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 Corallis
 
 |  | Reflective Crap On Backpacks
< on 9/4/2005 3:35 AM >
|  | | | I recently bought a new backpack, and it has two very bright white reflective strips along it's back. In the interest of not making it stand out so much at night, I would like to somehow either cover or remove the reflective property from these strips. I tried coating them in black permanent maker, but it did not work, now they just look weird. Short of putting electrical tape over them, does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks.
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Random
 
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Gender: Male
Partially Retired
| |  | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 1 on 9/4/2005 4:05 AM >
| | | | If they aren't part of the bag's structure, and just an add-on, you can take a sharp knife and cut the stiches tha thold them on.
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| |  | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 2 on 9/4/2005 4:18 AM >
| | | | you could just slather the reflective part with leather dye if you cant cut it out.. but leather dye soaks into fabrics and works really nice..
[last edit 9/4/2005 4:19 AM by Pravus - edited 1 times]
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zcomm
Location: Oakland, CA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 3 on 9/4/2005 4:52 AM >
| | | | did you try using spraypaint (cover the surrounding area with some matting) or an oil-based paint? good luck.
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Billmac
Location: Scarborough
Gender: Male
well this ought to be different
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 4 on 9/4/2005 8:15 AM >
| | | | I've had the same stuff on my backpack. just cutting it out won't damage the whole load-bearing capacity and whatnot of the backpack, but it will make it look shit. A good pull will get it off, if not, cut it at both ends and you can thread it out.
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Abe Bandon
Location: Mid-essa, Texas
Gender: Male
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 5 on 9/5/2005 10:15 PM >
| | | | How about trying a black permanent fabric marker to just color over the reflective material.
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Brooks
Location: Fall River Ma
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 6 on 9/6/2005 12:18 AM >
| | | | Just use black or camouflage duct tape it will easily cut down on the glare if not remove it all together that way instead of cutting up you new back pack if you ever need to take it off easy as 123
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Corallis
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 7 on 9/6/2005 2:10 AM >
| | | | Posted by Abe Bandon
How about trying a black permanent fabric marker to just color over the reflective material.
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Will the fabric marker really work much better than the sharpie permanent marker? Because the sharpie was crappy, it didn't do much at all.
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TaP
 
Location: Montreal, QC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 8 on 9/17/2005 4:54 PM >
| | | | Posted by Blend
Just use black or camouflage duct tape it will easily cut down on the glare if not remove it all together that way instead of cutting up you new back pack if you ever need to take it off easy as 123
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DUCT TAPE!, the awnser to all our problems
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Corallis
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 9 on 9/18/2005 12:05 AM >
| | | | I invested in some fabric markers ($2 off ebay), and they didn't work any better than the permanent sharpie. In fact, they seemed to not even work as well. Also, I know duct tape may "fix" the issue, but I really don't want to be walking around all the time with duct tape on my bag. I think I'm going to try ripping it off now instead. Hopefully I can do so without causing too much damage.
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Brooks
Location: Fall River Ma
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 10 on 9/18/2005 12:48 AM >
| | | | Posted by [TaP]
DUCT TAPE!, the awnser to all our problems
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So true..... so true
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atomx
Location: Brighton, ON
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 11 on 9/18/2005 12:50 AM >
| | | | Just remove it with a stichripper.
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Jester
Location: Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 12 on 9/18/2005 1:05 AM >
|  | | | Posted by atomx
Just remove it with a stichripper.
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You could hijack a plane with that...
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| | | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 13 on 9/18/2005 6:47 AM >
| | | | I'm tellin ya.. if you want to avoid ripping them off use black leather dye, you can get it almost anywhere
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Corallis
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 14 on 9/18/2005 8:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by Pravus
I'm tellin ya.. if you want to avoid ripping them off use black leather dye, you can get it almost anywhere
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Can you get it at walmart? If so, in what department can it be found?
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Bobtheallmighty
Location: Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
| | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 15 on 9/18/2005 10:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by Corallis
... Also, I know duct tape may "fix" the issue, but I really don't want to be walking around all the time with duct tape on my bag...
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dude. its UE not a fashion show. if it works why not do it, so what you got a little camo duct tape sticking to your back pack. its easy its cheap it works, and as pointed out before its easily reversable
-bob
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Phreak480
Gender: Male
| |  |  | | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 16 on 9/18/2005 10:41 PM >
| | | | just do what i do to remove offending pieces of gear, use a razor blade to slice teh stitching carefully so as not to ruin teh gear you are "cleaning up"
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| | | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 17 on 9/20/2005 3:13 AM >
| | | | I'd assume it'd be somewhere in the shoe section, surplus stores should also carry it, or most any place that sells boots.. Just go to walmart and ask'em if they have any leather dye for boots.. 90% sure my buddy uses "Kiwi Honor Guard Leather Dye" to dye his packs and random lil things but it should all work
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grit1
Location: University Campus - Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Got Shear Line?
| | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 18 on 10/1/2005 11:25 AM >
| | | | In the theatre you use gaffer's tape [gaf tape] to cover up anything that is/was reflective, that you don't want the audience to see. It's as expensive as hell [$14/roll] but you will find no end to uses for it. It's completely opaque, tears easier than duct tape, but has more tensile strength. It's non conductive, completely matte, and heat resistant. It also doesn't leave residue when you remove it. It's like super-expensive black duct tape on steroids. It's available in something like 16 colors, but black and white are the most common. Look for theater supply stores in your area, if not you can find it on E-bay. ~Grit.
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DriverDan
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Reflective Crap On Backpacks
<Reply # 19 on 10/1/2005 9:25 PM >
| | | | While gaffer's tape is great stuff (just used some today) it DOES leave glue behind. Lots of it on everything it touches. At least my rolls do.
Your best bet would be tape. That way you can remove it if need be.
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