The desire to improve the suburban area, transforming it into an attractive cozy corner for a comfortable stay is quite natural. Favorite by many gardeners, flower arrangements are an invariably popular element of the landscape design of suburban areas. A worthy frame for such compositions is often flower beds made of tires, which are one of the easiest to create and practical products to use. Of course, you can purchase ready-made flowerpots in specialized stores. But the flowerbeds made of tires created with their own hands are not only a beautiful and functional design element that gives the design of the site exclusivity and uniqueness, it is, above all, the pride of every summer resident.
It’s great when there is a possible choice. Choosing between old tires of a domestic manufacturer and imported products, the preference should be attributed to the latter. Imported used tires have softer and thinner rubber that is much easier to work with. If you choose between “summer” and “winter” tires, then the winter version is more suitable for work.
When deciding to create original flower beds from tires with your own hands, turning old waste tires into street vases of bizarre shapes, it is necessary to prepare the source material in advance and think over its design
In order to make a flower bed from an old tire, it is advisable to choose wheels with maximum tread wear. The worn out tread layer makes the product softer and makes it much easier to turn it inside out.
Tires contaminated with earth and sand must be cleaned. And the point is not even that it is more pleasant to work with a clean product. It’s just that when working with dirty tires, the knife and saw blade dull much faster.
Stage # 1 – drawing a cut line
Before starting to make a flower bed from a tire, you need to think about how the finished product will look like: a bowl with smooth edges, a flowerpot with a wavy cut line or a flower bed in the shape of a large flower bordered with petals or fringe.
The drawing, along the contour of which the cut line will be drawn, is applied to the side of the product
Thinking over the shape of the cut, it is necessary to be guided by the fact that the result should be a construction according to the principle of “pan – lid”: a deep lower part and a cut off upper part. Around the entire circumference, the contour is easily applied with a felt-tip pen or chalk.
The edges of the cut, made with wavy lines or decorated in the form of teeth and fringes, look interesting
Stage # 2 – Contour Cutting
Thinking over how to make a flower bed from an old wheel, decorated in the form of a large flower, it is necessary to cut out petals along the edge of the product. The size of each petal should not exceed 10-12 cm. Otherwise, when the tire is turned inside out in these places, the rubber simply will not bend, and the flower bed will not take on an even round shape.
A boot knife can be used to cut the wheel. Well-honed tools will significantly speed up your work
You can make the cutting process easier by using liquid soap to lubricate the knife blade.
It’s great if you have a jigsaw on hand. With the help of a jigsaw, it is convenient and quick to perform figure cutting.
After cutting the tire along the contour, along the grooves of the tread, it is necessary to make longitudinal cuts at a distance of 5-10 cm.
Stage # 3 – Inverting the tire
When creating a flower bed on a leg of wheels with your own hands, the first step is to turn the rubber tire inside out. For many craftsmen, this stage of work becomes a real stumbling block. The very process of everting out the rubber is a rather laborious process.
Some craftsmen recommend to pre-cut the metal cord to facilitate the process.
In order to cut the metal cord, it is necessary to make several cuts on the outside with the help of a grinder. Cut through the rubber smoothly. The contact of the disc with the cord can be judged by the bloom formed on the surface of the product and the white smoke emitted. Make the cuts at an equidistant distance of 15-20 cm.
After completing the preparatory work, you can start turning out the tire. Before you start turning out the tire for a flower bed, we would like to tell you one secret: it is enough to turn at least a small piece of the tire inside out, and the work will go like clockwork.
The eversion process is well shown in the video:
The flowerbed of old wheels is ready, you can start decorating it.
To create and grow flower beds in black forms is not entirely aesthetically pleasing. Therefore, as soon as the flowerbed has been given the desired shape, you can start decorating it. Until the outer surface of the turned-out flowerpot is covered with a layer of dust, it is advisable to paint it.
Painting is the easiest and most affordable way to decorate a black rubber flower bed
Oil, enamel and nitro paints are excellent for painting rubber products. On a clean rubber surface, the paint lays down in an even layer and lasts for quite a long time. You can also use car paint residues to paint the flower bed. With an aerosol can, work can be done in just a few minutes.
The use of light colors of paints in the design of the flower bed will prevent overheating of the earth inside the container.
The combination of colors looks interesting when the base of the flower bed is decorated in one color, and the cloves or petals in another
Most craftsmen paint the rubber flower bed only from the outside. But still, in order to make the container more attractive, it is advisable to slightly capture the upper part of the inner surface of the product.
In the design of the flower bed, you can give complete freedom of imagination. Glass aquarium stones glued to the flower bed petals will create the illusion of dew drops.
If you want to additionally decorate the flower bed, you can apply an ornament of a different color on top of a monochromatic layer of paint. But you should not be especially zealous: with the lush growth of flowers, the flower bed pattern can be completely closed by hanging or creeping plants.
Minimum costs, a little free time – and a chic decoration for arranging a suburban area is ready
Such a flower bed will be a worthy addition to the interior and an element of the landscape design of the summer cottage. It remains only to fill the container with a layer of soil and plant your favorite flowers.
