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Offline Jodes005

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Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« on: March 11, 2015, 07:24:19 AM »
hi all.

We have a 40L engel stainless fridge which works beautifully but unfortunately did not come with a fridge bag and Engel don't make one that fits (even other models won't fit, its has weird measurements apparently).

So I am going to sew a bag for it. My question is about the materials. I will be using a thermal fabric as the insulation material and was thinking of using PUL or laminated cotton on the inside (which is waterproof) and canvas on the outside but was wondering what the actual bags are made of. Are they lined with something waterproof and easy to clean and are they canvas on the outside?

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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2015, 07:29:14 AM »
The cover on my "bushman" is a very light weight canvas
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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2015, 09:46:28 AM »
The waeco covers are a synthetic outer with an aluminized inner plastic like material , you could use something like dacron hollowfill  used in sleeping bags as insulation.
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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2015, 07:59:58 PM »
My 40L Engel came with a cover.
My best mate just bought 2 40L Engels from BCF and he got the covers as well.
Depending which style you bought either of the top 2 bags in this link should fit.
http://search.bcf.com.au/search?p=Q&srid=S10-AUSYDR02&lbc=bcf&ts=m&w=engel%20covers&uid=675443988&method=or&isort=score&srt=0
We slit the top seams open on our bag,  filled it with aerocell (spelling) insulation and then sewed it back up.
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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2015, 08:04:15 PM »
May be a idea to find the closest sized cover that will fit your fridge & modify  it to fit , could be easier then starting from scatch
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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2015, 08:07:11 PM »
Spotted a car windscreen sun shade in Kmart today for $10. You could probably sew it into canvas for some thermal protection. It was a plain silver one, looked 'quilted'.

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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2015, 08:10:21 PM »
Quote from: Bill on March 11, 2015, 07:59:58 PM
My 40L Engel came with a cover.
My best mate just bought 2 40L Engels from BCF and he got the covers as well.
Depending which style you bought either of the top 2 bags in this link should fit.
http://search.bcf.com.au/search?p=Q&srid=S10-AUSYDR02&lbc=bcf&ts=m&w=engel%20covers&uid=675443988&method=or&isort=score&srt=0
We slit the top seams open on our bag,  filled it with aerocell (spelling) insulation and then sewed it back up.
Bill


can i ask where you got that insulation from, bill?
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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2015, 08:13:34 PM »
Quote from: paceman on March 11, 2015, 08:10:21 PM
can i ask where you got that insulation from, bill?
Left over pieces from when the insulation mob put it in my house.
Sorry but I havent a clue where they got it.
Bill
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Re: Sewing a fridge bag/cover - question about materials.
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2015, 09:10:02 AM »
Thanks for all the replys  :D

this is our fridge http://www.engelaustralia.com.au/2products_details.asp?pid=18&productid=21514 its an older style so none of the new bags fit. I think I would have had to go for a much larger size to then try and modify it to fit, but then you'd have the issue of the panels for accessing controls and the air vents being in the wrong spots as well.

Have decided to use canvas as the outside and a waterproof material on the inside to make it easy to wipe down clean. The insulation layer in between will be a product called insul-bright which is an insulated batting fabric. I don't think my little basic sewing machine would be able to handle sewing canvas as well as those windscreen visors. Good idea though!

Will post up some photos when I've finished the project  ;D fingers crossed it works
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