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This article is about the brand-name plastic sheeting material. For other uses, see Visqueen (disambiguation) .
Visqueen (often misspelled visquine ) is a brand of polyethylene plastic sheeting produced by British Polythene Industries Limited, and has become a genericized trademark|generic description for any plastic sheeting.cite book |title=Emergency Flood Fighting Methods |year=2010 |month=August |last=Burnett |first=Rick |publisher=California Natural Resources Agency Department of Water Resources |url= http://www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/docs/flood_fight_methods.pdfrp|page=34 It is commonly between 4 and 10& nbsp; thou (unit of length)|mils (0.1 to 0.25& nbsp;mm) thick and is available in clear, opaque and black.
Visqueen is used for many purposes. It is commonly used as a temporary tarpaulin , as a drop cloth when painting , to cover concrete as it sets, to line decorative pond s, and to cover the ground before applying Rock (geology)|stone or wood chips to prevent weed growth. Large (100 x 20 ft) sheets of Visqueen are used during floods to protect levee s from wave wash erosion.rp|page=16 It is often suggested for use in greenhouses.Citation needed|date=April 2012 Visqueen is also used as a ground cover in the crawl space of home foundations as a vapour barrier.
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http://www.visqueenbuilding.co.uk/ visqueenbuilding.co.uk& nbsp;& mdash; Visqueen site
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