Introduction: Stone / Pebble Toilet - Mat
Here's my new bathroom accessoir - okay it's not that new - I had it now for over 20 months to check if it works - and it does - so it's approved for an instructable :)
The toilet mat with stones/ pebbles from my "house-lake"
easy to make and inexpensive!
Step 1: Searching for Pebbles
if you have any kind of lake or river nearby, go there, and search for beautiful and flat stones / pebbles.
- you'll need sizes between 0,5 inches and 2 inches.
Step 2: Materials
you'll need:
-the pebbles and stones you collected
-an anti-slip mat grey or black
-hot-glue gun and matching glue-sticks
-a newspaper
-a marker
-scissors
-cutter
-a sheet of baking paper
Step 3: Measuring
measure around your toilet
take a sheet of newspaper and lay/wrap it around, mark it and cut out. - see the pictures
or easier: if you have a already fittig toilet-mat, take that one as pattern.
Step 4: Design Issues
if you're done with the previous step let's talk about design :)
choose every shape you desire...
cut out the newspaper - pattern and place it on your anti-slip mat, take a marker and well mark it :)
Step 5: Cut Out and Check
cut out and check the design once more
when you're pleased it's time for the next step!
Step 6: Let's Rock
take the sheet of baking paper and place it on your workspace ( the glue won't stick to that)
ensure good ventilation at your workspace - the anti-slip mat melts under the glue
warm up your glue gun and begin.
simply put some glue on the stones and press them on the anti-slip mat.
it's as easy as it sounds :)
this might take a while - just keep going!
Step 7: DONE!
Finally all pebbles are in place :)
- WELL DONE!
now take your cutter and remove all unneccesary glue.
Step 8: TADAAAAAAA!
take the mat and move it to your bathroom - it's kinda heavy but you don't have to move it that often.
a piece of cardbord as support for moving - if you now absolutely have to- works great.
Cleaning of the mat:
vaccum cleaner with low suction works great
then you can clean it with water and a sponge.
I have this mat since 20 months in use, and only 2 of the smaller pebbles got loose, i glued them back with super-strong glue and since this they are sturdy as rocks :)
Runner Up in the
Stone, Concrete, Cement Challenge