drop cloth
noun
: a protective sheet (such as of cloth or plastic) used especially by painters to cover floors and furniture
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Remember to protect your indoor environment with drop cloths if the weather doesn't permit outside art-making.
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Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
Paint like a pro: Restore old furniture How to properly prep furniture for painting
Before starting any prep work, place a drop cloth underneath furniture pieces to pick up fine particles and ensure a pristine painting surface right from the start.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Biles also photographed her husband in a room with multiple scaffold towers and a canvas drop cloth on the ground.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
If something hasn’t been dusted in eons, place a drop cloth or old sheet underneath it, then dust or wipe down, letting the debris fall onto the covering.
—Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
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Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
Paint like a pro: Restore old furniture How to properly prep furniture for painting
Before starting any prep work, place a drop cloth underneath furniture pieces to pick up fine particles and ensure a pristine painting surface right from the start.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Biles also photographed her husband in a room with multiple scaffold towers and a canvas drop cloth on the ground.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
If something hasn’t been dusted in eons, place a drop cloth or old sheet underneath it, then dust or wipe down, letting the debris fall onto the covering.
—Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Drop cloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20cloth. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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