From old car tires, you can make many original crafts for decorating the garden. The advantage of using them is the low cost of materials, ease of manufacture, and durability. To revive a summer cottage with your own hands, you can make a snail from a tire.
To make a snail from a tire with your own hands, it is better to use an old worn tire with an erased tread pattern and without a solid steel mesh. It will be easier to cut crafts out of it, and the result of the work will turn out prettier.
The tire should be cut with a sharp knife or jigsaw. If a large tire is chosen for the manufacture of crafts, then it is better to use a grinder. To make cutting easier, the rubber must be moistened with soapy water all the time.
Making a snail out of a tire with your own hands is quite simple, since you will have to cut very little.
To begin with, the tire needs to be cut across in one place to form a continuous strip of material. Next, you need to draw the head and horns of the future snail on the tire and carefully cut them out.
Before coating with paint, the workpiece should be washed and degreased with gasoline or other solvent.
With nitro paint or water emulsion, you need to paint the parts of the snail from the tire with your own hands. The dried workpiece must be rolled up in the shape of a shell, fastened with staples or screws. If the snail's neck does not hold, you can secure it with non-metal rods.
It is better to draw eyes, mouth and other small details after installing the product. For this, the lower part of the workpiece should be sprinkled with soil, or a small pedestal should be made for the snail from the tire and the resulting craft should be fixed on it.
