tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:06 AM |
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Will anyone get into bed with me?
Seeings as we can answer any question on here...
Can anyone give me exact sizes for standard bed sheets?
I need to know
Double
Single
King
Superking
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:08 AM |
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Google is your friend (or is the fiend)...
bed sheet sizes here
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:11 AM |
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There ya go teggers 
Scroll down the page on the linky
Bed and sheet sizes linky
Fozzie 
oops beaten to it! ... again.....
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:14 AM |
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Weird that there is such a variation between UK, Europe, US etc...
And I didnt see those when I google... lol...
Ok... so seeings as you are all bedding experts...
Trying to keep the costs down, but what sheets would be the harsest wearing and the crispest white colour?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:14 AM |
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I'm sure that was a poorly disguised cry of desperation
really your best just buying the biggest bedsheets there are as someone always hogs them 
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tomprescott
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:16 AM |
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Problem is with the sheets, if they're too big then they constantly come undone at the corners, don't know about you guys but it drives me
mad waking up tangled in a sheet!
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:23 AM |
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So far Tesco is the cheapest....anyone got any other cunning places to buy superkingsized white sheets?
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
.......Trying to keep the costs down, but what sheets would be the harsest wearing and the crispest white colour?
Probably somewhat pricey, but Egyptian Cotton, every time.....
Not nearly as convincing, but always washes up nicely are sheets made from Percal, can't comment on the long term whiteness though......
HTH Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:37 AM |
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ahhh 'cheap' eh? ..... don't know about the quality.... but here's another linky..
cheap s-kingsize linky
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r1_pete
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:42 AM |
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Bed sheet, share of the quilt, now there are some things most married men forgo.
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 11:43 AM |
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Woo.. that is cheap...
Tesco do an egyptian cotten one for £18...
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.203-9353.aspx
Im not actually planning on sleeping on this sheet...
Its for a photography backdrop and floor type thing..
Hence the need for something hard wearing (so people can stand on it) and something that is going to stay white once its washed...
Would that cheap one do the job? Its possibly only going to be used for two events....maybe washed between the two ....
I know bugger all about sheets... id sleep on the concrete floor if I had to..doesnt bother me!
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 12:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Woo.. that is cheap...
Tesco do an egyptian cotten one for £18...
http://direct.tesco.com /q/R.203-9353.aspx
Ooooo good find....
Might have to get a couple meself!
The only thing that would concern me, using it in photography, is whether or not (at that price) it is going to be thick enough, that is,
'transparent'..... not ever bought from there, so I can't comment.
But if it IS true Egyptian Cotton, you should be fine
Fozzie 
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mads
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 12:40 PM |
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Tegwin,
Try Dunelm Mill. They sometimes have reduced sheets in store. I bought some over a year ago and they still look brand new.
We gain knowledge faster than we do wisdom!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 01:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
/q/R.203-9353.aspx
Ooooo good find....
Might have to get a couple meself!
The only thing that would concern me, using it in photography, is whether or not (at that price) it is going to be thick enough, that is,
'transparent'..... not ever bought from there, so I can't comment.
But if it IS true Egyptian Cotton, you should be fine
Fozzie
Interesting point... I was going to light the background from behind anyway... so being slightly transparent perhaps isnt a bad thing...
could always double it up...
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 01:11 PM |
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Ah..yes!....well that IS excellent then!
Yet another LB'ers question sorted! Brill 
Fozzie
edited for typo... 
[Edited on 6-3-09 by Fozzie]
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MikeR
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 01:17 PM |
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I've just bought sheets for the same reason!!!!
I went king sized flat sheet cause they where the largest, except you have hassle getting anything other than white.
I also bought a duvet from ASDA, 10 quid, king sized and black one side, white the other, also means its double thickness so should be better on the
light going through it.
How are you supporting the sheets? I made a frame from push fit PVC pipe, but its not very sturdy / good. Need to find another way of supporting it.
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 01:24 PM |
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Mike... got any pics of your frame?
I was thinking about using 40mm PVC waste pipe with glued on connectors with giant split pins holding it together to make it easy to pack down...
How have you consutrcuted your frame? And how floppy is it?
I was origionally planning to make a colapsible steel frame and then use the backside of vinyl flooring painted matt white as the backdrop..
But the sheet idea will be easier to transport and allows easier lighting of the backdrop
[Edited on 6/3/09 by tegwin]
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 03:08 PM |
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It's all a ruse, he's too cheap to buy a proper car cover for the TVR
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 03:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Canada EH!
It's all a ruse, he's too cheap to buy a proper car cover for the TVR
How rude!!! I would be using silk!!!!
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 03:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
quote:
Originally posted by Canada EH!
It's all a ruse, he's too cheap to buy a proper car cover for the TVR
How rude!!! I would be using silk!!!!
One would hope that one would be using raw silk for such an important task!
Fozzie
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iank
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 04:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
quote:
Originally posted by Canada EH!
It's all a ruse, he's too cheap to buy a proper car cover for the TVR
How rude!!! I would be using silk!!!!
One would hope that one would be using raw silk for such an important task!
Fozzie
Hand milked spiders silk surely
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 04:50 PM |
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Oh but of course Ian! Goes without saying!
Fozzie
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 05:41 PM |
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Please tell me this is some kind of cruel twisted joke! You must be making it all up. Real arms-to-the-elbows-in-oily-bits men can't possibly
admit to knowing about such girly stuff! Put me out of my tortured horrified misery!
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MikeR
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 06:05 PM |
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Look two of us are looking at sheets to fake photography backdrops - its so we can take artistic pictures of oily bits on the cheap ..... not sure
about the rest but as Fozzie is supposed to be a girl i think we can let her off!
(i don't think i've ever called a girl an "oily bit" before!)
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Fozzie
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 06:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Look two of us are looking at sheets to fake photography backdrops - its so we can take artistic pictures of oily bits on the cheap ..... not sure
about the rest but as Fozzie is supposed to be a girl i think we can let her off!
(i don't think i've ever called a girl an "oily bit" before!)
Hmmmmm oily bits .... but as you know Mike, this girl is happiest amongst the 'oily bits' (oooeer missus), and welders ..... slaver,
slaver....
sucksqueezebangblow..... I am very good at multi-tasking..... being female of course!
Fozzie
Oh and on LB we all pride ourselves at being able to answer/assist all questions ...
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