Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Monday, June 11, 2012 11:04:09 AM UTC-4, Davej wrote:
After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

ALL blue tarps are garbage, and have been since the early 1980's at least. Where have you been?

They're meant for TEMPORARY, OCCASIONAL use. If you want a better tarp go with the silver or green ones. Even those aren't meant for permanent installations. No tarp is. Brown canvas tarps last the longest but even those aren't forever.

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Jun 11, 2:06*pm, wrote:
On Monday, June 11, 2012 11:04:09 AM UTC-4, Davej wrote:
After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

ALL blue tarps are garbage, and have been since the early 1980's at least.. Where have you been?

They're meant for TEMPORARY, OCCASIONAL use. If you want a better tarp go with the silver or green ones. Even those aren't meant for permanent installations. No tarp is. Brown canvas tarps last the longest but even those aren't forever.


Well, I thought they were FRAGILE and likely to tear, not utterly
POROUS.

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On 6/11/2012 11:04 AM, Davej wrote:
After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

If you want a leak-free roof for more than six months, maybe you should
try some real shingles?

http://www.certainteed.com/products/roofing/residential

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:04:09 -0700 (PDT), Davej
wrote:

After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

*** YOU MUST HAVE JUST WOKE UP ***

Here's a clue!
*EVERYTHING* From Harbor Freight is GARBAGE.....

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Jun 11, 3:06*pm, wrote:
On Monday, June 11, 2012 11:04:09 AM UTC-4, Davej wrote:
After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

ALL blue tarps are garbage, and have been since the early 1980's at least.. Where have you been?

They're meant for TEMPORARY, OCCASIONAL use. If you want a better tarp go with the silver or green ones. Even those aren't meant for permanent installations. No tarp is. Brown canvas tarps last the longest but even those aren't forever.

I've got a couple of heavy duty brown plastic tarps that are at least
twice as thick as any other tarp I've ever had. Don't know where they
came from...other than that my dad bought them for me years ago.

A group I volunteer with has some large (like 20' x 20') silver tarps
that we've used to cover equipment during overnight torrential
downpours. We've had them for years, are not very nice to them, and
they are still waterproof.

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Jun 11, 10:18*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:04:09 -0700 (PDT), Davej
wrote:

After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

*** YOU MUST HAVE JUST WOKE UP ***

Here's a clue!
*EVERYTHING* From Harbor Freight is GARBAGE.....

Bull.

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Jun 11, 11:53*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jun 11, 10:18*pm, wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:04:09 -0700 (PDT), Davej
wrote:

After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

*** YOU MUST HAVE JUST WOKE UP ***

Here's a clue!
*EVERYTHING* From Harbor Freight is GARBAGE.....

Bull.

Yeah, my experience has been that while nothing is
real durable, a lot of what they have is great for the
kind of tool you need to use once in 3 years. If I
were using it every day, I wouldn't buy it from HF,
but then it would cost many times more.

The only thing I bought that was real garbage was
a set of retaining ring pliers. The tips were made out
of steel that was so soft they would just bend instead
of spreading the retaining ring. I took them back and
they refunded my money.

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

"Davej" wrote in message
...
After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

No, they are not. They are cheap temporary coverings, and for that, they do
well. For anything that is really exposed to weather for any length of
time, they are wimpy, but what do you expect for $2.99 for a 400 sf
covering?

Steve

Blue Harbor Freight Tarps are Garbage
 

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:12:20 -0500, Jim Yanik wrote:

wrote in
:

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:04:09 -0700 (PDT), Davej
wrote:

After six months the thing is leaking like a sieve. It has apparently
lost the waterproof coating.

*** YOU MUST HAVE JUST WOKE UP ***

Here's a clue!
*EVERYTHING* From Harbor Freight is GARBAGE.....



baloney;I have a Rapidcut pull saw from HF that is very good.
I have a HF clone of a Bosch 1581 jigsaw(no longer sold by them) that is
great. I have a great canvas tool bag from HF.
The $19 HF multitool is good too.

I've had their $100 10" SCMS for about six years. I also have a Bosch 12" so
the HF doesn't get used much anymore but if I work on a project outside, the
HF SCMS goes with me. The Bosch is much harder to move and if it rains, I
don't care much about the HF saw. The HF saw is certainly good enough for
most framing jobs.