5 gallon paint strainers for seed, Degrades over 2 yrs?

[Brown Thumb]

I use masking tape with to label everything.
I ripped two bags out of six taking the tape off when done processing the seed.
It Rips real easy. Anyone else notice that. I don't need anything chomping thru it next year.

 

[Knucklehead]

I was going to wash and reuse my bags from last year but found I could poke my finger through most of them so I bought all new bags for this year. It was a rainy year last year but I'm not sure if it was the wet or the UV rays that degraded them. One year for me.

 

[deluxestogie]

Most plastics that are not specifically treated for UV exposure will crumble to fragments in about 2 years. Even very thick polyethylene will do this.

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

Is the rest of the bag sound? Maybe the tape adhesive degraded the material. Masking tape is horrible to remove from anything after a month or so, especially if it has been in the sun.

I used the paint strainers this year too. Hoping for at least 2 seasons for the cost. All feel good now, have not washed them yet.

 

[Brown Thumb]

The tape comes off rather easy, not real stickey tape the blue painters tape. They were labeled as I cut them off and put in the garage out of sunlight.
The nylon or whatever they use got nuked by the sunlight I would guess as Bob said.