The 6-foot by 8-foot tarp is the general-purpose protection layer every truck and cart should carry. Compact enough to stash anywhere and big enough to matter, this size covers a cart in a sudden drizzle, protects a location floor under a light stand, and handles a hundred other jobs that come up between load-in and wrap.
Grips use tarps of this size as ground cloths under staging areas, sandbag piles, and greasy equipment so the location floor goes back the way it was found. Electrics throw one over a distro box or cable run when the sky turns. Camera departments stage cases on them to keep gear off wet grass and dirty pavement. Art departments use them for paint and scenic work, and locations teams lay them down anywhere a property owner's floors need defending, which in New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh brownstones and lofts is everywhere. The 6x8 size hits the sweet spot: one person can deploy or fold it in seconds, it fits under a single cart or over a small stack of cases, and it does not become a sail in the wind the way larger tarps do. Grommeted edges take rope, bungees, or A-clamps for tie-downs, and the woven poly material shrugs off water, mud, and paint.
At this price it is genuinely expendable: use it hard, and when it finally gives out, replace it without a thought.
• 6-foot by 8-foot woven poly tarp
• Waterproof protection for gear, floors, and staging
• Grommeted edges for rope, bungee, and clamp tie-downs
• One-person deploy and fold
• Ideal ground cloth and rain cover size for carts and cases
• Tough enough for paint, mud, and repeat use
6x8 tarps are in stock for purchase at Lightbulb Rentals' NYC, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh locations and can be added to any rental order, cheap insurance for gear and locations alike.
