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Wall Options (What To Put Over Studs) ?

mogandave

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I would buy plywood, seal it, paint it, screw it to the studs, and take it with me or sell it when I move.
 
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Never had this experience. The ones I've used have been relatively clean, newish wood....or I didn't use them.
This comes from a GJ discussion about burning pallets

Guys, check the pallet treatment labels before you burn or build. Only use pallets marked "BD, HT, KD or DH." do not use anything marked "MB", that indicates the chemical treatment. Even then, you can't tell what might have spilled on them.
Pallets that are color coded like red, yellow, brown or blue, belong to co-ops that rent to shippers and they are not supposed to be resold.

I wonder if HD is selling any unsafe pallet wood. They don't list any labeling. I wouldn't touch unlabeled pallet wood at all.

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I'd do plywood and probably 1/2" plywood. Too thin it doesn't have much strength to hold stuff and can get wavy if the span is too far. Sometimes, the thinner stuff is just as expensive if not more than the thicker 1/2" sheet.

Screw it up and take it with you. Lay out all your full sheets first and only cut where you need to.
 

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I'd do plywood and probably 1/2" plywood. Too thin it doesn't have much strength to hold stuff and can get wavy if the span is too far. Sometimes, the thinner stuff is just as expensive if not more than the thicker 1/2" sheet.

Screw it up and take it with you. Lay out all your full sheets first and only cut where you need to.
If going this way I also would not bother to cut the sheets to land on studs if the framing etc is off.
I would just join the sheets wherever they land in between the studs at full length with scrap at the back.
 

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If a photo back drop is the end goal, why not get a large white bed sheet or two and tack it/them in place.

Or have a graphics place make you a banner with your logo on it.

Quick, low cost, and it leaves with you when the lease ends.

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Insulation vinyl like they use on metal buildings, you can get it in a roll and is white in color. Con is you can't hang anything on it.
Building wrap too I think the back side doesn't have print on it.
 

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4x8 sheets of OSB are under 10 bucks here in Missouri, thats the way I would go. Spend a few hundred and be done.
 
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You know I was wondering if I could use some kind of sheet. Like, literal bedsheets, but you'd never get it smooth. Billboard vinyl, that's an interesting idea! Toxic, but interesting...
 
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These facts, plus that fact that it's a rental, really should steer you toward not wasting time/money on this, but if I follow this request:


I'd suggest liner panel. It fits your chemical free criteria as well.

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Yeah that's the way I'm leaning. I'd prefer the warmth and sound absorption of wood, but anything nice (meaning not a witch's brew of sawdust/wood chips, toxic binders and resins) is sky-high expensive. So, board and batten style steel siding, like this. Bonus is, it can be used inside or outside later...

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I would use a corrugated metal roofing panels down low and thin wood paneling above with a 1x4 chair molding between them
I saw this at a restaurant last night. I don't care for the rusty tin but new would be ok. I'm thinking of tearing off my roof of of my shop (which has rusty tin sorta of) and using the backside to show in my wall in my remodel of my shed. My shop will get new roof and I'll have tin for the bottom of the walls. It's probably about a little over 2 bucks a sq. ft for quality stuff. Can buy cheaper 30 ga stuff from Home Depot etc. Perhaps OSB above that. Run it horizontal for more strength.
 

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