Vacuum seal a mylar bag with a food saver
Greetings my Unconventional Amigos!!! Generally you can’t seal a Mylar bag with a food saver because the sealing area prevents air from being sucked out of the bag. I had the idea of using a piece of a standard food saver bag to provide an air channel and and using the food saver to provide a temporary seal, long enough so I could hit it with the iron. It works well. I hope this helps my friends here on you tube.
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Definitely! I’d to see the results after 24 hours as well!
Hopefl1
Do you mean for the dried nectorines? No but I assume you appreciated it.
You’re welcome
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beast12101
No, I just ordered them from Amazon. I have the flat rate shipping option (something like 70 bucks a year) and then I just pay sales tax because Amazon is based in Washington state.
skybirdbird
It would probably work ok but if the bag was unprotected it could get punctured easily. Using the buckets gives a lot of protection to the mylar.
StarrJaded
I’ll try that. Thanks for the suggestion.
I’ve also heard that you should put dried bay leaves inside the bucket to add extra protection against mealy bugs. ….not sure.
but, I use them in my cabinets, and so far,
no problems.
fatpius
Luckily we don’t have much of a mealy bug problem up here in the northwest. I think it’s too cold for them. The only bug problem I have is when the cold weather hits and all the spiders decide that they want to move indoors where it’s warm. It’s not bad in my condo but I used to rent a basement bedroom during collage and man it was like a creepy crawly invasion in the fall. I would put carpet tape on the floor under my door to keep the bastards from moving in with me.
oh god, i’ll dream tonight. have had 2 serious spider bites, and you’re soooooooo right in calling them bastards! insane swelling, pain and infection. got a tip today from yt friend..
you can get animal antibiotics cheaper than
for humans….even FISH antibiotics. now that is a TIP. best of luck to you. thanks for sharing.
That’s pretty cool.
excellent as always.
thank you for spreading empowerment.
What’s the diference between a food grade bucket and an ordinary plastic bucket?
AnomalousDataPoint
Food grade buckets are designed to hold food and not contaminate them while non food grade buckets don’t promise to be non-toxic. You can tell what kind of bucket you have by looking at the recycle tag although I don’t remember what the number is.
Since I’m using mylar though, I figure it’s not as big an issue.
Brown rice is way better for the body
Romyazul
That’s true and I have a lot of brown rice. Currently I eat brown rice several times a week. It doesn’t store as well though so your ultra emergency food should have some white rice in it. In a non-air tight bag, brown rice will keep for about a year but white rice will keep for 5 years. In a sealed bag with oxygen absorbers, white rice will last 30 years. I could be eating that rice when I’m 74 years old.
Each of those buckets can provide 2000 calories a day for 21 days.
Thank you so much for the information
Good video
Thanks for posting your ideas
Thanks for watching my video and your comment. Yours is a very ingenious technique. I’ll try it soon. Cutting off a corner: I never would have come up with that idea. By doing this you can use fewer Oxygen absorbers, saving $.40 apiece, and with the mylar bag, the bucket will never touch the food. Your could take the sealed rice out of the bucket, put it in boxes or totes, and reuse the same bucket. Lowes has the best price on those buckets Great video, great idea. We will survive.
Try using the cannister hose to vacuum out the air, then while the machine is on, use the iron to seal the bag….
You don’t need a food grade bucket with the mylar bags.
Can you tell me where you got the oxygon absorbers and the mylar bags….and how much they cost please?
Thank you sir for the video
I bought the oxygen absorbers at a place called “the survival center”. I’m lucky since it’s close enough for me to drive there so I can load up on beans, wheat and rice in those 6 gallon buckets without paying shipping.
The mylar bags I bought on Amazon. The bags were expensive but they came with oxygen absorbers of their own. Ten bags and ten absorbers cost about 30 bucks. With this setup though, I can pack rice and grains to last 20 years.
Nice. Thanks much
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when do you put the oxygen absorber in the mylar bag. I did not see when you put it in the bag. Also I think the food sealer might work better if you have the bucket a little higher up and the food sealer would not have to work so hard to get the air out of the bag. I really like your video. It answers a lot of questions I had about long term food storage. thank you
You are wasting mylar… your buckets are not full enough man. I see at least 3-4 inches left. Take it up to level with the top of the bucket then take out 4 cups. That gives you the perfect amount of space to stuff the extra mylar and fit the lid. Not only do you get more food in each bucket, you eliminate the need to vac it because there is so much less air the O2′s create the vacuum. I have done 50-100 buckets this way. Wanna see pics i got them.
I hope this helps.
@GettingPrepared
I’ve been filling them higher lately, about an inch from the top. I’ll try your 3-4 cup method next time.
If you’ve filled over 50 buckets, you’re a serious prepper!