Here is a link that might be useful.
Using cardboard as a drop cloth to protect hardwood floors.
Large pieces of cardboard are great for covering your workbench during messy gluing or painting tasks.
They prevent any scratching as you decide on how you want to set up your furniture on a hardwood floor.
Cover your floors.
Take steps to ensure it doesn t damage your floors.
Whether you use a drop cloth cardboard or an old rug covering your floor is the most foolproof way to prevent any scratches or dings from moving.
You may even want to keep these pads on after you move to avoid any floor damage in your new home.
All you need is a drop cloth and some masking tape.
You can easily protect your floor before you paint your walls or ceiling.
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Spread either your canvas rosin paper or plastic drop cloth across your.
Pieces behind your workbench or tuck them along a wall in your garage or workshop and you ll have a disposable drop cloth at the ready for your next messy project.
How to protect floors when painting.
Use painter s tape to keep them in place.
Woodfloorpro is right red rosin can stain if it gets wet and it is too thin to protect the floors from any impact.
The best way to prevent all of that hassle is to protect your hardwood floors before you move and luckily it s not difficult to do simply follow our tips below.