Edit ArticleHow to Use Hardware Store Plastic Sheeting as a Bedwetting Sheet This how to article talks about how you can use plastic sheeting from the hardware store to protect your bed from bedwetting by an incontinent person of any age. It works whether the person is a child, a teenager or an adult recovering from surgery or injury, or an elderly person. Go to a hardware store such as Ace, Lowes, or Home Depot and purchase a roll of plastic sheeting. Once you get the roll of plastic home you'll need a utility knife or pair of scissors to cut the plastic sheet. When you cover the bed with the plastic, place it directly on top of the box spring. You also have to take into account the size of the bed-twin, double, queen, or king size, and then cut the plastic to fit the size of the mattress. After covering the box spring with the plastic, place one of the fitted mattress pads over the plastic then cover it with the fitted top sheet. Besides using the plastic for a bed wetting sheet the plastic sheeting can be used for numerous household tasks such as drop cloths for painting, covering outside materials such as firewood and mulch, for remodeling projects,yard work, as well as many other jobs.
Periodically check the plastic to notice any wear and tear. Put the plastic over the bed for a while and see how the person feels about it. As mentioned above, another option for a homemade waterproof sheet to cover the bed is to use vinyl sheeting sold at craft stores such as Jo Anne Fabrics. Vinyl is a type of plastic. Jo Anne Fabrics sells vinyl sheeting in different thicknesses. The vinyl comes in both clear and frosted clear. I've used the 12 gauge frosted clear vinyl as a bedwetting sheet and so far it's worked really well. This plastic also makes a crinkling sound so you'll also have to cover this to muffle the rustling sound. The wikiHow article Purchase Vinyl Sheeting from a Fabric Store to Manage Bedwetting discusses this in greater detail Although the bed is covered in plastic, it's still a good idea to have the incontinent person sleep in diapers whether pin-on diapers covered with plastic pants, disposable diapers with tape tabs (known as disposable briefs), or you can use both types of diapers but have the person wear pin-on diapers and plastic pants on some nights and the disposable diapers on other nights.
For information about the different types diapers available for older children and teenagers with bedwetting problems see the wikiHow articles Choose Pin on Cloth Diapers for Older Children and Teenagers With Bedwetting Problems and Choose Bedwetting Diapers for an Older Child or Teenager If they're embarrassed about wearing diapers the wikiHow article Encourage Older Children and Teenagers to Wear Diapers for Bedwetting offers a number of methods for encouraging them to wear overnight diapers as well as ways to make them feel less ashamed about it. If the person finds the cloth diapers and plastic pants too uncomfortable to wear during the warmer times of year, such as spring and summer, switch to disposables during that time. The plastic sheeting is not meant to be the primary form of protection, it's meant to be used as a fail safe in case the urine leaks through the diapers. If the moisture leaks through the diapers you'll have to wash both the fitted mattress cover and the mattress pads.
You'll also need to wipe the plastic sheet off and hang it up to dry. You can use a clothesline for this purpose. You may have trouble with the fitted mattress covers sliding off the plastic. If that's a problem you can buy mattress straps from places such as Bed, Bath, and Beyond to place under the mattress. This should prevent the fitted sheet from sliding off. Amazon may also carry mattress straps. Some people have had problems with regular vinyl mattress covers tearing or ripping. The hardware store plastic is an alternative to traditional waterproof sheets. This type of plastic sheeting is very durable and should last for a long time. Another advantage of buying a roll of plastic sheeting is that you can cut the plastic different lengths. There are a number of other benefits to buying this type of plastic: You can cut off several sheets of plastic to use as bed wetting covers (while one sheet of plastic is drying on the clothesline you can cover the bed with another sheet) and it's good to have some plastic sheeting on hand because you can put the plastic to good use as described below.
Some people use all types of waterproof sheets to protect the bed from bed wetting: vinyl shower curtains,table cloths, as well as other types of plastic. For instance Vicki Lansky in her book “Practical Parenting Tips” talks about using plastic garbage bags under the bed and another book on bed wetting said that any type of plastic can be used as a bed wetting cover. Given this, it's not much of a stretch to try the hardware store plastic out. Also,another book talked about using plastic sheeting from the hardware store as a way to protect asthma sufferers from allergens that might aggravate their asthma. In addition to cutting off plastic to use to protect the bed from bed wetting there are a number of other uses for this type of material as mentioned earlier. Some of these uses include the following: you can cover outside materials such as firewood, lumber, mulch, plants during the wintertime,and patio furniture; you can use it as a drop cloth, the plastic can be used for concrete and masonry work;
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