Cover sheet when wood treating a bench

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Is there a preferred material cover sheet to use on ground when using something like Taylor Brown wood treatment for protecting the wood?

Used a cover sheet from B&Q, can't remember the name of it, however as these tins aren't the easiest to open some of the wood stain spilled on the cover, needless to say when the sheet was lifted a brown mark was showing on the slab, yes, I did say to the person doing it that it would be better painting the bench elsewhere.

So is there a sheet that would stop the wood treatment from coming through in the event of a spillage, greaseproof for example?
 
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Polythene sheet. In the "decorating sundries " section of the DIY shed.

I do mine on the lawn, which soon grows out any spillages. Water-based woodstains don't kill it, though preservatives will.
 
Hi.
Problem with a poly sheet is it is light, lift in a little draft, tears on concrete slabs. for a couple of £s more you could invest in a laminated cotton dust sheet. Poly on the underside but cotton on the top. £4.51 in toolstation and with a few bricks around the edges it will stay put and even give a little comfort to work on.
https://www.toolstation.com/cotton-...s6wAROFMzawePWjTNXeozbZAiZZ-bWGsaAi1uEALw_wcB
 
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Maybe it's an old trick? But working alongside a friend (who is a general builder), he was using an off cut of heavy gauge DPM as a sheet.

I thought that was a great idea, it's rigid enough to actually stay in place, folds/rolls up to store, and nothing will soak through.
 
I'd go for a cheap synthetic "tarp" from toolstation.

A 1.8*2.4m one is only £2.22 at the moment. That's less than the DIY sheds charge for a thin poly sheet that will rip as soon as you stand on it.
 
I'd go for a cheap synthetic "tarp" from toolstation.

A 1.8*2.4m one is only £2.22 at the moment. That's less than the DIY sheds charge for a thin poly sheet that will rip as soon as you stand on it.
Yeah thanks, btw, we were given some plastic covering that usually covers a mattress while in transit, it's large enough would this be helpful also as it's not a thin plastic?
 
It should be fine.

BTW, when using non-absorbent covers be careful not to stand on any paint spills otherwise you risk walking those splashes around the garden. You can use an old towel as a mat next to the protective covering.
 

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