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Vacuum Sealing Mylar Bags... The Easy Way! Please read the description about oxygen absorbers
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2016
- Ever wonder if there's an easy way to vac-seal ordinary mylar bags in a typical vacuum sealer?
Look no further.... here's my über-easy method!
To answer an often-asked question; Why use oxygen absorbers? Because no vacuum sealer can remove ALL the air.
• Why Use Oxygen Absorbers?
The sealer is a Weston 65-501-M.
Update on this method:
• Update On My Mylar Bag...
#BackPackHack #VacuumSealing #VacSeal #Mylar
TYFS! My husband passed 09/22/21 and had purchase a box of Mylar bags from Amazon and I was going to put them in my yard sale (this spring) and I had a thought to go on UA-cam and research food savers and Mylar bags and found your video! Will definitely give this a try. 🤗
So sorry to hear you lost your love, I almost lost my husband in January and it was almost unbearable. God bless you and keep you.
THANK YOU! I just got into Mylar bag storage and can never get enough air out before ironing. I looked at my vacuum sealer and thought this has to work somehow, let’s go to UA-cam and look. You sir, saved me some grief. Worked like a charm. Thanks again and subd
When the two plastic strips are placed into the mylar bag only insert them to just above the heat strip. When sealing you will only be sealing the mylar and not the added strips.
You'll seal all the layers into one
So since it is just above the heat strip you could use two ribbed strips to do tons of bags. Correct? No need to make a bunch. ??
@@northslope1 my foodsavers have seals on the heatsrips
That was my question. thanks for clearing that up. I guess after vacuuming and sealing the plastic strips should be removed for the second sealing.
You make them long enough to stick out the top and through the hinge area of the lid and you pull them out just before it seals and reuse them over and over
Most excellent presentation. Professional quality!! Very informative, excellent audio, camera work and information. Best I have seen out of hundreds! Keep on keeping on.
For powders I put them into a brown (or white) paper bag then into foodsaver or mylar bag this avoids the danger of powder being sucked into machine
Have done the same thing for rice! The paper bag keeps the rice grains from poking tiny holes in the foodsaver bags when storing.
@yellowleaf I saw a lady on another video use just a plain old paper bag, the size of a lunch bag.
do yall use oxygen absorbers for flour or powder milk??
I played the video at 2 times speed.
Great idea using the vac bag strips
yes, 2x speed would be the only way to watch this overly lengthy video. I couldn't stand listening to this guy repeat himself over and over.
I was going to return and purchase a different sealer before I watched this video. Thanks this helped a lot
This stuff is really confusing can you please tell me if you did buy large bags or vacuum sealer
Great video. My husband just suggested today to go this route. For my bigger buckets (5 gallon), I use my vacuum. I sanitize the crevice attachment and use my hair straightener to seal the Mylar, sealing the path were the tool was as I take it out of the bag. Not glamorous but it works.
Perfect idea!
Excellent! I was creating a community emergency food pantry and have been studying all this, OTR ratings, oxygen absorber sizing, etc. Thank you!
Use the (all crystal type) cat litter and coffee filters. Staple together with standard paper stapler and you now will have as many oxygen absorbers to your hearts content. Same material used to make cat litter crystals as is in the oxygen absorbers.
@@phoenixfireclusterbomb really?! Interesting! Any proof to save me research time? Thanks
@@Hedgehodge- You would want to heat them up in an oven first, because these absorb moisture from the air as well. So you want to dry them out before putting them in with food.
But I was under the impression that oxygen and moisture absorbers were different materials. I know that silica (the material in these cat litters) does absorb moisture, but am not so sure about oxygen. In any case, people should always do some research before just listening to random people online.
@@justinw1765 the internet is full of possibly useful nest information or terribly wrong. It could work but could be carcinogenic etc LOL. Yeah. Thanks :)
@@Hedgehodge- If loose, small particles of silica are breathed in, they can cause silicosis. If it is not ground up, and it is contained within something that holds in loose particles, should be safe enough.
Some people may ask or think, why would I even use mylar bags over regular vacuum sealer bags. Something that is not talked about by these companies is that if you pull a hard enough vacuum on something, like 28" Hg +, two things happen to most materials. They begin to outgas (literally molecules of the material start to "break off" and permeate the vacuumed space) and eventually oxygen/air starts to permeate through the material to the inside, as well. There are not many materials out there that don't outgas and that can hold a medium to hard vacuum for a very long time.
Plastics are particularly bad with this, minus teflon and Kapton. But teflon requires a very high heat to melt and when it does, it releases toxic fumes. Kapton requires a ridiculously high heat to melt.
But metals on the other hand, particularly aluminium and some steels are very good at not outgassing and holding a vacuum for a very long time.
In other words, mylar bags should, theoretically, hold a better vacuum over a longer time than regularly vacuum sealer bags. Because the Al is encased in the plastic, you will still experience some outgassing, but the Al layer will make it much harder for outside oxygen/air to permeate through to the inside.
I had to learn all this stuff, because I'm less interested in vacuuming sealing for food, but more because I'm using one to make vacuum insulated panels.
Personally, after sealing a mylar bag with this or other methods, I would go ahead and get some Al tape (sold for HVAC duct work etc), and fold it over the end of the seal, just as an extra barrier in case it didn't seal completely well.
This is very helpful, especially appreciate where you take the time to explain why the suction does not occur due to no path the air can take and how to solve for it. thanks!
You Sir are a genius! I've been battling this for days. Thank you so much. It all made perfect sense.
The OCD in me would have to trim those tabs flush after sealing!
I was today years old and learned something new. This old dog thanks you!
You did an outstanding job explaining that process! It's very valuable knowledge thank you so much
Thank you so much for this hack!! I LOST MY MIND when the sealer wouldn't draw. I went and purchased a New Cooler & More Groovy vac/sealer ONLY to find it DIDN"T WORK EITHER.
Lucky I found this post and also lucky I was able to return the New Cooler & More Groovy vac/sealer.
This also made it so that I did not have to use my more expensive 1/2 Gallon bottles to stow food.
Again thank you very much. I will share this information.
I am just starting to get into dehydrating food and storage for emergency purposes.. And this is just brilliant I will use vaccum sealer bags with oxygen bag in but this just gives extra protection for long life brilliant
I've used this method as many times and it works good. Problem is most home vacuum Packers especially the food saver are not designed to seal that thick and rigid mylar bags and it burns out the ceiling unit on the vacuum Packers, especially the food savers. And once you burn it out you have to buy another one because trying to buy parts and fix it is virtually impossible. I quit doing this and I now just use large size oxygen absorbers and accomplish the same thing with my curling iron
Definitely the best method that I have seen on YT.
Terrific! Thanks for taking the time to make this comprehensive tutorial.
Thank you for this. I was frustrated with my sealer and this works really well. I was going to buy one that would seal mylar bags so you saved my $400.
Fantastic! You helped me so much with this. It's easy-peasy once you know the trick.
This method almost worked for me but my FoodSaver vacuum sealer does not get hot enough to seal the mylar bags properly, I ended up using a hair straightener @390° to seal it good
Brilliant Thankyou .i 🙏🏼 you win the lottery for your kindness taking the time to make this video good luck🙏🏼🤞🏁
I just ordered the textured mylar bags off of amazon. Came in a 16’ roll. Thanks for the tip!
Is the textured flat or gusseted?
I'm looking for different bags for a variety of stores.
The tabs work fine, but I'd like to try the textured mylar.
This is the greatest idea I’ve heard of. THANK YOU.
Best one I've seen so far! Thank you so much for sharing!
Nice tip I hope this works for me when I try later. Thanks
Awesome video. Was annoyed when I was trying to vac and heat seal some mini mylar bags and was worried I needed more equipment or materials. Thanks!
You sir are brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this very useful and money saving hack.
Thank you for the detailed video. I appreciate the close ups.
Thank you for this very helpful hack. It will save me a lot of time.
I do not know much about this stuff. I would think this would lower the integrity of the mylar down to normal sealer bag quality. I do not know what the internal surface of the mylar bag is. Using an iron further down to seal the mylar together afterwards might correct for this.
I appreciate your post. Good stuff. Your get a thumbs up fella.
Thank you for sharing your video.. We recently purchased some growguard mylar bags on amazon and was looking for a video on proper storage techniques.
just ordered my vac seal, Mylar bags and food saver rolls. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for solving the problem for us. I will be testing it out over the next week, once my new oxygen absorbers arrive, I only have 50cc on hand for my jars at present.
Use the (all crystal type) cat litter and coffee filters. Staple together with standard paper stapler and you now will have as many oxygen absorbers to your hearts content. Same material used to make cat litter crystals as is in the oxygen absorbers.
Thank god i watched this video. I was about to buy a medical auction unit. Usually my foodsaver hose attachment can suck the air out really good. But couldn't with oats and grains. Not strong enough. You saved my ass in the future lol.
Very cool. I didn't want to buy a more expensive machine to seal mylar bags. Apparently I need to use a mylar bag to store rice. I'm quite good with scissors!
Very comprehensive, and obviously very effective. Good tips BPH! (StratMaster)
HOORAY!! a use for the leftovers and little bits!!! always hated throwing that away! this is super to know!
Hey man, thanks a lot for this. Works great! What a great idea
This was so helpful I’ll be doing this to my rice today
Great idea, thank you for sharing, I look at your video cause I am sealing food with mylar bag and I was doing powder milk, it happens that I have many pieces of sealer bags, thank you very much for your video.
What's funny about saying "see you on the other side of shtf," is that here we are in the 2020 pandemic. Some were definately ready. Food rotation is a main concern in my preparing, keeping track of everything, not letting anything go to waste. Now that we have experienced a pandemic, I am more worried about even worse stuff preppers worry about.
Are you thought the pandemic was bad, that is so cute.
Welcome to 2022. We have pandemic, hyperinflation, WWIII and famine. Let's go Brandon.
Thanks! Just curious what make and model you vacuum sealer is? it doesn't look like the cheap FoodSaver type.
It's a Weston 65-501-M.
Just use a straw abt 4” long, insert into reg Mylar bag, leaving the sealing end of the bag with 1/2”of the straw extending from the seal end of the bag , seal it & the straw,, cut 1/2” straw off, Voila! It’s sealed now muss, no fuss, no extra work!
are you suggesting that vacuum sealing a Mylar bag with a straw is less work than cutting a few tabs of plastic?
@@quimblyjones9767 right... They are suggesting to create more waste than reusing excess/extra pieces
@@Hedgehodge- dude, "no muss, no fuss, no extra work" was the part I was referring too.
Great idea cheers Graham
Great info! I don’t have anything but the zip lock standing Mylar bags (on sale:) and need a solution. Thx! I did not know any of this.
Thank you so much for putting this video together and sharing it great work my friend, kind regards Roy
I'm researching the "best for the money" foodsaver - which is quite overwhelming.
I would like the feature you mentioned (separate vacuum/seal button). Do you have any recommendations? Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for the video :)!
Very strange. I was thinking how to vac seal mylar bags earlier today. Even stranger. I've got the same model of vac sealer.. and even more weirder. I wasn't even looking for this topic tonight.
God's intervention
@@mellh7547 lol
What vac sealer do you have?
New sub. New to prepping.
That's great! Thank you for the info. I was just wondering if inserting a textured piece of a vacuum sealable bag into all the smooth mylar bags I've purchased would "do the trick" the - vac and seal.
Thank you for proving it dies work withou me havubg to exoeriment and reinvent the wheel.
You and your family enjoy your Easter holiday weekend, this Lent and Passove season and all the renewing and newness Spring brings.
ps - I'm about to watch you updated info on sealing mylar bags that was on an I card in this video.
God bless you and yours and all your subs. Amen.
Thanks man! Cheers from Poland!
Thank you ! I just bough the machine and felt like I am about to bash my head against the wall trying to vacuum mylar bags.
I will be trying your trick and add my own twist. I am anyway doing double seal as I fill the bags too full and the mounth often gets wrinkled.
So I'll do you trick and cut off excess from the inner seal then I'll seal (w/o vacuum) again outer seal without the plastic.
Thank you for the hack.
You’re a genius
My FoodSaver will NOT seal a mylar bag at all for some reason. I don't know if it's because I'm not putting the little food saver strips in the corner, or what it is, but it's driving me absolutely crazy. Not cool FoodSaver.
Thanks for a great tip. We were successful with it. Thanks again!
I am going to give this a try tonight. Thank you for the great tip!
Just ran into your channel and thought I’d subscribe! Trying to decide what kind of vacuum sealer to get, within our budget.
Thank you for the excellent step-by-step video.
Thank you for the tip, much appreciated!
What are some recommended brands or places to get mylar bags? Im located in Canada.
Hi, My understanding is there is no real need to vac seal it with the proper sized o2 absorber. They often create their own vac on the bag from binding the o2.
Cleaver wway to make this work! We just got a vacumm sealer and were wondering if sealing mylar bags would work. Welp... You just answered our question! Thanks for this tip!
- Brian + Erin
I tried this and it did not work for me. I made sure the ribbed plastic strip was not in the way of the seal. It did not draw the air out. I tried placing the ribbed strip in several positions. Made sure everything was straight and in place. I don’t think my sealer gets hot enough to seal the Mylar.
this will be my first time sealing or using mylar or prepping. i just bought a basic foodsaver sealer, and i ordered large mylar bags for 5 gallon buckets. i`m guessing my large mylar bags will be too wide for my foodsaver. so i`m thinking i will seal 3/4 of the bag with my iron, and then insert the 1/4 left over into the foodsaver to draw out the air and seal it further. does this sound right to anyone?
An iron works, but kinda awkward. A flat iron is great. Use an oxygen absorber too
Thank you so much for the video. I'm interested about adding oxygen absorbers, and want to know since you are removing oxygen by the vacuum, (but not all), how do you judge how many cc's oxygen absorbers you use? Do you have a guide you use? Or, are you able to offer a basic formula, or recommendation on that?
1 Quart Bag - 100cc oxygen absorber
1 Gallon Bag - 1-2 300cc oxygen absorbers
2 Gallon Bag - 2-500cc oxygen absorbers or 1-1000cc oxygen absorber
5 Gallon Bag - 1-2 2000cc oxygen absorbers or 2-3 1000cc oxygen absorbers
@@truthhurtz2793 I guess that is if your not removing oxygen with vacuum.
@@youtubetruthlife4750 You still need oxygen absorbers.
What vacuum sealer you using? Can my fresko handle this job?
I just received 5 mil from Wallaby and are mylar bags supposed to smell weird? Ick! I would think the food stored inside would end up taking on the odor.
Thank you for sharing the tips, just what I was looking for
Genius!!!!!!! Thank you
Thanks, blessings to you
I just bought a food saver and it does not get hot enough to seal a mylar bag. Forget vacuuming it, I can't even seal it! wondering if it's just the particular model (bought at Costco in 2021)
Interesting, thank you I will give this a shot :-)
Genus move!
Are mylar bags better than traditional food saver bags? If so, why?
Thanks! I’m a newbie
They're lightproof. Light is one of the enemies of food.
And over time, plastic bags will slowly allow air back in.
Doesnt this defeat the purpose of using mylar then? Wont the plastic strips let the air back in through the seal?
@@antxionrhykel2699 No, because that type of plastic doesn't leak air like a cheap and very thin ziplock bag. Besides, the entire contents are sealed in mylar, and heat sealed mylar-to-mylar through the plastic pieces.
i love it! still applicable today
So, I'm assuming you don't need a oxygen server inside????
Please read the description.
The vacuum sealer we we have doesn't do the job of sealing the mylar bags I got. They are too thick, at 7.5 mL. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
It may not be getting hot enough to seal mylar. There's not much you can do with such a machine other than upgrade to a better one.
Are you sure your model # is 65-501-M ?
All I see at Weston is 65-501-W
Also what thickness mylar bags are you using.
I need a machine that will seal 5mil bags.
So the plastic pieces you used are sealed in-between the mylar seal no? You just leave them in there?
Yes... they're left in place. You can't pull them out as they're melted in situ. If you were able to pull them out, it would cause the seal to be broken.
If you leave a slight crease in the mylar bag it will also work without wasting vacuum bags.
I'm not wasting vac bags. I use the pieces cut off bags I've sealed things in.
Your bag will leak later.
Excellent!! Thanks for the helpful tip!
I stopped using the food saver because it allows oxygen back into the package over time. I began using mylar because it is a non-porous material that will keep oxygen out. Seems like using the material that fails within the seal line of the material that works better is counterproductive at best. I can see it working if the tabs are in place above the seal line but if you use it the way shown in the video why not just use a vacuum sealer bag and be done with it?
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What vacuum machine are you using? My Food Saver will not completely seal 9 mil Mylar Bags
Will a standard food saver get hot enough to seal the mylar?
Hi, what are the chances that those "inserts" don't seal properly from the hot sealer due to the increased material thickness in those spots? Ever have one "lose its vacuum" on you over time?
I've never had a problem. A cheap sealer, however, might have difficulty creating a true seal.
Genius. Could you insert a whole foodsaver bag inside a mylar and seal both at same time?
Some sealers won't have the horsepower to seal that much material.
New subscriber. I just got 10 cat litter buckets and need to order some mylar bags. Thanks for the tips
Thankyou sir - you have made my day👍
Wow! Genius hack, Thanks.
great hack. what mil bags do you use? I got 9.5mil and they seem too thick
I'm not positive, but I think the ones I use are 3.5mil.
Keep in mind, not all sealers are the same. Some simply don't have the ability to seal mylar.
Works great. Thanks for the Tip. Greetings from Germany. 🙂
Great explanation. Thanks.
Great thinking. Awesome
That is genius! Thank you so much.👍
What brand of sealer is this and where can I get one. How much do they run.
Do you still need to use oxygen absorbers in some items? Thanks so much for sharing this idea... definitely will be using this way of sealing.
Please read the description.
Very useful video. Thank you
Great video my friend!! 🙏