Masking Floors For Texturing?

Tradesman

Hey, what do you guys do regarding masking floors when texturing ceilings in new work? Walls, windows, etc. are a no-brainer, but what about good methods for floors? Dropcloths, paper, plastic, none- scrape and sweep, or some other option I haven't thought of?

MALCO.New.York

I prefer to use Heirloom Oriental Rugs when I am unable to locate any Tabrizian Silks.

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AtlanticWBConst

Drop clothes, roofing felt, painter's edging paper, carpet shield, cardboard, bodies of useless workers, whatever...

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rosin on wood , cloth on rug

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AARC Drywall

he guys... i am having a hell of a time covering off the walls for texturing...it seems like it takes me forever..any tip on how to cut out the bull, and just get the job done....it takes me longer to cover the walls than do the job.

Jay

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Brocktologist

Scrape and sweep. Basements get felt most of the time. I've also cut the felt in half with a saw and stapled it down along all the walls.

AtlanticWBConst

Wrap a ban of blue painter's tape around the top edge of the wall (where the wall meets the ceilings). Only apply the top edge of the tape to the wall, leaving the bottom edge (towards the floor direction) unstuck.

Get a 9' wide roll (box) of painter's plastic. Start unraveling it (by the length, not the width), and place the 9' edge, of it, onto the unstuck tape's edge. Go around the room applying the painter's plastic's 9' edge to that tape's edge. When you get to the end, overlap it slightly and cut the length.
Last, go back and unravel the 9' length down the wall and onto the floor (assuming it's an 8' height ceiling).

Done ... lickity-split.

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RCPainting

Atlantic has it right, I like to use this though.
http://www.shop3m.com/70070837342.html

To the OP , the fact you think about keeping it clean is great, I love following guys like you! I would think a scrape and sweep would do. The first thing I do on the site is vacuum and get all the stuff at the bottom of wall before trim goes in.

Tradesman

I just knew I'd get some good ideas if I asked. Malco, do you buy your Oriental rugs in bulk from Uncle Abdullah and leave a set with each customer or do you take them with you from job to job?

Here is a cool product for masking walls and other stuff:

http://www.purepainter.com/taper.html

SLSTech

Malco's business adviser "Vinny" gets them for him. Just remember there is no mafia in construction.

Sorry Malco - I just couldn't help it...

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Adam in BC

how are you masking it off now aarc ?
I mask it off with an apron taper then staple up light poly

AARC Drywall

I am using blue painters tape and taping to the walls....yea i know slow...

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Tim0282

We use six foot wide rosin paper for the big areas and three foot to fill in. Goes fast and works great on concrete. (garages, basements) Cheaper than anything else I have found.

Frankawitz

Back in the day when I did new work we use to use and this was before blue tape, we would use maskingtape and 3M plastic we would use our masking machine and then unfold the 3M plastic then we had a helper use a 14" knife taped to a 6'-12' extension pole, as for floors most were sub floor so we would use a broom and shovel for clean up. when ever I have had a resident house and people are living in the home, I use 9'x12' plastic drops on walls and red rosin paper on wood floors canvas drops on carpets.