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#1 dbrigs

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Posted 28 February 2013 - 06:49 PM

So I moved into a larger warehouse recently and realized that I have nowhere to clean and dry my tarps other than one at a time, ooops. The warehouse parking lot is not available as there are lots of other business' that use it. I have a bathroom that I could run a hose from but nowhere to dry all of them.  I usually have 7-10 to clean every week and can't do it at home. Anyone here have an idea or suggestion on how I can hang these buggers to dry inside my space?  I was thinking maybe a pulley system from one side of the warehouse to the other and tightening them up in the air to dry? I don't know but just ran into this problem today. For now I'm going to use a friends house with large yard to get by but he doesn't want me there every week and I don't want to run tarps all around the island just to get them clean. Help!!!



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Posted 28 February 2013 - 07:03 PM

LOL, you clean your tarps!

 

I clean my tarps everyonce in a bluemoon, the tarps just get mopped and left to dry out in the sun maybe once a year.

 

Tarps are replaced early and often like voting in Chicago. But I use the blue ones not 18oz $$$$$ ones.



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Posted 28 February 2013 - 07:16 PM

bummer bro... hang some lines across the shop and hang the tarps after washing.. Let that island breeze dry them up. 



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Posted 28 February 2013 - 07:31 PM

I have a 300 pound mother in law and part of her weight loss program is to wear my tarps like a cape and run like hell around the neighborhood.
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Posted 28 February 2013 - 07:56 PM

Yup tarps only get cleaned once a year and thats during water slide season when they get muddy.....

 

By I guess water slides go out all year round for you lucky guys



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Posted 28 February 2013 - 08:03 PM

What a problem for paradise. Let me think, drink,sand and my toes in the sand. No problem brother. Your so busy don't worry bout them. Shop vac every now and then.


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Posted 28 February 2013 - 08:14 PM

Mesh tarps.....they breath!


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Posted 28 February 2013 - 08:15 PM

i only rinse mine off if they get muddy.

 

You can put up a flag pole and string them up!!



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Posted 28 February 2013 - 08:32 PM

I have decided not use tarps anymore other than on rough concrete. Tarps are a PITA and nobody wants to clean them. I have talked to many operators in my area who do not use tarps. One is a big time inflatable company with around a hundred inflatables.

 

Going forward I will let customers know we will set them up, but we will not supply them.



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Posted 01 March 2013 - 01:02 AM

I have decided not use tarps anymore other than on rough concrete. Tarps are a PITA and nobody wants to clean them. I have talked to many operators in my area who do not use tarps. One is a big time inflatable company with around a hundred inflatables.

 

Going forward I will let customers know we will set them up, but we will not supply them.

 

I've stopped supplying a fan with my inflatable rentals as makes it a lot quicker to collect deflated and easier to fold. I think the stakes are the next to go to cut down costs. Hehe!


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Posted 01 March 2013 - 01:10 AM

Water slide season is all year on the island so I get muddy, sandy tarps all the time.  I guess hiring a fatty to run around the complex I'm in might be a marketing tactic, hmmmm....  A couple lines across the place is all I've come up with so far.  Mopping them may be an alternative to spraying down; had not thought of that one yet.  



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Posted 01 March 2013 - 03:41 AM

On our water slide tarps we use a small pressure washer to clean off the mud and
grass. A pressure washer only uses 1.5 gallons of water a minute and does a
great job cleaning. After their cleaned and folded put them in a cool place in
your warehouse. They won't get stinky or slimly up to five or six days. No need to dry!

 



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Posted 01 March 2013 - 04:58 AM

We used to lay them flat put sand bags on each corner and run a carpet blower for 10 mins, then fold them up and put them away. works



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Posted 01 March 2013 - 06:16 AM

So I moved into a larger warehouse recently and realized that I have nowhere to clean and dry my tarps other than one at a time, ooops. The warehouse parking lot is not available as there are lots of other business' that use it. I have a bathroom that I could run a hose from but nowhere to dry all of them.  I usually have 7-10 to clean every week and can't do it at home. Anyone here have an idea or suggestion on how I can hang these buggers to dry inside my space?  I was thinking maybe a pulley system from one side of the warehouse to the other and tightening them up in the air to dry? I don't know but just ran into this problem today. For now I'm going to use a friends house with large yard to get by but he doesn't want me there every week and I don't want to run tarps all around the island just to get them clean. Help!!!

 

 

I tried the hanging a tarp idea several years ago at my house, but it seemed to tear out the grommets. That was because of the wind and extra strain on the tarps grommets, doing it inside might work, with no wind, just a fan to stir the air and make them dry quickly.

 

Having tarps under my units has saved me from having a big hole in the bottom several times. Cant always see every piece of debris where you set up.



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Posted 01 March 2013 - 06:39 AM

We run lines thru our warehouse for drying Sidewalls, so it can work for tarps. During this cold winter season, when the tents come back from winter set ups, we run what ever is wet on the lines and turn on tent heaters to heat the warehouse. It works but a PITA.



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Posted 01 March 2013 - 02:51 PM

pay the air fare. I will come clean your tarps once a week ( as long as it doesn't interfere with my drink)



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Posted 06 March 2013 - 01:58 PM

Start off with a 3" inch dia. PVC pipe that is 12 feet long. Drill and hole in the center of 2 end caps. Then bolt a large eye-bolt on each end cap. Glue on the caps.

 

Now hang the pvc pipe onto the bottom of your garage door. (We have 14' wide doors). Raise the door until the PVC pipe is high enough to insert the tarp over the pvc pipe but under the bottom edge of the door. (We have a 3" space from the top of the pvc to the bottom of the door)

 

Now raise the door up until the tarp is off the ground.

 

Not sure if I explained this right, maybe I will post some pics next time I clean our tarps..... PVC IS KING!!!!!!! ;)


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Posted 06 March 2013 - 05:51 PM

Pics would be great. I just put the tarps in the yards with lots of sun.



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Posted 06 March 2013 - 07:39 PM

Can you try making a pulley system to hang them to dry in your warehouse?

 

Someone said it is hard on the grommets thou, so maybe you could use bulldog clips? or something similar.



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Posted 06 March 2013 - 08:07 PM

Great ideas, I should've known Kenny would come up with a PVC contraption.  I'm not sure if I know how to do what you said but I'll try and figure it out. Thinking of mopping them and hanging up somehow to dry.






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