Reusable Grocery Bags (Black) And Armor - WARNING

[kylebeagle[TK]]

I recently had an experience I wanted to share and was unsure how relevant it was.  I am hopeful this is the correct forum... If not please move.

 

Just a few weeks ago I arrived at a troop and opened my armor bin and found a coating of black dust covering the majority of the armor.    I had test fit the armor the evening before and packed up just as I had for a number of troops in the past.

 

In my bin I regularly utilized a few of the 501st reusable grocery bags for miscellaneous items.

 

It seems that evening and/or the drive to the troop the armor has developed a static charge and attracted the material from the bags.  I went from TK to TD without even trying or authorizing the change.  It appeared that the armor had developed black mold in only a few hours from test fit the evening before to troop the next afternoon.

 

As you can imagine I was panic stricken.  I attempted to dust off the black material to no avail.  Ugh!  The electrostatic/static charge kept the black material attached to the armor and I was simply moving it around.  Keep in mind this was both on the exterior of the armor as well as in the interior.  I also attempted a wet tee shirt this attempt failed as well.

 

Luckily the trooper I was with had Novus (2) in his bin which took the black dust off and polished the armor at the same time.  Quickly as possible I was able to remove the majority of the dust with the time that I had and successfully completed the troop.

 

That evening I spent a number of hours removing the dust from the armor with Novus (2) and was fortunate enough to save the armor.

 

Lesson learned... 

 

I no longer use the bags in my armor bin and I would strongly suggest that others do not as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[vecspeed12]

This is very good to know. I to use and put random stuff in my bin during transit.

[RampantLion[TK]]

Thank you for the warning. I utilized those bags on my bin as well. Looks like I need to find another bag.

[Lieberman]

WOW!  That's the first I've heard of that, especially since it's from a member in my own garrison and there are over 1,000 bags that have been in circulation for about a year now.  These are regular reusable grocery bags made from the same material as many of the major retailers that are out there. SO, my advice would be not to keep anything in an armor bin except your armor.  I will get some plastic and throw some bags in a bin to see what happens and I will report back with findings. If anyone else has had this issue please let me know, I know many have said they were going to carry their buckets in it.