Painter's drop cloths

[pcmeiners]

Purchased 4 dozen moving blanket from the link below on Ebay for an up coming move (decent quality blankets). Using 4 of them for paint drop cloths, far heavier then "professional" painter's drop cloths, much cheaper. Paint will not bleed through these blankets.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Heavy-D...ipping-Pads-/302673354489?_trksid=p5731.m3795

 

[Kaizen]

Is there plastic between the layers?


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[pcmeiners]

No but they are multiple times thicker then the most expensive fabric drop cloths you get at the box stores.

 

[tymbo]

That is a great deal for those heavy blankets.

 

[scottydosnntkno]

Paint will still bleed if left long enough. It’s just layers of cheap polyester and even cheaper carpet padding sewn in a quilted pattern. There’s a reason they are cheap.

Actual leak proof drop clothes are made of marine grade canvas, have a rubberized bottom layer for grip/leakage, or are treated with some type of coating to make them waterproof and flexible.

 

[pcmeiners]

Paint will still bleed if left long enough. It’s just layers of cheap polyester and even cheaper carpet padding sewn in a quilted pattern. There’s a reason they are cheap.

Actual leak proof drop clothes are made of marine grade canvas, have a rubberized bottom layer for grip/leakage, or are treated with some type of coating to make them waterproof and flexible.

Ok, drop some lacquer/toluene based paint on your rubberized canvas and it will also leak. There is no material which is perfectly leak proof with all solvents. Go a head and spend hundreds of dollars on one of your rubberized marine canvas drop cloths, it ain't coming out of my wallet.

If your painting in your home, these moving blankets are at least 3x thicker then the best big box store heavy fabric drop cloths, likely 5x cheaper. Yes you are correct, If you spill a gallon of interior paint on them it will get through the material in time, but not your common paint droppings.

As moving blanket, they are a very good buy at 65lb weight, nothing like the horror freight blankets . Again I am sure you will find better moving blankets at a ridiculous cost, but again it is your wallet, not mine.

 

[Motorman55]

Those look like nice blankets.

I've been using both painters drop cloths and moving blankets to paint our new house. I collected several of the 'free' HF blankets last year in anticipation for the move. And now I'm using two of them for drop cloths. They've worked out well for us so far.

Problem now is where the hell to store them all when I'm done.

 

[nadogail]

"Problem now is where the hell to store them all when I'm done."

Store them in the same locker you keep your painting tools.

 

[Motorman55]

"Problem now is where the hell to store them all when I'm done."

Store them in the same locker you keep your painting tools.

First I'd have to buy a locker for the painting tools to store the 10 moving blankets with.

 

[Kaizen]

"Problem now is where the hell to store them all when I'm done."

Store them in the same locker you keep your painting tools.

I did this once and mice set up a hotel. So make sure it’s protected


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[matt_i]

I bought 1 doz of the same style many moons ago when I moved. I store them in the attic on a shelf, keeping a couple handy on the ground floor. They have been used many many times since the move, good purchase!

 

[D45]

The moving blankets at harbor freight are also nice, and cheap

 

[egdede]

Canvas without rubber is good enough. Drips will dry. Moving blankets would up the 'dust and fluffy **** floating in the air and sticking to my painted surface' problems.

 

[Justind97]

I actually just bought a brand new drop cloth last week for some painting. When I dropped some paint on it, it puddled as if the cloth was waterproof or had surface tension. I’ve used both, drop cloth and moving blanket. I definitely choose drop cloth every day of the week.

 

[Motoman1100]

I bought a 9x12 painters drop cloth from HF. I have a crew cab F150 and when I take my 2 big dogs to the lake I drape it over my back seat across the floor and up over a rope I run between the back hand grabs. You can only imagine the amount of red dirt and hair (GSD) I keep out of truck! My wife washes it occasionally so it's working out pretty good.

 

[ford33]

It is difficult to get the moving blanket to conform to wall contours and fold around corners and lay flat to do the bottom of trim.

I'll stick to my painting tarps and use the moving blankets to protect things I am moving.

 

[niget2002]

I store my drop cloths in one of the plastic zip up bags that comforters come in.

A king sized comforter bag will hold quite a few large heavy-duty drop cloths and it has a handle to help carry them.

 

[scottydosnntkno]

Not sure where your finding several hundred dollar drop cloths. Most of mine are <50 and even that’s for a 16x20 one which is huge

No painter who uses drop cloths is using a toulene (“spray paint”) based paint. Those guys usually spray in actual spray booths. If the toulene doesn’t eat the canvas, I’m sure it’ll melt the polyester in your moving blankets

There’s a reason painters use painters drop cloths. Their cheap and they work. Your 6x7 blankets cost $12/ea, so a 12x15 would cost $48 worth. But it’s four separate pieces all sliding around separately not counting the needed overlap. Or, you buy a $19 12x15 canvas drop cloth that will protect your floor from the typical painting spills and drips up to you tipping the tray or can over and letting it sit to soak through

 

[Viper98912]

When I purchased some furniture, the delivery guys asked me if I wanted to keep any of these same cloths. They said they didn't care and I could keep them because they even throw them out sometimes.

So 8 freebies and I've used them for everything, including painting. They were free

 

[Garvdog]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Mike34]

I m also looking for a drop cloth.. we have a renovation in weekend.. what kind of drop cloth do you suggest? plastic or canvas..
I found this kind of products in amazon

T-Ware plastic drop cloths

 

[johnnyradiant]

....

No painter who uses drop cloths is using a toulene (“spray paint”) based paint. Those guys usually spray in actual spray booths. ...

I've worked with toulene based product on a handful of different jobs over the years without a booth in site. Minuscule amount in grand scheme but enough to expose by regular painters drop cloths to it.

I've also used all manner of other things as drop cloths along with my actual drop cloths. Some of the best support pieces I used for outside work were old 'canvas' advertising signs and for hard ones that worked great as shields were the plastic sheets used for advertising on the sides of buses they were in the 2-3' range by 4-5' range. My partner and I scored a huge stack of them before some employee got uptight that we were benefiting from their company's trash. We figured recycling was taught to us as reduce REUSE and recycle. We were putting that trash to lots and lots of good use before retiring it once and for all.