have a really thick piece of cardboard you're going to make your stencil out of, this will be good for multiple uses until finally the material will start to warp with the paint you put on it, or do you want something with a more controlled line or shape, a thinner piece of material but still stiffer, but this will also be less inclined to last longer. So, in this case were going to do a little bit of both, first with the cardboard, doing a very, very simple heart, and then also with our other piece of material, while I'm employing a nice silvery pen, because that will actually show up on the black. Now, were going to move onto cutting. For cutting there are two options, your good old scissors, and there's also employing more of a razor blade, so definitely be safe especially with the razor blade which I like to use for the more of the cardboard material, while scissors is more than adequate for the more shallow material. Place the cut out stencil over the material that you want to leave the pattern on and press down to make sure it hugs the material then we take some spray can, make sure you have good ventilation in your room for this, and were going to put on a light spray. I suggest leaving it on here to dry especially if your paint is running, which new spray of paint cans especially can be. Then you gently remove your stencil, now you have a nice heart shaped transferred on here. Let the stencil dry before actually attempting another pattern especially if the materials thinner otherwise its going to start to warp much earlier that it would otherwise. I'm Matt Cail homepaintings.biz and thank you so much for joining me today to learn how to make a spray paint stencil."