Dammitall, can't manufacturers get anything right???

Jeff7

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Frost King, 3mil plastic sheeting, bag still had the manufacturer's seal on it. Bag says 10' wide x 25' long - 250 sq ft.
I sliced it up into two pieces, and now it seems that I suddenly have a lot less than I should.

So I measure the pieces I cut:
Piece 1: 8 ft x 5ft 9in
Piece 2: 8 ft x 4ft 8in

It looks like I was sold an 8' x 10' piece. Gotta love it.
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
maybe it is stuck together
unfold it again
Nope. It measures exactly .003 thick.

The dimension that measures 8ft was the result of a cut by the manufacturer, not me - the other funky dimensions were the result of my cut.
 

Jeff7

Lifer
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Value Home Center. I'm headed back there now. Sucks, I've spent enough time and money on this shopping trip - I rented a Uhaul van to move 6 sheets of wafer board and 14 2x4's. To keep the carpet at my apartment from picking up any wood bits (they're hell to get out of carpeting), or being damaged, I sliced off part of the plastic sheet, and then unloaded all of the lumber onto it. Then I returned the van, and came home. It was while laying out the other section of the plastic sheet that I'm noticing that it's exactly 8ft long on one dimension, which it shouldn't be. Then I measured - bam, 8' x 10', and .003 thick. Apparently Frost King doesn't even make an 8x10' sheet.

I don't know what the hell went wrong with this one. Best theory: one end looks a bit curled up, like maybe it was the end of the roll. I guess that was it then - instead of 25 x 10, I got 8 x 10. At least they got one dimension right.:roll: How it got by their QC, I don't know. I'd expect something like that to have a scale, to at least partly verify that the package isn't, maybe, half what it should be. I know they do this stuff, I've seen it on How It's made. :) Item moves along conveyor belt, hops onto a scale, then if the weight is wrong, it gets bopped off the line by a mechanical arm.

I took back the empty package and receipt, after talking to the manager on the phone. The new package is quite a bit heavier, and much more fully packed than the first one I got.

Damn, I should have kept the other one perfectly intact and eBayed it. "Genuine Frost King Defect End-of-Roll 3 mil Plastic Sheet. Very rare item!!! L@@K!!!!!OMGWTF! Valuable!":laugh: