How to Vacuum seal Mylar bags in a FoodSaver Part 2

Long term food storage can be achieved without cans, buckets or oxygen absorbers. Using my techique you can vacuum seal food in a mylar bag and a FoodSaver.

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• FoodSaver
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• Bill
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[billygarner587]

The FoodSaver bags are not permanently impervious to oxygen. After a few years, oxygen may get into the bag, so by sealing in Mylar bags and adding oxygen absorbers, that loss of oxygen barrier is prevented. The only gas left in the Mylar bag would be nitrogen and trace amounts of CO2, H2O, and other inert gases left in air.

[lurech1]

I am really having trouble sealing the mylar; removing the tube , I lose the vacuum; any thoughts? I pinch that baby tight, but no luck texas bigred

[billygarner587]

@lurech1 It sounds like you're using the tube suction method. If you place the tube in about 2 inches, once the vacuum is obtained, iron in front of the tube first, then remove the tube and iron back to the edge. A second pair of hands might help also.

Bill

[Pippie2010va]

I'm doing something wrong, Nothing of mine worked and I wasted so many bags and absorbers, didn't work using a food saver either .

[billygarner587]

@Pippie2010va Don't give up. I came up with a real easy way using the tube you get with the FoodSaver. Look for it on my list of videos.

[robinkoeman]

So the air in the bags will automatically drain out of the bag once you seal it? Or is that an optical illusion..? Thanks for the reply 5/5

[billygarner587]

The Foodsaver sucks all of the air out prior to sealing. Your hear the vacuum then once the suction reaches a preset level, the heat strip warms, sealing the mylar. The Foodsaver bags work quite well, but eventually air will diffuse into the bag, so they aren't good for long term (30 years) food storage. Perhaps a few years though.

[PiercingKnight]

Hey Billy, if people are putting vacuume sealed food saver bags in a myler bag then why do they add oxygen obserbers inside the vacuume sealed bag? Doesn't the vacuume suck all the air out of the food saver bag anyways? If they are scared about their vacuume sealed bag breaking then wouldn't it make more sence to put the oxygen obserber inside the mylar bag rather than the food saver bag? Is there any difference?

[rlmarin1968]

THANK YOU! I did this and was finally able to get it to work. I had tried SO many different ways to get mylar bags to seal with no luck. Your method has now made my Foodsaver even more valuable than it already was. Thanks again!

[18wheeler76]

DO YOU THINK JUST VACUUM SEALING THE FOODSAVER BAGS AND THEN PUTING A BUNCH OF THEM INTO A 5GAL MYLAR BIG INTO A FOODGRADE BUCKET WOULD WORK?

[ykantuc]

@billygarner587

I'm using5 mil mylar bags. The vacuum sealer is vacuuming but it isn't sealing .

Could the bags be too thick to seal?

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[PlanktoniusRex]

Fantastic video! I tried this with perfect results. As I continued to seal bags I shortened the food saver strip down to about a 2" strip placed in the center of the mylar bag just below the edge & it still worked perfectly. One can seal a bag with a small strip of foodsaver bag about the size of a few postage stamps if put in the right place. I double-sealed all bags with an iron afterward and wound up with brick hard bags of rice & no O2 abs needed.

One of the best vids out. Thank you!

[CastIronCub]

I just wanted to thank you Billy for this video. After one or two attempts I got the technique down. It is fantastic. Since I am only prepping for 3 people storing 25 lbs or more of rice, wheat, etc. in a single mylar bag in a 5 gallon bucket is actually impractical. Using your method I can easily store one or two pounds of food in a smaller mylar bag using my foodsaver vacuum sealer and thus I only have to open what I need when the time comes even if it is only for normal storage rotation.