Tarpaulins Are a Cheap and Effective Cover
Clear Tarpaulins are a remarkably inexpensive way to cover anything and everything you want to protect from the elements like rain and snow, pollutants, pollen, dust, or overspray. For a wide range of purposes around the home, farm, and business, they are flexible, affordable, and effective. For recreation and novelty purposes, they are also handy.
Probably the most common use of tarps is as a cover for large items stored outdoors such as cars and trucks where there is inadequate garage space to store them, cars and trucks being renovated or saved for that "someday" renovation project, boats and canoes, campers, ATVs, snowmobiles, motorcycles, and trailers. Tarpaulins are strong, tear-resistant, lightweight, easy to handle and drape, and 100% waterproof, regardless of whether you choose an inexpensive high-density polyethene or a heavy-duty canvas tarp. Utilizing the sturdy grommets on the corners, you can either tie the tarp down with stakes or weight down the edges with heavy objects like concrete blocks to keep them from blowing off in the wind.
Tarps are also ideal for covering piles of firewood that are being dried out outdoors, as they prevent rain and snow from moistening the logs while still allowing air to circulate.
Suppose you are working on an outdoor project and inclement weather threatens or stops you in your tracks. In that case, tarps are a quick and easy way to cover your project until the weather clears. This might be a roofing job, addition to a house, or other large construction projects you opted to do outdoors for maximum flexibility. Whenever storm clouds begin rolling in unexpectedly, tarps are a godsend.
Tarpaulins are also a valuable part of a camping trip, even though you might not think of them as a cover. Stakes can anchor tents when tarps are stretched over them since tarps are generally more weather resistant than tent fabrics. Especially if water ends up sitting on the roof of the tent, tent fabric inevitably leaks. Stretched out and tied to tree branches in the forest, a tarp can also be used as a handy canopy to protect gear from sun and rain while camping or eating at a picnic table, so they do become durable covers for all practical purposes.
During a rain shower or thunderstorm, tarps are the best covers to protect items from blowing away or getting wet when hauling loads in an open truck bed. Tarps are especially helpful when carrying loads over long distances. So the next time you're helping your friends move into a new house or apartment, be sure to throw a few tarps into the truck along.
