Smooth out the fabric to remove any wrinkles.
How to make an awning using post and sunbrella fabric.
Dry fit the frame and slide the canvas over the top.
Draw your design onto the sunbrella fabric using a fabric chalk pencil.
Paint the outline of your design over your chalk marks using an acrylic latex paint and a stiff paintbrush.
Add the mounting elbows shown in the last pic but do not glue these yet.
When dry few minutes slide the canvas back over the frame.
Adjust the fittings to make sure the canvas is taut.
At first created with the idea of finding a better solution to cotton for awnings uses of sunbrella fabric has been rapidly expanding to shade structures marine purposes and all kinds of indoor and outdoor applications.
While sunbrella fabric may seem new it has been in fact proving its performance for over 30 years.
This thorough how to video walks you through the entire awning building process including.
Determining the frame size constructing the frame sewing the fabric and installing the awning.
Make a few pencil marks remove the canvas and prime and cement the frame.