My new huge bag

shouldn't someone start a 'bags to faces' thread...

I need to get a bag that will fit my 15" laptop in it and camera kit (with a bit of padding), probably a little bit smaller (depth) than the ones pictured. Any suggestions?

http://bagaboo.hu/

htay - you're so funny. However had to photograph a Colour Therapist for the paper last week and she said pink was a good colour for me! I never been so offended.l

i know i know,
But i'm just jealous- i have to make do with my flourescent backpack.

kipsy is that a basset hound to the left of the bag? it looks a bit shagged out......does it live in the bag too?

(I'll post a pic of my new chrome when I get a chance)

yeah he does, he was given to me the day i was born, i' actually looking for someone to restore him...anyone?

btw second load was much bigger then the first one...amazing

I got a Bailey Bag off ebay - someone pointed it out on the 'ebay finds' thread...

It's the medium one, but its pretty fricking big - can get the shopping in it and everything.

when i bought a huge bag some years ago, my old bag, which seemed huge, slipped right inside.

it was like that scene from moonraker.

Hey stef, can you fit a wheel in it?

photoben htay - you're so funny. However had to photograph a Colour Therapist for the paper last week and she said pink was a good colour for me! I never been so offended.l

a "colour therapist" ?

photoben I need to get a bag that will fit my 15" laptop in it and camera kit (with a bit of padding), probably a little bit smaller (depth) than the ones pictured. Any suggestions?

The royal mail ones are huge and relatively easy to get a hold of (i think, i got mine very easily!) and actually very comfortable if you tweak them a bit - i'll upload some pictures of mine if you want?

Yeah, i do my RM bag. If ONLY they were black!

They'd be perfect.

agreed, that would be sweet... black gaffer...

Stef erm my phone is on silent and i am still in the process of moving house hence me not being able to find shit...btw this bag is a prototype, i'm the guinea pig but so far it look like it should do it's job nicely, the material is top quality and the pockets infinite.

so is that a bag that you made? i remember some threads a while ago that were about people stitching up stuff, and am thinking i might be interested in commissioning something, if anyone's game?

the royal bag is great, tho, it just needs to be black .. get one cajeta, then we can gather them all and dye them together, might work out cheap.

You can't do it in a washing machine, you need to dye it in a special industrial bath at a really high heat.

i think.

(100% polyester).

or boil 'em in your mum's big fuckoff saucepan....

tried that.

came out bright red.

nah bag was made by a nice fella on the forum...he's got one too, after 2 days using this bag i still think it's great, it kind of blends with your back and becomes part of you, and the couriers that saw it yesterday gave it the thimbs up!!!, nice work mr!!!

what fella. whats his name.

speak.

lpg the royal bag is great, tho, it just needs to be black .. get one cajeta, then we can gather them all and dye them together, might work out cheap.

You can't do it in a washing machine, you need to dye it in a special industrial bath at a really high heat.

i think.

(100% polyester).

dying polyseter's tricky business. synthetics generally don't take to dye so well, even with heat. lacks wicking capabilities, even at boiling point... i think there's some crazy chemicals added for industrial dyeing, but am not sure how feasible successfully immersion dying polyester is DIY style. if you really want it black, you could probably use a fabric paint (often similar to an acrylic), since it does not need to get into the fibers. i've used acrylic on some janky spandex boots, which actually made 'em look a bit like pleather. maintained flexibility just fine. you will need a few coats, and make sure you let it dry between each coat. it'll end up a bit like a plastic-y coating. may look like crap after a while (the boots are still fine years later, but they're not even close to daily wear), but i guess there's only one way to find out...

thanks!

lpg thanks!

oh, and i am not 100% sure, but i think atlantis might be the cheapest place in london for acrylics. haven't been in a while, but i think they do a student discount, too...
you can probably get away with whatever kind for the first coats (if it's pretty fluid, it'll get in between the weave nicely, and work okay ok as a primer), but i would recommend making sure to get a heavy body acrylic for the last layers (it'll go on nice n' smooth, and dry evenly) in fact, your best bet is to just get a single big jar of a heavy bodied acrylic, and maybe add, like, a thimble full of water to the first coat, and then just straight outta the jar for the following coats. (sometimes the more fluid acrylics might seem like a better deal, but all you're getting is acrylic with the water already added-- so not really a great deal, imo).
whatever paint brush you have might be fine for the first coat, but you can get these really cheap foam-head jobbies (cheaper than a brush) that might be best for a really smooth finish. good luck!

yeah, dying the rm bags is not likely to be a success... think the acrylic will probably wear off quite quickly as the bag is juggled about but may be worth a shot...