Well here it is; another cyber-dare.... It took me 15 minutes to turn the bag inside out, wash with laundry detergent and sun dry. Another 15 minutes assembling it, but I didn't measure anything, just cut and zig-zagged everything. It is permeated on the inside with a greasy residue, which has coated my sewing machine. It still smells. I challenge anyone else to this project. In my opinion, a complete waste of 30 minutes. If someone were to send me something in a recycled dog or cat food bag I would mark the package, "Refused. Return to Sender." It is that gross to me. I would be insulted.

I wondered about about the smell and residue also...
Thank you for letting us know how this didn't work out so well!

It's cute though, even if it does stink,lol.....Michele

Wash it out with 409. Looks like a challenge from Project Runway..its way cute though.

Try turning it inside out again and dousing it with a degreaser. Use the hose on it and let sun dry...line with a garbage bag to prevent any leftover odors.....or just toss out.... :roll: :oops: :cry: better yet you can just use it to collect the "deposits" from the dog... :roll:

I wondered the same about my cat litter bags, they are the same kind of material. We go through two of those a month and it seems like there should be something we could do with the bags.

It's really cute, but the smell would bug me too. What a great way to recycle though!

Ahhhhhhh thats okay I'll take your word for it. It is cute and I am a dog freak but I think I'll make mine out of material.
Thanks for posting that. I won't waste my time. :thumbup:

I don't like stinky things :|

Oh I think it is soooo cute!! I would use one! But I would use Dawn to get rid of the greasy feel and then you could seal the inside with a coat of spray polyurethyne.Once dry that will kill the smell. I love it!!

Scrappy cats, the cat litter bags would be okay, they wouldnt be greasy and they wouldnt stink!
The dog food bag sure is cute though!

Well, I used laundry detergent and hot hot water. If that doesn't get rid of the smell and residue nothing will. I think the greasy feel is just permeated into the plastic, the smell sure is. And I would be more bothered by the smell of the poyurethane than the dog food, if it didn't melt the plastic. Personally, why not just use them for trash and throw them out with it weekly. I have plenty of old fabric I could use as cuter tote bags than advertising dog food.

You must have more spare time than I do. I can't get my own laundry done, let alone wash dog food bags with degreaser.

It appeals to me for the advertising. I collect old advertising and it is a graphic art kind of thing too. I may have to think about this. Maybe another type of bag would be better to use than the dog food but I love the idea. It is kind of a folk art sort of thing. I collect old cereal boxes and I have a Kelloggs box and old Oatmeal boxes etc. I love the advertising because advertising changes so fast. What was used when I was a kid and even when my kids were little is no longer being used. so it is collectible now! Companies go under or change management and that means constant changes in advertising. It is fun to collect!

AMEN!!!!!

I can't disagree with that. My DIL is a graphic artist and she and my son have lots of old Calumet cans, etc. I just don't have space for collecting that kind of stuff. I have enough trouble finding space for my 11 sewing machines.

My mom was an antique collector and then an antique dealer so I grew up in Antique shops. Collecting is a challenge in our house too but my DH and I love it! My mom does have a barn and an old model T garage we use for storage too. It is a fun thing to go antiqueing and I collect can openers with advertising on them. They don't take up alot of space. I do have a can collection with some old and some newer ones. I have old cocoa cans and coffee cans etc. I just love the look of the art involved and the idea that you aren't going to see them new unless it is a reproduction.

This would be a cute idea for other types of store bought bags that have advertising on them. I will have to think about what would work.

It appeals to me for the advertising. I collect old advertising and it is a graphic art kind of thing too. I may have to think about this. Maybe another type of bag would be better to use than the dog food but I love the idea. It is kind of a folk art sort of thing. I collect old cereal boxes and I have a Kelloggs box and old Oatmeal boxes etc. I love the advertising because advertising changes so fast. What was used when I was a kid and even when my kids were little is no longer being used. so it is collectible now! Companies go under or change management and that means constant changes in advertising. It is fun to collect![/quote]

Rhonda, Aren't these bags multi layered? Could you take just the top (advertisement) and stitch that to fabric? Do you think that that would stink too?

I know plastic you can put in the freezer to get rid of the odor, wonder if it would work for that too.. I like the bag, a neat idea.

thata e3xactly what went through my mind.

It's super cute but the greasiness skeeves me, too.

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I buy Beneful by Purina for my dogs and I just looked. It has a tinfoil inside which is glued to a thin cardboard layer and the outer layer is the advertising and it is seperated from the cardboard/foil. So yes the one I have anyway could be seperated and reuse the advertising part. That would negate the idea of an easy to do project but it wouldn't be hard to do just take longer.

The outer layer just smells like paper to me. So this one does't stink.

She used OL Roy and that is a differant company so the bag is probably differant.

Maybe there are just some things that are NOT meant to be recycle---- old underwear, used toothbrushes, and dog food bags. LOL
It is cute though.

I've used baking soda in a freezer that had been sitting with rotten food in it. It worked! Borax 2000 is supposed to be good for gettting dog ordors out.

I buy cat and 2 kinds of dog food in bags like that. We just put trash in them.

Just think about all the dogs that would be following you home ,if you used it LOL ........Michele

Aahhh well one (wo)man"s trash is another's treasure!! LOL

Well, my dogs can't get enough of it. They keep smelling it and hanging around it. I had a Domino Sugar bag a couple weeks ago, plastic, should have done something with that. So we have recycled bacon plastic for templates, dog food bags for totes, now what's next? What can we do with a potato chip bag?

That is so funny - I'm sorry to hear that it didn't turn out as you had hoped :'(
I save my dog food bags for when I need to do yard work and have to get rid of stuff.

It turned out just as I had expected. Everyone else had great visions of a beautiful bag graced with a dog food label. I am like you, I load them with fallout from the laundry room and garage and anything else that needs to be trashed. My mother saved every margarine tub she ever bought and complained that she didn't have enough cupboard space. I had gone to visit her in Michigan and decided to help her clean out her cupboards. She had 2 huge trashbags full of them and was all offended when I asked if she ever used them. She was amazed at her gained space when I saved 2 containers of each size for her. I have been saving my Land O Lakes butter tubs. And one day when I started babysitting the neighbor baby I was looking for something for him to play with. Lo & behold out came the butter tubs. He had a ball stacking them and driving his cars into them. That's the limit of of my recycling; if I don't have immediate use for it, it goes.

Gee Gran of 6 I thought the other thread was funny. I know my DH would love the bag you made--it would be easier to de-poop the yard with yours since it has handles LOL. That is the ultimate in recycling dog food bags.

Rhonda -- if you love advertising graphics, you would probably enjoy the current fabric grocery totes my local food store is selling fo 50 cents each! They feature mascots from cereal (i.e. Tony the Tiger, Toucan, etc). :lol:

Cute bag. Too bad about the smell. I was thumbing through the latest I think Better Homes and Gardens quilt magazine today and they showed a bag made from a dog food bag. I didn't read the article but maybe they had a clue on how to de-stink it.

I kind of liked the idea when I saw it in a magazine. I was wondering if you washed it really well and cut off the bottom part that has the heavy seams, it might take away the greasiness and smell. Personally I would just cut it long enough to have a cute picture of the dog, forget thee advertising. You could use it to carry your doggie's supplies on a trip or a picnic... Just a thought. I'm going to give it a try as soon as I have some extra time on my hands...LOL

Charcoal briskets takes odors out too. Put a small baggie (with holes) of them in the dog food bag (after it is clean) & let it set for a few days

Wash in vineager water to cut the grease.

Old underwear is sometimes used in dollmaking. It can be used to make socks or used as stockinette in a mask over type head and bust. Just saying. :0D

I've done this with a couple of rice bags. Yes, we buy rice in 25 lb. sacks.

That's a good idea; rice doesn't stink or isn't greasy. I just can't see the point of spending all this time to degrease a dog food bag when I could be sewing a cute bag from fabric scraps and thereby making GOOD use of my precious time. As a side note. Was helping my grandson pack up to take him to a day of soccer and offered to let him take the Ol' Roy bag. He kindly declined.