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Don't leave those ikea bags out in the sun, they fall apart rather...quickly....
by beilabs 10y ago
Don't leave those ikea bags out in the sun, they fall apart rather...quickly....
- riskable 10y agoI came here to say this... Those FRAKTA bags (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/17228340/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/17228340/) are 100% polypropylene (thin strands, even). Polypropylene breaks down under ultraviolet light. The fact that the weave of the cloth is made from fine strands of polypropylene means that it will break down very quickly in the sun. There's a "fix" though that should be good enough for a camping trip or two! Coat the bag with a powerful sunscreen. I'm not talking about those "SPF 50" spray bottles--those will wear off pretty fast. No, use Butt Paste: http://www.buttpaste.com/ http://www.buttpaste.com/ Yes, it's diaper rash cream but it's 16% zinc oxide which is the primary ingredient in many sunscreen lotions/sprays. Even better, because it's a thick cream it will actually stick to that slippery blue Ikea polypropylene fabric and do a decent job at protecting it from the sun.
- vvvv 10y agoDo you use Butt Paste as a normal sunscreen for yourself?
- Freak_NL 10y agoI am positively surprised to learn that a product called 'Butt Paste' exists. Still seems that economically speaking it might be cheaper to create such a backpack from a more suitable cloth instead.
- hatsunearu 10y agoOnly in DIY lala land do people apply sunscreen to their "hacked" backpacks...
- dpark 10y agoMaking a cheap bag into a greasy, sticky cheap bag doesn't seem like a net gain.
- slackstation 10y agoCheap? You can buy one from this guy for only $230 (!)
- chronolitus 10y agoI found that very high at first, but then realized it's probably a pretty fair valuation of his time. In the sense that you'd be silly to pay that price for that bag, but he'd be silly to sell it to you for any less if it takes him 10 hours to make it.
- riskable 10y agoYes, butt covering with Butt Paste would be an excellent metaphor of its quality! ...which is precisely why I made my "protective" suggestion in the first place =)
- VLM 10y agoHow about nylon mesh bags? Nylon is not UV proof but its more UV resistant than the ikea bags. Some sources would be SOME mesh laundry bags and SOME mesh bags used by homebrewers to hold hops and stuff. For those folks who don't like filtering anyway. Or those folks who really do like filtering but don't want hops clogging up the filter, I guess. Some (most? all?) HDPE is UV stabilized and you can get HDPE garden mesh in large amounts very cheaply. With a lot of sewing work I bet they'd look tolerably good and last a long time.