Decorating an Ursack

[Gene C]

There are plenty of articles on how to properly tie an Ursack, but none on the all important question of how to decorate them.

I am going to be hiking with other Ursack users, so how do I properly personalize my otherwise anonymous black bag?  Stickers seem like they would come off easily (score one point for bear cans), but I worry that the heat from applying an iron on patch would damage the material.  I suppose I could put a colorful carabiner around a cord, but that is just asking to fall off and get lost.

 

[Terran Terran]

Tie a line on it.

[Diane “Piper” Soini]

Sew a patch on it?

[Todd T]

Judging by how readily mine (white) takes on dirt of various colors, ashes, etc., I’d say maybe write your name on yours (black) with chalk?

[Philip Tschersich]

3D puffy fabric paint

 

[Tom K]

Dye the draw string(cord) that secures the Ursack.

[d k]

I second the fabric paint idea. I used that to make a design on my backpack when my partner and I bought identical packs.

[Gene C]

Tom, it’s a black ursack with a black cord!

Fabric paint seems to be the winner so far

[Roger Moore]

Yellow paint pen. I use them to mark my black wetsuits. of various thicknesses. (Of which I own and use a shameful amount for spearfishing.) They have various colors.

https://a.co/d/72j3wXc

[Susan M]

Carabiner your mug to the tie rope when you attach it to the tree.

[Chris FormyDuval]

I used some reflective stickers, makes it easier to find in the dark if needed.

[Jedi]

I used reflective stickers (the kind you can get at a hardware store for putting on your mailbox or a vehicle), and I also used red spray paint. But the spray paint didn’t “take” very well at all. It was billed as “self-priming” and for “all surfaces”, but it just didn’t coat the textured fabric very well.

Attached is a photo showing one of the stickers and the paint job. In case you’re wondering, those holes are teeth marks made by a black bear the previous night when it tried to pull my Ursack off the tree it was tied to! This was on the AT at Cold Spring Shelter in 2022.

Whatever you do, even if it looks like crap it will at least be unique and no one else will confuse it with their own… which is the whole point isn’t it?

[Tom K]

“Tom, it’s a black ursack with a black cord!”

Dyeing the cord would still change the color.  For instance:  Black plus yellow = green.

https://search.aol.com/aol/image;_ylt=Awr9.QejL0VmU0sNedJpCWVH;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj?q=mixing+black+and+yellow+makes+what+color&v_t=na

 

 

[jscott]

Do nothing. Then out in the field, claim the one with bear slobber on it is your friend’s.

[jj]

pentel presto white out pen? or pilot silver paint marker?

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