Sealing Mylar bags for food storage
A short film on how to seal your food storage Mylar bags with a clothing iron. An easy and cheap way for any survivalist or preparedness minded person to seal their bags for long term food storage.
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thanks for the vid. love the Red Dawn theme
how can i store TEA BAGS, can i use the same method shown here?? and how long will they keep? do you know??!! thanx.. great info!!
if the power goes out! LOL… well i would use and ole timy iron the kind you put on a wood burning fire..to get it hot!! hope this helps!
Great video, Bob! I recently purchased buckets, mylar bags and oxygen absorbers and can’t wait to get started with my long term food storage! Thanks for posting!
Water?? Just thought of a different idea…
If you are in a rural area, or grew up on an old farm you may have 50 to over 100, pint and quart canning jars. What about boiling some water and storing it? Use all those old jars? It will be better than plasic storage. It would be something for a worst case situation, till you can find something more perminent.
Good idea or not?
1500cc’s? Good to know. I couldn’t get Mylar bags. I hope the heavy duty pail liners I got will do. Thanks for the info.
Digitalmanne, That would work, just with clear glass jars, you need to store water where there is 0 light. Otherwise it will grow algae in the water. Although you can still drink the algae.
Hi,
Thanks for making this video and teach people how to store food. Hope people start storing food now its very important especially now. you can’t trust the leaders these day. So be prepared !!
I have a question. Are the mylar bags with zipper also good? Or is it better to buy bags that I have to iron. Thanks in advance
I also have another question can I store flour in those mylar bags?
where can you buy mylar bags ?
Great demonstration on sealing Mylar bags with a regular iron. Thank you for sharing this information.
not long if mice or other rodents chew through the bag. get a bucket
thanks, that was great!
Did not realize the mylar could take direct contact with the iron. Thought I had to use a rag between.
There has been a ton of “post” on forums across the web for years saying use a rag. I have not had to use one yet. There is a ton of mis information out there. That is why we preach to use/practice your preps/skills. The more you do the easier it is to spot the “chaff” from the wheat.
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Check out Pleasant Hill Grain. They have great prices on mylar bags and the oxygen absorbers. Good luck preppin’!
can you use a flat iorn like your girlfriend would use on her hair
Put up three 5 gal buckets of rice and beans in one gal mylars using your method. Worked just fine. Thanks for the vid and keep them coming.
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@delta69alpha good tip thanks!!
Ok, what was in the bag and were those oxygen things put in there in contact with the food? I’m still looking for a vid that shows more step by step instruction including the best way to get all the excess air out. Are those oxygen things poisonous if they get craked?
@CablloBlanco I bought a gamma lid at Major Surplus survival here in Los Angeles and it just fit loosely and didn’t close at all. I feel as if they ripped me off. I thought those lids were suppose to close tightly
I did everything you said and my mylar didn’t brick like it should ??, I used a 2000 cc o2absorber for the 5 gallon bucket and the rice didn’t do ??? I have a clamp sealer
@PathofTorah4life The oxygen absorbers are nothing more than salt and iron shavings so no i wouldnt worry about toxicity.
delta69alpha is the grand master wizard of the 9th lvl.
@zameul35 Hey,thanks for the info friend.