Cushioned Duct Tape Laptop Sleeve

What is it about duct tape?
Here is my entry for a padded laptop sleeve that recycles a sheet of foam packing material and uses about a half a roll of duct tape. The project only took about 2 hours and the end result is a pretty sturdy cushioned sleeve perfect for your eeepc or any other laptop you want to protect.

Step 1 Materials List

The materials you'll need are:
Duct tape
Metal ruler
Marking tool
Cutting knife ( I recommend a snap-off blade knife)
Scissors
Sheet of foam packing material (I recycled mine from a package I received)
Masking tape
Laptop computer

Comments

[tygirltaco]

I didn't see it anywhere and perhaps this is somewhere in these instructions and I just missed it but about how many rolls or what total length of duct tape would you recommend for this? It doesn't look like much my guess is a single roll or so would be enough but I wanted to double check.

[dawg065]

loved your instructable.can this be scaled down to fit a gatewaynotebook laptop?

[kathleenhenri]

Absolutely! Just adjust the meaasurements to fit your laptop.
Good luck!

[BananaGeekLord]

I was actually planning on doing this once I got my lap top working. Now I know how to do it! :D

[randomguy96]

Do you think that this would easily convert into a messenger bag?

[kathleenhenri]

I made a messenger bag using this pattern and ran the tape for the shoulder strap down sides of the sleeve and around the bottom. No guarantees that it would work for you - but you could try it.

[Meganoki]

lol i was just looking at this and the colors remind me of michael jackson thriller..... :)

[kathleenhenri]

Funny - but true!

[hailtothkngbby]

Excellent work! Great Instructable!

[hernanai]

Hells yeah.... 5/5 and Faved

[mweston]

Wow, impressive! I like the black stripe too - it adds a good touch other than just red. I might try this method with the foam between the tape layers for some other things too. Keep up the good work

[kathleenhenri]

Thanks for the suggestion. I agree and I'll try to make that step more clear. Please check back.

[gmjhowe]

Great work. The use of duct tape works pretty well in this instructable. I think i might make one for my macbook, its good to have that extra layer! Just a quick suggestion, Step 7 is the most complicated step, and has the least explanation, i know the pictures show it mostly, but i suggest splitting it into two steps, as to show it more clearly, maybe with a few more comments explaining how you went about it.

[berky93]

nice! although this isn't really a padded duct tape sleeve, its a duct tape cover for a padded sleeve. maybe get much thicker foam and use the laptop as reference for the dimensions instead of the case, that way it will be a real duct tape padded sleeve. but the end product looks really clean and nice