The holidays are a time for family, friends, and giving. It is also the season for shopping. If you are looking for some unique gift ideas, look no further than tarps. Tarps? Tarps make great gifts for all kinds of people, and they can be used in all sorts of ways. It is always nice to give a gift that you know is going to be used.
In this blog post, we will provide you with a Tarps Guide to the holidays, including information on tarps, industrial curtains, and tarp accessories. We will also give you some creative ideas on how to use tarps during the holidays.
Tarps are a great way to add protection, style, and personality to any situation. Waterproof tarps can provide a shield from the rain, snow, wind, the sun, pests, debris, and other hazards. Mesh tarps and shade tarps can guard areas, supplies, patio furniture, from the sun generating safe and comforting shade.
Many tarps can also be used for holiday setups. They can be used as an aesthetic backdrop for your Christmas tree and other festive decorations. For example, you can use green, red, black, or other color tarps decorated with bright string lights to create a cozy atmosphere around your outdoor holiday decorations.
Industrial curtains can also be utilized to create partitions for a quiet space during large family gatherings. They are ideal for blocking out noise and creating an intimate atmosphere that is great for conversations, giving kids their own space, or curling up with a good book. You can choose from many different styles, colors, and sizes of industrial curtains to perfectly match your holiday decor.
In the sections to follow in this article we will summarize some of the more popular tarp materials, covers and tarp product sizes along with providing some common and holiday uses for a tarp.
Tarp Products That Will Look Good Under The Tree
Gift giving is fun. Gift giving is also a challenge, especially for those that are hard to buy for or seem to have everything. Why not give the gift that protects and is darn right practical? The Gift Of Tarps!
Here are some of our popular and effective tarps, industrial curtains, and accessories that will be as meaningful to give as they will be to receive by your family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors.
Canvas Tarps – Canvas tarpaulins are the original tarps. They have been around for many centuries expanding from their initial purpose of protecting cargo on ships sailing the globe into a diverse selection of uses and features in the present day including for manufacturing, construction, painting, landscaping, agricultural, trucking, and residential. A lot of the canvas tarps on the market are constructed of a heavy duty cotton fabric that is tightly woven creating covers that stand up to the task at hand. Specific waterproof and water resistant tarps are available to generate water protection for those valuable possessions, structures, or areas that you want to guard from the rain and snow. An additional benefit of the canvas tarp weave construction is that they are breathable creating air circulation helping to offer further protection for the items being covered from condensation and moisture developing. Fire retardant canvas tarps are also available to provide safeguarding against flame hazards. Popular canvas products include the Rhino-Tex waterproof canvas tarps, water resistant canvas tarps, painters tarp / drop cloth, fire retardant canvas tarps, natural duck cotton canvas tarps. Popular canvas tarp uses include as an equipment cover, painting tarp, camping tarp, tarp under tent, landscaping tarp, leaf tarp, vegetable garden tarps, tarps for cars, firewood tarp, divider curtain, tarp hammock, and ground cover.
Awning / Marine Canvas Tarps – Ideal for use as awnings, canopies, porches, pergolas, boats, and other areas that require a decorative material that always stands up to the elements. Awning / marine canvas tarps are made with waterproof acrylic material that is the same fabric as Sunbrella that is well known for its strong, long-lasting fibers and vibrant color options.
Vinyl Tarps – Utilized in protection for applications that include residential, recreational, commercial, agricultural, trucking, and industrial, vinyl tarps are a tremendous asset in protecting your valuable possessions, supplies, areas, and people against the hazards of extreme weather, the sun, debris, pests, and other issues. This extremely popular very durable, and effective waterproof PVC material is presented in a vast selection of sizes, thicknesses, material weights, and colors to find the ideal protection for your particular needs. Other valued features that vinyl covers possess include heat sealed seams and durable rust resistant grommets along with being UV ray, wear, tear, abrasion, rot, and mildew resistant. There are special feature available with vinyl tarps that include fire retardancy, camouflage colors, anti-static, awning/canopy tarps, and outdoor movie screens. Vinyl tarps are commonly used as a truck tarp, tarp for cars, trailer tarp, camping tarp, tarp carport, firewood tarp, roof tarp, a tarp under tent, baseball field tarp, golf hitting screen, and hockey shooting tarp.
Outdoor Movie Screen Vinyl Tarps – What a fun and exciting gift idea this is. An 18 Mil thick outdoor movie screen vinyl tarp is offered to show and host movies in backyards or wherever else desired. The vinyl screens are available in nine sizes that range from 5’ X 9’ up to 18’ X 24’. The 16 ounce per square yard fabric is white on both sides with a black block-out layer to keep light from seeping through helping generate the best viewing experience possible. The movie screens are waterproof UV ray resistant, mildew resistant, and fire retardant along with being low (-40° F) and high (180° F) temperature resistant. Fitted with sturdy brass grommets spaced 12-inches apart around the entire perimeter, outdoor movie screen tarps can be safely and easily installed to trees, poles, and structures.
Vinyl Canopy Tarps / Awning Tarps – Canopy tarps are premium covers that are ideal for utilization in high UV ray areas that include awnings, canopies, curtain walls, boats, and tents. Crafted from durable, waterproof, and fire retardant clear vinyl material that is also resists UV ray, punctures, tears, abrasion, dirt, mold, and mildew.
Poly Tarps – Polyethylene (poly) tarps are effective general lightweight covers that are cost friendly representing 56 percent of all tarp sales worldwide. These high density multi layered tarps are 100 percent waterproof delivering UV ray, tearing, rot, and mildew protection. Poly tarps are offered in a host of material weights, thicknesses, grades, sizes, and colors. Some of these poly covers are provided with special feature options that include clear poly, string reinforcement, fire retardancy, camo tarps, drain tarps / leak diverters, and poly sheeting. Poly tarps are great as a roofing tarp, ground cover, tarp shelter, carport tarp, backpacking tarp, garden tarp, landscaping tarp, leaf tarp, lawn bag tarp, greenhouse tarp, camouflage tarp, baseball field tarp, and as a tarp slip and slide.
Mesh Tarps / Shade Tarps – These are versatile covers crafted primarily from mesh fabric that are commonly utilized as shade covers, material covers, privacy screens, and windscreens. Mesh tarps and shade tarps are provided in a wide selection of shade factors that can range from 40 percent up to 95 percent shade, a variety of materials, and a spectrum of colors. More than a tarp for shade, there are also specialty mesh cover products that include fire retardant tarps, hurricane tarps, truck tarps, containment tarps, and debris netting.
Truck Tarps – For the truckers on your holiday list, heavy duty truck tarps are adaptable covers that are made of durable and weather resistant fabrics including vinyl, polyethylene, nylon, and mesh. General tarps are versatile for many flat bed tarp applications whether it is on pickup truck, box truck, dump truck tarp, trailer, or whatever else you may be hauling on. In addition, there are specialized trucking tarp products such as flatbed tarps, lumber truck tarps, heavy duty machinery tarps, coil truck tarps, steel truck tarps, smoke truck tarps, refuse transfer trailer tarps, asphalt RFL truck tarps, and mesh tarps. The mentioned trucking tarp products are available in a variety sizes, material weights, grades, and colors to help meet your needs.
Equipment Covers / Industrial Covers – In an effort to shield and protect valuable machinery, equipment, structures, flooring, and certain spaces, equipment and industrial covers are presented. These industrial covers are offered in stock sizes along with custom options to find the best fit for the situation. Specialized products include box covers, equipment covers, cylinder covers, and round covers manufactured from effective fabrics including vinyl, clear vinyl, canvas, and mesh including fire retardant and waterproof options.
Curtains – For porches, patios, entryways, workshops, and other living and productive spaces, industrial curtains and divider curtains vastly help improve efficiency, productivity, privacy, and temperature control within these spaces. The strong and waterproof aspect of many of the materials used include clear vinyl, vinyl, poly, and canvas. In addition, these fabrics are tear, abrasion, grease, oil, rot, and mildew resistant. Clear tarps and curtains made from Clear Vinyl are very popular for installing in outside living areas to extend the enjoyment of these areas well into the late fall and winter months. This material is waterproof shielding against wind, rain, and snow along with being cold weather resistant. Fire retardant options are available for some of the industrial curtain / divider curtain products including the clear vinyl, vinyl, poly, and canvas fabrics.
Waterproof Tarps – A popular and one of the most important features of many tarps and curtains is being waterproof. This safeguards equipment, vehicles, supplies, structures, and areas from the annoyance and hazards of water and other liquids. These waterproof tarps are crafted from high quality materials that include polyethylene, vinyl, clear vinyl, neoprene, Hypalon, and waterproof canvas presented in a wide variety of convenient sizes, thicknesses, material weights and colors. Waterproof tarps are great wherever you need water protection, which includes as roof tarps, trailer tarps, truck tarps, carport tarps, porch and patio coverings, firewood tarps, equipment covers, and outdoor furniture covers.
Custom Tarp and Industrial Curtain Products – If the right stock size for the application cannot be located or there are special or unique dimensions, custom tarps and custom industrial curtains can be created for many of the fabric and products described above. They will be provided to the desired dimensions, effective fabric, thickness, color, and special features that are required. Custom tarps and custom industrial custom curtains are quite affordable, especially when comparing to having to purchase multiple tarps to obtain the necessary coverage. The Custom Size Tarp Builder app makes custom tarp ordering easy with dimensional information and just a few clicks.
Fabric by the Yard and Roll – Many of the fabrics used to create the mentioned tarps and curtains are also offered by the yard and roll to provide the material for do-it-yourself tarp, curtain, and other projects, fabric repairs, and for material inventory and stock requirements. Popular and common fabrics available for these applications include vinyl, clear vinyl, canvas, poly, mesh, nylon, neoprene, and Hypalon. Depending on the product, the materials are offered by the yard and roll providing for the ordering of the exact amount of fabric necessary.
Tarp Accessories – Tarp accessories serve to assist, protect, maintain, repair, and help extend the usefulness of tarps, covers, and industrial curtains. Products including tarp clips, bungee balls, tarp grabbers, shock cord clops, cord, and rubber straps that aid in securing and tying down the tarps. Tarp tape and tarp glues along with grommet kits help in enhancing or repairing along with creating your do-it-yourself tarps and curtains. Additional items such as tarp cleaners and tarp protectants will keep your covers clean and protected.
Creative Holiday Uses For Tarps
The holidays are upon us, and tarps may be the special ingredient to help make this time of the year fun, creative, and productive. Tarps are versatile tools that aren’t just for covering your stuff in the garage or protecting equipment on the jobsite, they can be given as gifts along assisting and being part of your holiday decorating and celebrations.
To follow is a list of some creative holiday uses for tarps and curtains:
* Use a lightweight tarp to wrap a gift. It is giving a gift within a gift.
* Tarps can be used to cover, hide, and protect gifts before they are distributed to the intended recipients. You might have to hide the gifts from eager people in the attic, garage, basement, or shed. Tarps will help keep them safe and dry.
* Tarp fabric for holiday cutouts/decorations. These durable materials will provide a creative canvas for unlimited ideas that will last for many holidays to come. Many of the tarp fabrics can easily be cut, painted, glued, and sewn.
* Make clean up easier for your holiday wrapping, crafts, decorating, or cooking by placing a small tarp on the floor of your work areas. These covers will help contain all of the mess within the tarp that can simply be rolled up and emptied safely in the garbage.
* Holiday banners can be created on tarps and hung at your residence, business, or organization for all to see and enjoy. Most of the tarp fabrics can be painted, glued, and sewn. Add decorations to make the banners even more festive.
* Wrap a Christmas tree in a tarp as you bring it home. This will help make transporting it more effective while helping keep your vehicle clean from the typical falling needles as well as hauling into the house. A tarp will also be extremely helpful in taking your tree out at the end of the holidays. It will be easier to carry or drag and will keep the dried needles off the floor.
* A small tarp or large piece of tarp fabric can serve as a great Christmas tree skirt or ground cover helping protect the floor beneath giving you extra support between the tree and the floor surface.
* Tarps can provide stable and safe wind, rain, and snow protection or as a groundcover for some of your outdoor decorations.
* For both inside and outside decoration scenes, tarps can provide a very nice backdrop in some of the favorite holiday colors. These can be taken to another level by adding holiday lighting and other festive decorations.
* Provide Santa and the reindeer with safe landing pad for their visit to your residence by stretching out a nice tarp on your yard or driveway.
* Fires are popular during the holidays (except for Christmas Eve when Santa will be coming down the chimney). Make sure your outside stored firewood is covered with a protective tarp so that your wood is dry and ready to burn.
* Utilize tarps as dividers to effectively create smaller spaces from larger areas or to help provide a sound barrier from nosier activities.
* Clear vinyl tarps and curtains are great for extending the use of outdoor living areas. When entertaining over the holidays your space can get cramped. By putting up clear vinyl tarps or clear vinyl curtains in your porches, entryways, patios, and other areas, you can now include these areas for entertaining. Clear vinyl is very protective against wind, rain, snow, and helps minimize cold conditions.
When You Need a Tarp for the Holidays or for Anytime, Tarps Now is Your Tarp Source
When you are shopping for Tarps, Industrial Curtains, or Tarp Accessories, Tarps Now has everything that you need. If you have any questions or need help with any products or services, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at (888) 800-1383 or by email at sales@tarpsnow.com where you will speak with one of our very knowledgeable, pleasant, and helpful tarp elves located at the St. Joseph, MI headquarters. Tarps Now looks forward to speaking with you.
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