Tips and Tricks of flatbedding

Do not buy the cheap blue furniture blankets they sell at Tarpstop. They tear like a piece of toilet paper and you have to fold them several times for them to be much good over sharp edges.

I picked up some good ones at Iowa80 that were more expensive but still cheap tarp insurance. They cost me $90 for a pack of six if I remember correctly. Does anyone know of a less expensive source for quality blankets like these?

 

I bought a bunch of them from Harbor Freight, they seemed to hold up pretty good.

 

I just bought a dozen of the good ones. All of them were clean and perfect; only used the once. - $3 each. Got them on Craigslist - seems like there are always a bunch for sale.

 

I got some felt at a steel yard once. Works great but it seemed to soak up the oil and everything they touched after that was an oily mess.

 

I got my felt pads at an aluminum place, I don't use them on anything oily, but they do work great.

 

Kind of a handy tool.

 

You didn't make one?

 

No I bought it. I love gadgets.

 

I got a dozen of the heavyweight ones (100 pounds for the dozen) off of Ebay for $100 with free delivery about 3 years ago.