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Sorry i know theres a million threads on this but my question is unique compared to the others.
Ok let me say what i used:
1/2 gallon mylars with 300cc OA
items i sealed:
oatmeal,flour,rice,salt,sugar,b.sugar,spices,pasta, and other minor items.
anyway everything went normal. placed food in bags sealed 1/3 the way.
then this is where i got nervous. placed one 300cc in each bag and sealed everything up. i left some space in all the bags so they wouldnt be tight packed.
Instead of using a clothes iron i used a flat hair iron. the kind that has the hot plates on both sides and girls use it to flatten their hair. i went over the bags numerous times to ensure a sealed bag.
anyway after about 1 hour i noticed teh bags werent shrinking.
i thought maybe the OA just takes out the oxygen and not suck the air out. is this true?
so i anyway took a couple bags and squeezed on them to see if it was a tight seal and noticed from 5 out of 10 had not sealed very tight or had very tiny air escape through the seal. so i very fast grabbed the clothes iron and a piece of wood board and went over all of them again.
so a couple important questions.
1; does OA suck the air out of bags and make them tight or do they just remove the oxygen and still have space in teh bags?
2: with the minor air escape in some of the bags.i mean very minor that even when i pressed on the bags i could barely tell air was coming out of them. do you think 1 hour time liek that screwed up my whole packing process and i should sart again?
Ok let me say what i used:
1/2 gallon mylars with 300cc OA
items i sealed:
oatmeal,flour,rice,salt,sugar,b.sugar,spices,pasta, and other minor items.
anyway everything went normal. placed food in bags sealed 1/3 the way.
then this is where i got nervous. placed one 300cc in each bag and sealed everything up. i left some space in all the bags so they wouldnt be tight packed.
Instead of using a clothes iron i used a flat hair iron. the kind that has the hot plates on both sides and girls use it to flatten their hair. i went over the bags numerous times to ensure a sealed bag.
anyway after about 1 hour i noticed teh bags werent shrinking.
i thought maybe the OA just takes out the oxygen and not suck the air out. is this true?
so i anyway took a couple bags and squeezed on them to see if it was a tight seal and noticed from 5 out of 10 had not sealed very tight or had very tiny air escape through the seal. so i very fast grabbed the clothes iron and a piece of wood board and went over all of them again.
so a couple important questions.
1; does OA suck the air out of bags and make them tight or do they just remove the oxygen and still have space in teh bags?
2: with the minor air escape in some of the bags.i mean very minor that even when i pressed on the bags i could barely tell air was coming out of them. do you think 1 hour time liek that screwed up my whole packing process and i should sart again?