# GB2 strap padding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [July 25, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029 "2013-07-25T04:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gbrob](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@gbrob](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gbrob)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/1 "2013-07-25T04:14:30Z")
Are there any tutorials on adding the extra padding in the pack straps? For those of you who’ve done it, was it hard? ---
**Author:** ![abaka](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@abaka](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/abaka)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/2 "2013-07-25T22:03:26Z")
Very difficult…it’s even difficult to find the right colour of cordura!! ---
**Author:** ![gbrob](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@gbrob](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gbrob)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/3 "2013-07-25T22:58:40Z")
Looks like a pain to do… ---
**Author:** ![gEkX](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/gekx/32/6229_2.png) [@gEkX](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gEkX)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/4 "2013-07-25T23:53:20Z")
I picked up a OD Nylon BBQ apron that looks damn close to the material used. Hopefully I can get a tutorial done and posted once I’m done modifying my football pads into a [Slime Blower](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/slime-blower) vest. ---
**Author:** ![Dougger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dougger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dougger)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/5 "2013-07-26T23:44:18Z")
Sup nerds, GhostbusterPM and I made a set of these one afternoon…well, he did most of it. Step 1. Call in a favor from a friend who knows how to sew. Step 2. Acquire materials. A. Alice pack straps. In my case LC-2, my set is modeled after Winston’s in the museum sweep scene. B. Foam padding. We got this from a place in Burbank, CA called Foam Mart. [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/LeDougger/Phoney322_zpsf14cf88f.jpg)](http://s617.photobucket.com/user/LeDougger/media/Phoney322_zpsf14cf88f.jpg.html) C. Find greenish material. We found some in the Fabric District in downtown L.A. [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/LeDougger/Phoney320_zpsd9afcdb9.jpg)](http://s617.photobucket.com/user/LeDougger/media/Phoney320_zpsd9afcdb9.jpg.html) Step 3. Cut the padding off of the Alice straps. Then, use it to measure the correct size to cut out of your foam padding. We simply traced around it with a Sharpie. Step 4. Hover over your friend’s shoulder as they take the foam blocks and measure how much green material is needed to cover them. Step 5. Watch your friend looks frustrated as they monkey with the sewing machine. Be sure to offer them a beverage. Step 6. Call your significant other (real or imaginary) and say you’re BOTH working very hard and will be finished soon. Step 7. Let your friend hand you these… [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/LeDougger/Phoney321_zps0f841415.jpg)](http://s617.photobucket.com/user/LeDougger/media/Phoney321_zps0f841415.jpg.html) Step 8. Put them on your pack. [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/LeDougger/Phoney323_zps7aa9858d.jpg)](http://s617.photobucket.com/user/LeDougger/media/Phoney323_zps7aa9858d.jpg.html) Step 9. Ignore any feelings of shame or guilt, and go out in public dressed like this… [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/LeDougger/slm001_zpsdef694a2.jpg)](http://s617.photobucket.com/user/LeDougger/media/slm001_zpsdef694a2.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![GhostbusterPM](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@GhostbusterPM](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GhostbusterPM)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/6 "2013-07-27T00:14:26Z")
Good tutorial ---
**Author:** ![Vincenzo330](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@Vincenzo330](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Vincenzo330)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/7 "2013-07-27T00:16:35Z")
What a bunch of freakin NERDS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dougger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dougger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dougger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/8 "2013-07-27T00:29:45Z")
> [@Vincenzo330](#): > > What a bunch of freakin NERDS!!! [![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/LeDougger/31f518b7-25ae-4d3c-b4ad-65928a84d4be_zps0a45f784.jpg)](http://s617.photobucket.com/user/LeDougger/media/31f518b7-25ae-4d3c-b4ad-65928a84d4be_zps0a45f784.jpg.html) Love you too!!! ---
**Author:** ![Vincenzo330](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@Vincenzo330](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Vincenzo330)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/9 "2013-07-27T00:30:37Z")
That’s gonna cost you. ---
**Author:** ![gbrob](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@gbrob](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gbrob)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/10 "2013-07-27T00:50:20Z")
^ Make that your FB profile pic 🙂 Thanks for the pics. Seems like the cordura is a bitch to cut open… ---
**Author:** ![Vincenzo330](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@Vincenzo330](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Vincenzo330)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/11 "2013-07-27T00:51:27Z")
It’s totally not cool to take my picture while I’m praying to the Norse Gods. ---
**Author:** ![Dougger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dougger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dougger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/12 "2013-07-27T00:53:24Z")
Actually, cutting the cordura was quite easy. Just need good scissors. ---
**Author:** ![abaka](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@abaka](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/abaka)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb2-strap-padding/17029/13 "2013-07-29T08:54:13Z")
I have that excact shade of cordura and avoided using it because I think it looks to dark compared to the original straps but in those pictures it actually looks pretty decent.