How to make a hot stand with your own hands
Out of inexperience, many housewives, in order to put a hot frying pan or bowl on the table, use improvised items, for example, a kitchen towel, a linen napkin, etc. And only after a while, it turns out that the towel turned out to be dirty, and the napkin was too thin, and as a result, greasy stains remained on the tablecloth. And it won't take long to spoil an expensive wooden or porcelain stoneware countertop!
What is the name of the hot stand
The hot stand, which has different names, protects furniture from stains and scratches: a mat, a serving napkin, a thermo napkin, rugs made of synthetic materials, a set, a lunch mat. Modern coasters are mostly made of wood or fabric, and if desired, you can make suitable table protection from hot utensils with your own hands.
Types of stands
Modern stands can be made on wood, rubber, cork, cardboard, glass-ceramic, plastic, fabric and other bases. They can be produced in square, round or any other shape to choose from. There are the following types of hot coasters:
- coasters for glasses and other kitchen utensils for tea and coffee;
- snug and non-slip plate stands;
- serving - for clay pots and portioned pans;
- kitchen - for pans, pots and teapots.
How to make a hot stand
Despite all the variety of napkins and mats on the market, it may not be so easy to choose an item suitable for the existing style of kitchen interior. You can make a do-it-yourself hot stand made of wood, which will serve no worse than the one bought in the store.
To ensure protective functions, the stand can be made of any type of wood; fruit trees differ in a wide variety of shades, from which beautiful mosaic stands are obtained. Among all the species, the juniper stands out, which has healing properties. When wood is heated, essential oils are released, which help to calm the nervous system, relieve fatigue and restore strength.
Important! Juniper has natural disinfecting properties, because even in the Middle Ages, healers treated wounds and inflammations with the help of juniper juice. Also, the juniper serves as a talisman against the evil eye and damage, it was not for nothing that our ancestors brought juniper branches into the house to drive evil spirits out of their homes.
Drawing
Previously, you can create a drawing of the stand for hot - on paper or in one of the design programs (for example - "AutoCAD") and print on paper for further transfer of dimensions to the material.If the base for the stand is plywood or it consists of products cut from it, then the drawing shows the shape of the base and all the component parts of the kitchen interior.
Create a stand
Making a stand with your own hands saves your home budget and allows you to implement sometimes non-standard design ideas, while it will be absolutely unique. It is enough to search in a search engine for options for making hot coasters to be convinced of a wide variety of possible solutions.
Made of wood
Being an environmentally friendly material, wood is able to protect furniture from hot pots and pans, emitting a pleasant aroma when heated. Hardwoods, such as beech, are best for creating functional coasters. Oak, apple, plum, acacia, apricot and ash have a beautiful pattern.
They can be made from cuts of fairly thick branches (3-6 cm), made with an end saw or a hacksaw. Cuts with a thickness of 5-7 mm are sanded with sandpaper from the front side, the bark of the tree can be left (especially if the wood is tightly adjacent to it), performing a decorative function. With the help of PVA glue, the component parts can be glued in the form of a pyramid in a checkerboard sequence or in one plane on a plywood base. After gluing, the stand is sent for drying under oppression - the glue should dry in 5-6 hours.
You can also create a stand from square cuts from a suitable wooden block, this must be done with a circular saw. You need to connect the pieces to each other using glued wooden dowels, having previously drilled holes in each of the squares.
Important! Self-made wooden stands absorb moisture from the air over time and tend to deform. To prevent this from happening, you can varnish their surface.
From fabric
If you plan to sew a do-it-yourself hot stand from fabric, then the easiest material to process is felt. It has sufficient thickness and density to provide thermal insulation, and does not require edging after cutting. You can stick figures on a circle of a suitable diameter for the size of the dish. Before cutting the figures out of paper, a drawing is made showing the shape and position of the figures on a round base. You can fix the parts together with glue or stitches with a thread of a suitable color.
Sewing fabrics is better with a sewing machine, you will also need the following tools:
- Pins;
- Scissors;
- Needle;
- Iron.
You can also use fabric in the form of patches sewn together - a layer of dense fabric is placed between the blanks, after which all 3 layers are sewn and processed from the edges with braid.
Tip: If you used a loose, bulky fabric as a sealing layer, then you can stitch along the stand in the form of parallel lines or diagonals.
From other materials
There are thousands of options for creating hot coasters from a variety of materials - bamboo, wood, cork, felt. When making stands from other materials, you may also need a drawing - be it stainless steel, silicone, glass or ceramics.Coasters made of heat-resistant glass with images printed on them are not suitable for installation under hot pans and pots, but they are useful for tea utensils and dishes that have had time to cool.
The original look of the stands is obtained from CDs placed between blanks of dense fabric sewn along the edge. Original stands are also made of willow vines, which can fit into interiors in country and retro styles.
When creating birch bark supports, you may need additional tools, for example, a hole punch or a cutter. Those who know how to crochet can knit a stand that looks like a napkin, the main thing is to choose the right material (the yarn should not melt from hot). Alternatively, you can use wool or textiles, it is quite possible to sew a rug from individual shreds using the patchwork technique - for this you need a sewing machine and scissors.
Decorating the stand
A hot stand can not only serve the purpose of protecting the surface of furniture from damage, but also become an excellent gift and interior decoration. Fabric coasters can be additionally decorated with fabric appliqués. You can make a beautiful stand using the decoupage technique by gluing a paper napkin with a pattern to a wooden saw cut or ceramic tile.
Important! To prevent slipping on the table from below, felt is glued to the stand.
The surface of the wooden stand can be decorated by burning patterns on it or painting with acrylic paints in suitable colors. Woodcarving can also be done with preliminary marking with a pencil or chalk.
Knitted products can be decorated with patterns, selection of different colors of thread or fabric. Knitted animals look very cute as coasters, for example - green crocodiles, pink and yellow elephants with muzzles filled with cotton wool or padding polyester. The choice of decoration options is limited only by the choice of materials and your imagination.
Selection Tips
There are no trifles in the kitchen, and hot coasters must be chosen as carefully as possible. In order not to get confused in the vast assortment and to choose a high-quality and attractive piece of kitchen interior, it is necessary to take into account the properties (pros and cons) of this or that material.
So, wood is environmentally friendly, does not melt under the influence of high temperatures and at the same time is inexpensive, and silicone does not absorb fats and odors and does not lose its appearance during prolonged use, although it is afraid of fire and damage. And the coasters made of glass-ceramics and heat-resistant plastic can also serve as cutting boards.
Wooden and cork coasters are the most popular among our housewives, but, despite their environmental friendliness, they quickly get dirty and bacteria begin to develop on them from dirt and grease.
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