When you go shopping for a tarp to cover your things, what are your choices? What are you looking for? What do you encounter? Usually, it is probably a plastic tarp that you find. Most of these are made of polyethylene and are referred to as PE or Poly Tarps. According to MarketWatch, Poly Tarps account for somewhere around 56 percent of the sales within the more than $2 billion global tarpaulin market. Poly Tarps are often the Go To Product for many of your needs.
Among the many choices of tarp classifications and materials available, Poly Tarps are generally economical, easy to handle, and get the job done. These PE covers, which are waterproof, have quite a spectrum of products, benefits, and features that more than surpass the $1.99 blue sale tarp on the end of the aisle at the local mega store. Spanning from extremely lightweight general purpose covers to Super Heavy Duty protection, there is a Poly Tarp for every situation from residential to heavy industrial. They are also offered with a number of specialty features including being fire retardant, reinforced, hurricane proof, and clear along with different thicknesses, material weights, and colors on many products including camouflage on select items.
Common Poly Tarp Classifications:
General Purpose Poly Tarps: The lightweight and waterproof tarps are laminated on both sides for lasting protection. The woven and bonded material is manufactured from UV ray stabilized polyethylene material; These are utilized as material covers, equipment covers, paint-spray tarps, temporary divider curtains, and construction site tarps.
Medium Duty Poly Tarps: These PE Tarps are made with high-density polyethylene delivering a strong cover that is lightweight and very easy to handle. The waterproof, rot-resistant, and dust resistant covers are used in applications that include residential, roofing, agriculture, commercial, construction, and industrial.
Heavy Duty Poly Tarps: A range of protection is offered from this strong, heavy duty poly tarps classification including UV ray, rot, mildew, tear, and abrasion resistance. They hold up to continued exposure to wind, rain, and dirt that goes along with being 100 percent waterproof. Heavy Duty Poly Tarps are ideal for shipyards, offshore oil rigs, construction sites, landfills, pond liners, and asbestos containment applications.
Super Heavy Duty Poly Tarps: This product segment offers multi-ply waterproof material that has thicknesses up 24 Mils. These covers are UV ray, mildew, and abrasion resistant. The Super Heavy Duty Tarps are perfect for industrial, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and other specialized applications including building enclosures, membrane structures, landfill covers, asbestos tarps, and heavy equipment covers. Fire Retardant options are offered for many of these products.
Hurricane Tarps and Roofing Tarps: Due to weather, damage, and construction, roofs and other structures need to be shielded from further damage and loss after the initial occurrences. A number of tarps are available that are lightweight, durable, waterproof, and easy to handle to deliver the protection and meet the challenges.
Fire Retardant Poly Tarps: Quite a few tarps are offered for specific fire resistant and fire retardant applications. These meet fire safety standards that include NFPA 701 (large scale); CPAI-84; CAN/ULC S-109-M87; ASTM E-84 (Class A); California State Fire Marshal and CSFM Title 19. Besides the fire safety requirements these tarps are waterproof along with being UV ray, tear, abrasion, and mildew resistant.
Camouflage Poly Tarps: More and more popular, Poly Tarp camouflage colors are available in a variety of weights, sizes, and camouflage colors and patterns. Ideal for outdoor sports and work uses including hunting, fishing, camping, boating, storage, and other protection.
Specialty Poly Tarps: A variety of Specialty Poly Tarps are offered for specific tasks and classifications including Hay Tarps, Greenhouse Covers, Construction Tarps, and Clear String/Reinforced Poly Tarps.
Whether it is Poly Tarps or any other Classification of Tarps, Covers, Curtains, or Accessories, Tarps Now has the widest selection to choose from with the friendliest Customer Service Team
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