Topic: making your own wing bags

Hi All

Seen someone making wing bags from I think, laminate floor underlay.

It was silver covered top and bottom, with a foam middle.

Anyone know what it is called and a supplier.

Thanks.

Quite interested in making some of these myself. Did it look like this....

http://www.allaboutunderlay.co.uk/Laminate+and+Wood+Underlay/Timbermate+Excel+DIY+Wood++Laminate+Underlay+10m2_UL0011.htm

what about loft insulation

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2m-X-25m-30-SQM-U-FOIL-ALUMINIUM-BUBBLE-INSULATION-FOIL-LOFT-DOUBLE-SINGLE-/290646053413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item8960c6468d

http://www.screwfix.com/p/thermawrap-loft-insulation-400mm-x-5m/76477

Hi Guys

Thanks for the replies.

not sure about the loft one.  How thick is it?

Rog K

Hi box55555,
A few of us use the Wickes underlay http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/191372  really good stuff.

John.

Ive looked at that before - but this is the trouble with buying or researching online - you have no idea really what you are looking at. How wide are the "panels"?

If you mean between the folds they are about 8"/20cm folds, if you want to lose them unravel the whole thing rolling it into a tube as you go and leave for a couple of days.
I was trying to find the thread where I think Adam Richardson showed an excellent way of making them with a specially made knife which only cut through the silver foil. You can then peel it back which seems to leave enough glue on it to be able to fold it over and stick it to itself. The pictures spoke a thousand words
John.

what about loft insulation

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2m-X-25m-30-SQM-U-FOIL-ALUMINIUM-BUBBLE-INSULATION-FOIL-LOFT-DOUBLE-SINGLE-/290646053413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item8960c6468d

I've made a few wing bags from this material.  I buy mine (Thermawrap?) in Homebase - you need the tape to go with it as it sticks well, and then I back that up with silver duct tape to add tear strength.  Leave a flap to fold over at one end and secure that with a strip of stick-on Velcro.  They cost about £10 a pair, but work very well.

Well thanks for all the input guys.

Off to have a good look at your ideas.

Rog K

I've made a few wing bags from this material.  I buy mine (Thermawrap?) in Homebase - you need the tape to go with it as it sticks well, and then I back that up with silver duct tape to add tear strength.  Leave a flap to fold over at one end and secure that with a strip of stick-on Velcro.  They cost about £10 a pair, but work very well.

I make all my wing bags from the stuff... I actually staple the edges before I apply the tape to make the joints last a little longer.

CM

I have used the silver insulation from Wicks with good effect. 

However on my latest set Inhae used two yoga mats from Decathalon £3 each and fastened them together with Gorilla duct tape worked really well

I've been making my own wing and fuselage bags for years from bubble wrap. I usually buy a big roll from somewhere like B&Q.

what about loft insulation

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2m-X-25m-30-SQM-U-FOIL-ALUMINIUM-BUBBLE-INSULATION-FOIL-LOFT-DOUBLE-SINGLE-/290646053413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item8960c6468d

http://www.screwfix.com/p/thermawrap-loft-insulation-400mm-x-5m/76477

Wow, that's very cheap on eBay - £4.99 for 30m sq,  When I priced the stuff in B&Q it was about 10x that price. I wonder of they would honour that price on a buy-it-now......

when you try to purchase it then goes to around £140.00.

the price is for a roll of tape.  very clever ploy. a real swizz.

 

I've made a few wing bags from this material.  I buy mine (Thermawrap?) in Homebase - you need the tape to go with it as it sticks well, and then I back that up with silver duct tape to add tear strength.  Leave a flap to fold over at one end and secure that with a strip of stick-on Velcro.  They cost about £10 a pair, but work very well.

Thats what I use too