A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant
to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

http://tinyurl.com/m7pek9
http://tinyurl.com/ny4afc


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Ian White

In article ,
Ian White wrote:
A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant
to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

Lidl had it some time ago. Although not as 'wide' as 2.7m - more like a
foot or so. Ideal for protecting wood floors when painting skirtings, etc.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"Ian White" wrote

A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m tear-off
roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg the top of a
door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of 2.7m (also
available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant to
drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

http://tinyurl.com/m7pek9
http://tinyurl.com/ny4afc

I used bubble wrap and masking tape to protect front door recently during
plastering works - only slightly more effort if you are looking for
alternatives.

Phil

TheScullster wrote:

I used bubble wrap and masking tape to protect front door recently during
plastering works - only slightly more effort if you are looking for
alternatives.

Don't forget, ye can use newspaper if just painting ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNkUyQaXwE

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Adrian C

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:25:55 +0100, TheScullster wrote:
I used bubble wrap and masking tape to protect front door recently during
plastering works

Might be worth knocking on the door of bed sales places, too - I kept the
plastic wrapper that a recently-purchased mattress arrived in, and it's
nice heavy-duty stuff for use as protective decorating sheet. For the last
complete bed that we bought, the delivery folk took the packaging away
with them, so presumably it all ends up in a skip at the back of the store...

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Ian White wrote:
A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant
to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

Lidl had it some time ago. Although not as 'wide' as 2.7m - more like a
foot or so. Ideal for protecting wood floors when painting skirtings, etc.

I just buy a 50m roll of 2m or 4m polythene - cheap enough and more
durable


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geoff

On 7 July, 08:11, Ian White wrote:
A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant
to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

http://tinyurl.com/m7pek9http://tinyurl.com/ny4afc

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Ian White

Despite screwfixes wobbly description :

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/19574/...-Roll-2m-x-50m

sounds similar but without the masking tape edge. Roll is about 50cm
wide and folds out. Manually apply 50mm masking tape.

Adavantage of the folding out is it gets statically charged and clings
to the surface you unfold it towards, would never go back to
dustsheets.

Adam

Owain wrote:
On 7 July, 08:11, Ian White wrote:
A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

Googling for self adhesive dust sheet

Duh... missed a trick there. Normally I'm the first to mutter "GIFFS"
about other people's postings, so I'd better own up!

produces several possibles

http://www.alligata.co.uk/
Wide variety of temporary protection things

http://www.tradestairs.com/acatalog/...ust_sheet.html
temporary floor protection

Not sure about the actual product you describe though

Their adhesive products seem to be coated all over one side, while the
Australian product only has adhesive along one edge and the rest unfolds
as a plain drop sheet.

Thanks also to Adam for the pointer to Screwfix and the benefits of
"static cling". As Adam implies, a very obviously brand-new dust sheet
does help to impress the customers.

But for DIY I do agree about mattress covers and PE on the roll being
perfectly adequate. Blue DPM is also good for heavy duty use.



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Ian White

On 8 July, 07:45, Ian White wrote:
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But for DIY I do agree about mattress covers and PE on the roll being
perfectly adequate. Blue DPM is also good for heavy duty use.

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Ian White

Its only £4.20 for 100 m2 so economic to use,screwfix also do a
selfadhesive carpet protector, static cling really does make it an
absolute treat to use, got the tip from a mate in car body shop they
use similar for painting small sections cover the rest of car in this
stuff, cling prevents overspray getting under masking.
Just mask up whole room as one and then paint, saves ferking about
dragging dust sheets about , when done whole lot goes in a bin bag.
It is thin though so for heavy duty work blue DPM sounds good

Adam

Ian White wrote:

A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant
to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

http://tinyurl.com/m7pek9
http://tinyurl.com/ny4afc


You mean like this?

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/k/KIPMRFKC/

except it is only 2.6m drop.

Andrew

Andrew May wrote:
Ian White wrote:
A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting
which apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a
17m tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung
from eg the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total
height of 2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic
stuff and I can see why.
The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is
meant to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.
Has anyone come across this in the UK?
http://tinyurl.com/m7pek9
http://tinyurl.com/ny4afc

You mean like this?

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/k/KIPMRFKC/

except it is only 2.6m drop.

Thanks, that's a good local equivalent. Thanks also for the reminder
about Decorating Direct.

It didn't ever seem likely that the idea would be unique to Australia.
(Marsupial dust sheets... now there's a concept.)


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Ian White

Ian White wrote:

A friend in Australia sent pictures of this plastic dust sheeting which
apparently all the builders and decorators use. It comes on a 17m
tear-off roll, ready edged with masking tape so it can be hung from eg
the top of a door. Then the Z-folds drop out to cover a total height of
2.7m (also available in wider sizes). He says it's fantastic stuff and I
can see why.

The pictures are of the refill (only "a coupla dollars") which is meant
to drop into a metal tear-off dispenser.

Has anyone come across this in the UK?

http://tinyurl.com/m7pek9
http://tinyurl.com/ny4afc


I know this is not of much help, but B&Q *used* to sell it about five or
ten years ago. I asked more recently (two years ago?) and they said they
no longer stocked it. Maybe they or one of the other sheds has
re-introduced it.

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Dave