TAR PAPER

General Discussion
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I have heard that alot of shapers cover the floor in the shaping bay with tar paper,

can anyone tell me what the advantages are to this?

Thanks,

Doug

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We cover our floor with 30 lb tar paper. It is easily pulled up and pretty cheap. Resin does still stick to it but it is so cheap it is easily replaced. Actually underneath the tar paper we put a thin layer of resin (sp?) paper. This keeps the tar from the tar paper from staining the floor.

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Quote:

I have heard that alot of shapers cover the floor in the shaping bay with tar paper,

can anyone tell me what the advantages are to this?

Thanks,

Doug

please, what IS “tar paper” ?

Not sure if I’ve seen that here…

thanks,

 ben
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Howzit chipfish, It’s roofing tar paper, the stuff they put on the roof before the shingles,shakes,etc. Aloha,Kokua

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The stuff roofers put on a plywood roof, just before adding the shingles/shake tiles. For waterproofing, and to keep the whole roof from breathing thru osmosis.

Comes in a 60lbs, roll, about 200’, a good thick, cheap flooring, accentuating the outline of your boards, encouraging you to keep the floor clean of foamdust.

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Howzit feltser, Usually that’s what glassers put on the floor so they can keep the floor from becoming a resin mess. As for shapers I know 2 that actually laid down padding and carpet in their bays. Talk about comfortable, they shape in their bare feet. Aloha,Kokua

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Doug Haut lays down tar paper, he only shapes.

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AKA “felt paper.”

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better than dirt not as good as rug…a nice shag gets ssoft with foam dust inside the fibes…we inherited Diffs room it had carpet yea andverily el Diff we speak your name and only the dimentional pure truth can follow …ambrose… thanks to all MIKES

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Reminds me of an old MAD magazine cartoon: Cocktail guests are smoking and drinking and having a good time, but what you notice is that the smoke, along with napkins, etc, is going down into a grid type floor that has been rigged with a vacuum system.

Anyone rig up a system with those plastic grid floors with a vacuum? Hell to walk on, but maybe they’ve got soft plastic for the grid pattern. I like the idea of the air currents going down into the floor rather than up or to the side…unaffected vision, no stray foam dust in one’s nose.

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Yeah, we have tar paper on the floor in the lam room. Makes it easy for the resin to removed every 4-6 months. I have padding plus carpet on the floor of my shaping room, makes it super nice to go barefoot. A shaper I know has a thick wrestling mat under his carpet, his floor is incredible to walk on barefoot. -Carl

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or 30 lb roofing felt, asphalt felt, etc. The resin paper is that pinkish paper, comes in about 3’ wide rolls that you put under hardwood floors during installation to keep them from squeaking. Both can be found in your friendly neighborhood lumberyard. It staples down pretty good and the tar paper tends tostick to itself nicely if it’s not wrinkled or too cold.

hope thhat’s of use

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I just use the black builders plastic, cheap as chips and easy to replace.

Craig.

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The fifteen pound roofing paper will give you all of those benefits but, without the sticky tar problems. I use it like the “duct tape” of paper products for home repair, art, etc.