Duct Tape Reinforced Zipper Bag

A while back, I bought a folding canopy because I have very little shade in my backyard. I don't want to leave it out all the time, so it is usually folded in my shed. The extra hardware has nowhere to go once you remove it from its original packaging. I grabbed a zipper bag from the kitchen to store the stakes and hex key, but the flimsy plastic felt like it would tear easily.

I like zipper bags because they can't spill and if the little pieces need to be stored inside the canopy's storage bag, I want to make sure I don't lose any pieces. I knew I could find heavier zipper bags somewhere online, but I decided to reinforce the one I had with duct tape.

Step 1 Materials

All you need is a plastic zipper bag, some duct tape and a pair of scissors.

Comments

[tjosephcarter]

Someone suggested this before on another forum. He makes them for outdoor use, so recommends the press-to-seal variety since they're more waterproof than the slide-zipper type. His other advice was to deliberately stagger the ends of the tape randomly to avoid any single point of weakness in the reinforced bags because of multiple layers of tape in only a few spots.

A little bit of duct tape greatly extends the life, strength, and utility of common ziploc bags. Great idea for an Instructable!

[mowdish]

Useful and simple. Thanks.