Date: October 30, 1997 10:52 AM
Author: Syblle (syblle@usa.net)
Subject: vacuum sealers

I am beginning the process of food storage and want to acquire a vacuum sealer device. Couple of questions, here. Can somebody out there recommend a good one that's not too spendy? Also, since I am seeing warnings about storing food in plastic, and the vaccum sealing is done with plastic -- is that plastic the kind and quality that won't leach out into the food stored? Any input would be helpful.

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Date: October 30, 1997 12:18 PM
Author: Will_richards (will_richards@hotmail.com)
Subject: Sealing jars, buckets and Mylar bags


I recommend you get a sealer that works on mason jars. I have one and it works great. You can use it with high quality electrician tape and save money on the sealers. I am speaking high qaulity tape not wal mart or hard ware. 3 or 4 dollar stuff.

I am posting this info here and in grains, maybe a few other places. My wife and I bought Mylar bags and experimented with them to see how to seal them. Here is the Imfo.

BEA Use Iron setting on Polyester, Wool, Cotton. (all irons should have this setting, On my iron is #2) Let get hot. Use a piece of material, I used flannel, a pillowcase would be perfect. Fold over end of Mylar bag. Place cloth over top of Mylar and hold iron on material for 20 seconds, move to next section of mylar, hold iron on material and iron for 20 seconds. Do this all along the length of bag until finished. Mylar will be very hot do not touch. Let it cool. It should be sealed. If you don't wait for the Mylar to cool, you will be able to open the edges. Once it cooled we were not able to get the edges opened, and the bag held air.

ME I am going to place the bags in buckets and use a board laid across the top to iron on. I will follow the guidelines on Waltons o2 page for o2 elimination. We plan on photographing and sending Al the photos to use for his pages

Will

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Date: November 13, 1997 01:33 AM
Author: robert (robert@avicom.net)
Subject: vacusealer

Hello, we have a company "ready msde resources" we sell a professional vacu-sealer does both mason jars and bags. this is a very good unit. $225.00 also we sell the excalibur food ddehydrators $109-169. we also carry a full line a long term for storage. water purifiers, non electric appliances, solar energy and lots of other things. We will send you a free sales flyer if you leave your snail mail address. hhttp://www.cococo.net/rmr

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