Thread: Easy chain from pipe insulation

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Thank you sooooooo much to who ever originated this idea
I have about 40-50 additional feet of lawn and such to block off
this year and after pricing real chain to swag between the poles
we are making, i realized it was way to expensive and needed to
figure out something else. I really didnt want to have to use caution
tape to block off the whole length of the drive way


Well now 3 days into construction and only about 6 bucks, I have
about 60 feet of chain, and about 8 more tubes i can cut up to make more.

Tottally saved me from a crappy caution tape walkway!!!!!

Exactly! I put up dowel rods last year, with rope clothesline between them, and topped the rods with styrofoam skulls. It didn't turn out nearly as nice as it sounded in my head when I decided to do it.

I found a decent price on bulk plastic chain at American Science and Surplus' website (last year, didn't check this year), but I just never got around to ordering it, and I didn't look forward to having to paint all of it either. This works so much better than that chain would have, and is still cheaper.

cool idea thanks for posting it

Sorry, I mis-posted. Mods can delete if you wish.

/\ agreed nice thinking outside the casket

-PB

And this gets put into my favorites. Thanks to the OP for the brilliant idea!

(It would also be a great use for older pool noodles!)

Can you paint this foam? If so, what type of paint would adhere to this? Great idea you came up with! Never knew that something I had to insulate my pipes could haunt my friends!

yeah, unlike styro these can be spraypainted. I dusted them with silver spraypaint and the mixed up some watered down rust colored acrylic paint and splattered it all over the chains. It looks very realistic. It's amazing how the cheapest and simplest tutorials are the ones that look so dang cool ...I wish I had thought of it.

Awesome and sooooo easy! Thanks for sharing!

i am doing columns and a fence and have been thinking of a chain and padlock for the gate, i will have to try this , thanks for posting...