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Builders’ Tip: Apply Tar Paper Easily With Spindle Applicator
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Click for larger image. | Trying to hang tar paper on a wall can get a bit unwieldy. I gained control of the whole process by creating a spindle applicator that makes the job go much more smoothly.
The accompanying drawing shows how I made it:
- I created the rig with three 1-1/2-inch-diameter plugs cut from 3/4-inch stock, a pair of 1/4-inch by 3-1/2-inch-diameter Plexiglas disks separated by a fender washer, a 1x2 handle and a couple of strips of flexible plastic.
- The whole thing is held together by a 1/4-inch by 4-1/2-inch stove bolt double-nutted on top.
- A couple of short screws hold the 1x2 to the bottom piece of Plexiglas.
- The plastic strips are folded in half and then trapped between the hole-saw plugs.
To use the rig:
- I staple the tar paper to its starting point, slip the applicator into the bottom of the roll and walk along the wall, paying out the paper.
- The roll rotates on the Plexiglas disk, making it easier to control.
- When I stop to staple, I can let go of the applicator because the little plastic flaps stuck in the roll enable the applicator to stay put.
The small depth of the handle also makes it easy to use at the base of a wall.
— Manuel P. Sanders, Las Vegas
Tips & Techniques provided by Fine Homebuilding.
©2008 The Taunton Press
To contact Fine Homebuilding, e-mail Christina Glennon.
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