Will this sealer seal Mylar bags?
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I'm afraid I don't know if the sealer can handle mylar bags. The 1 page literature that came with the sealer mentions use for polyethylene and polypropylene bags. We use the sealer to keep medical instruments sealed up in plastic bags for storage after they are sanitized. Sorry if this answer is not much help.
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Hello Nancy, to be honest I am not sure, but I am almost positive it can....
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Try sealing a mylar bag with a iron, if it seals then it would work with the sealer.
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You can definitely use the ziplock-and-squeeze approach. And you'll need to do that if there's a lot of liquid in the bag. I just think that vacuum sealers are cool.
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It'll seal Mylar bags and it'll even reseal a potato chip bag stronger than the factory seal so I don't see why not. It has a low and higher heat setting but no timer so you'll have to wing it and experiment a bit so you know what is too little or too much.
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I tried it on a bag of M&Ms; and it sealed it but didn't vacuum seal it. It made the noise like it was trying to suck the air out but didn't.
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Yes. These bags will work with all standard vacuum sealer machines (like Foodsaver, Weston, Cabela's. Seal-A-Meal, VacMaster...). They are a universal bag and a great value!
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My Ziploc sealer is in the blink and I just borrowed a friend's FoodSaver sealer. Tested the Ziplock sealer bags on hand and they sealed perfectly because they are also textured. Same for a generic roll I bought for larger bags.
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Yes this will work with Mylar bags. You will have to adjust the number setting so that it has a longer time for the thermal sealer to seal the Mylar bag. For 5 gallon Mylar bags or bags wider than what this unit can seal you have to seal in two or three steps.
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If you are asking about mylar bags I cannot say, They have sealed every plastic type of bag I have needed to.
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No. Due to the smooth edges of the mylar it cannot form a vacuum. What I do is to put an oxidizer in the bag, use my jar sealer attached to a straw, seal the bag with a hot iron up to the straw, pull a vacuum as best you can, then quickly remove the straw and seal. The oxidizer in the bag will remove whatever air is left. You want to use extra oxidizers to ensure good air removal.
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Hi John, yes, probably. I bought some vacuum rolls by mistake. I used my sous vide bag sealer and it worked fine. I'm guessing that your food saver machine also seals bags by melting the plastic.
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Technically, yes. You can seal them with a vacuum sealer but they are really meant to be heat sealed with an o2 absorber in the bag with the contents. The best way to seal mylar bags is with a hot iron set on high heat. Get a length of wood about 20" long x 8" wide x 1" thick. Set the wood on a bucket, lay the open end of the mylar bag (after contents and o2 absorber are added) on the wood board and iron the last 2" of the bag until no air can be squeezed out. (Usually about 6 to 8 passes with the hot iron should do the trick).This method works best for me in my experience. Technically, yes. You can seal them with a vacuum sealer but they are really meant to be heat sealed with an o2 absorber in the bag with the contents. The best way to seal mylar bags is with a hot iron set on high heat. Get a length of wood about 20" long x 8" wide x 1" thick. Set the wood on a bucket, lay the open end of the mylar bag (after contents and o2 absorber are added) on the wood board and iron the last 2" of the bag until no air can be squeezed out. (Usually about 6 to 8 passes with the hot iron should do the trick).This method works best for me in my... » Read More Technically, yes. You can seal them with a vacuum sealer but they are really meant to be heat sealed with an o2 absorber in the bag with the contents. The best way to seal mylar bags is with a hot iron set on high heat. Get a length of wood about 20" long x 8" wide x 1" thick. Set the wood on a bucket, lay the open end of the mylar bag (after contents and o2 absorber are added) on the wood board and iron the last 2" of the bag until no air can be squeezed out. (Usually about 6 to 8 passes with the hot iron should do the trick).This method works best for me in my experience. « Show Less
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Yes it works. Although I am using it to seal poly bags, I have used it earlier to seal vinyl bag.
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It does not vacuum the air from the silver Mylar bags, but it will seal them. Recommend using oxygen absorbers for those bags and pushing all the air out first, then sealing.
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I think it will work fine for that but you might want a longer sealer like the 8". I use it one 1 power for 2mm poly bags and it goes up to 10 power so you should be in good shape.
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I purchased my rolls of bags from http://www.pmgquality.com/productCat90502.ctlg. They have work well for me. But it depends on what you are sealing. Check out the videos on this site or on Utube for more info.
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Your sealer is made to use with reuseable bags with vac port built into bag. So yeas you are correct, these won't work
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It has a small suction cup at the end of the nozzle. I imagine it will be able to seal any type of bag that has a one way valve.