Fixing/stitching a bad

[stello1001]

Hey all,
I bought a mini fortune cookie used. Has 3 very small holes but it's leaking sand through them.

I called the person I know who's good at sewing/knitting/stitching, etc. Which happens to be my mother. She told me to take it to her.

Every time she puts the needle through it it creates more holes that open up enough to let sand out, unlike when she does clothing, tablecloths or other things.

Is my bag just old the material no longer good enough? Or do you guys have a special way of doing these?

 

[D̷e̷v̷i̷l̷D̷o̷c̷A̷Z̷]

You want us to ask our moms?

 

[Hecouldgoalltheway]

Open it up, dump out the filling, line the interior with a durable bag of some sort, (have mom make something), then put the new filled bag back inside the original bag. Go shoot.

 

[Aftermath]

Flex seal the inside of the bag.

 

[stello1001]

Open it up, dump out the filling, line the interior with a durable bag of some sort, (have mom make something), then put the new filled bag back inside the original bag. Go shootMr.

I like this idea. But to open it up in order to have a newly made bag would require stitching it back up. Im afraid the new stitching will cause the old material to tear out.

Is there a particular section people are cutting these out to remove or replace fill? I know this is pretty common but...

Flex seal the inside of the bag.

I like this idea too. The flex seal would probably make for a great patch. But same as above. I'd have to have the bag cut and re-stitched back close.

 

[hlee]

Sounds like the bag is toast, which sucks as you paid for it. Hope it was inexpensive. You could slap a flex seal patch across the outside of the bag where the holes are. Yeah, it’d be ugly, but you wouldn’t need to re-sew the bag.

A new bag is $75, which isn’t nothing, but might be cheaper than the time and aggravation of fixing the old one.

 

[lead ƒarmer]

I've used both of the adhesives below and you can easily get a bunch more life out of your bag without opening it up. Probably any flexible glue could do a decent job.
aquaseal
shoe goo

 

[Lefty315]

They sell a glue at Dollar General that is labeled E9000 and it's in a gray tube that works great. I have had it on some hole for over a year now.

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

I use hot glue gun before, still holding

 

[K80/6.5]

I just had the same thing happen to my tator tot will try the shoe goo and see what happens thanks! My brother switch from weibad bags because of how easy it is to get a hole he swears Armageddon bags are tougher will try those next.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

A sock and $2.99 worth of Beanie baby stuffing and you are golden…

Or find some cheap plush toys at WalMart or Dollar store and gut them out. Fill sock. Shoot.

Sirhr

 

[ma smith]

Use a smaller needle, get smaller holes...etc.

https://www.joann.com/on/demandware.static/Sites-JoAnn-Site/Sites-joann-project-catalog/-/images/hi-res/project/pdf/023507P9HandNeedlesGuide.pdf

 

[702lineman]

Also, and friend of mine fixed a gamechanger for me and used braided fishing line instead of thread, and it's been holding up great

 

[mheimer_45]

I can’t believe no one has mentioned duct tape. Also if you spray headliner adhesive to it first it will stick forever.

 

[zeroz]

Some good options given here and it all depends on your finances and what her/your time is worth. I like to prolong life of stuff for the most part so I waste a bunch of my time doing this kind of shit. Sometimes its worth it, a lot of the time not, LOL.

As far as adding a liner inside, she'll want to find the closing seam. Thats the one sewn from the outside at the end after the fill has been put in. If she's a seamstress, she'll know. Open that. Dump the fill out into a bag. Stuff a heavy duty ziploc (or double) in the bag through the closing seam leaving the seal out. Fill the ziploc. Close the seal and stuff it in. Sew up closing seam. Get a couple more years out of the bag.

 

[Rodney65]

I've used both of the adhesives below and you can easily get a bunch more life out of your bag without opening it up. Probably any flexible glue could do a decent job.
aquaseal
shoe goo

Did you use a patch of some sort or just put a gob on the holes? I have a sticky Gripchanger bag that needs a tiny hole patched.

 

[ironpony52]

I live threads like this as I am guilty too sometimes. You guys probably have thousands of dollars in a gun and scope and are trying to save $50 bucks, I love it.

 

[K80/6.5]

Did you use a patch of some sort or just put a gob on the holes? I have a sticky Gripchanger bag that needs a tiny hole patched.

I ended using a really small needle and thread stitched it up and tabbed it with shoe goo. Worked great so far. This was on weibad tator tot I’m sure it would work on your bag as well.

 

[OREGUN]

A sock and $2.99 worth of Beanie baby stuffing and you are golden…


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Or find some cheap plush toys at WalMart or Dollar store and gut them out. Fill sock. Shoot.

Sirhr

As smart as you are about some things, this ain’t it.

I just had the same thing happen to my tator tot will try the shoe goo and see what happens thanks! My brother switch from weibad bags because of how easy it is to get a hole he swears Armageddon bags are tougher will try those next.

It’s what makes the weibad so good though. Lightweight fabric that is supple af. Nothing else compares.

Is there a particular section people are cutting these out to remove or replace fill? I know this is pretty common but...

I have opened them up by cutting the stitching on the end where they are sewn shut. It’s an area of the bag that is several layers thick and doesn’t see any sun so the fabric stays stronger, longer. Honestly though, as soon as my match worn MFC starts leaking, I call weibad and have them send me a new empty shell. Dump your fill in and sew it up. Done. Half the price of new.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

As smart as you are about some things, this ain’t it.

Hey, to each their own... I've been shooting the same sock for going on 15 years... Still works like a charm!

Cheers!

Sirhr

 

[Nik H]

Hey, to each their own... I've been shooting the same sock for going on 15 years... Still works like a charm!

Cheers!

Sirhr

Frugality of Scottsmen!

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Frugality of Scottsmen!

Aye Laddie...

Plus sentimental value...

Sirhr

 

[OREGUN]

There is absolutely no situation in which a sock full of poly beads is an appropriate or adequate replacement for a purpose built, positional shooting bag. Perhaps if you’ve never experienced a better solution, you can make it work as a rear support bag for prone or bench shooting although a survey of even the most marginally popular bags would tell us that it’s deeply lacking in that role too. Suggesting otherwise is a pathway to inadequate results, wasted time, and frustration.

 

[Rodney65]

I ended using a really small needle and thread stitched it up and tabbed it with shoe goo. Worked great so far. This was on weibad tator tot I’m sure it would work on your bag as well.

I smeared a blob of Shoe Goo on the pinhole puncture and some of the stitches that opened up a little. Seems to be bonding to the the rubber gecko fabric so far.

I'm no seamstress.

 

[hlee]

There is absolutely no situation in which a sock full of poly beads is an appropriate or adequate replacement for a purpose built, positional shooting bag. Perhaps if you’ve never experienced a better solution, you can make it work as a rear support bag for prone or bench shooting although a survey of even the most marginally popular bags would tell us that it’s deeply lacking in that role too. Suggesting otherwise is a pathway to inadequate results, wasted time, and frustration.

IDK. The new hotness in rear support bags looks like a “bag toss” or “corn hole” bag with a nylon strap sewn to it. That’s basically a filled sock with better marketing.

And, a few generations of military trained snipers would argue the point about a rice/beans/sand/etc filled sock being sufficient.

That said, “good enough” is as big of an impediment to progress as “perfection.”

But, I gotta think that a guy who poured a purpose-built, sound-abating, concrete shooting position on his own range knows what works for him.

 

[OREGUN]

DK. The new hotness in rear support bags looks like a “bag toss” or “corn hole” bag with a nylon strap sewn to it. That’s basically a filled sock with better marketing.

Again, REAR SUPPORT. A fortune cookie is a positional support bag. A sock of beans is not a positional bag. At all.

 

[ma smith]

Most commercial rear shooting bags are Cordura which--if we're being honest-- kind of sucks for a rear shooting bag.

 

[MO Fugga]

IDK. The new hotness in rear support bags looks like a “bag toss” or “corn hole” bag with a nylon strap sewn to it. That’s basically a filled sock with better marketing.

And, a few generations of military trained snipers would argue the point about a rice/beans/sand/etc filled sock being sufficient.

That said, “good enough” is as big of an impediment to progress as “perfection.”

But, I gotta think that a guy who poured a purpose-built, sound-abating, concrete shooting position on his own range knows what works for him.

I like my FO Scumbag.