I never have, but I thnin I remember seeing a post a while back where someone did...
I use my Food Saver to seal my cello bags. Havve done it for a couple years now.
Yes, I use an iron as well. You have to make sure you have the bags with the seal down the back, the noisy cello bags. ![]()
the bag doesn't melt if you iron it-i'm not sure i understand...i usually seal mine with a sticker (small adress sticker with my name and number) unless they've asked for ribbon (i'm gonna charge $extra for that next time)
Use a low setting. Some bags will melt. I was told you had to use the cello bags that have the seal down the back, different type of plastic than the "quiet," soft bags that do not have a seal down the back that are sold in the craft stores that will melt.
I use an impulse sealer to seal my bags. I also shrink wrap them using a heat gun. If I am using ribbon I close the bag with a 1.5" silver bag tie I got from nashville wraps and tie with a fabric ribbon.
When my impulse sealer broke I bought a cheap flat iron from walmart and used that on the lowest setting.
HTH Julia
I also use an impulse sealer that I found so much cheaper on Ebay and LOVE! Before that, I used a tiny curling iron.
Anyone know the difference between poly bags and cello bags? It may be the same thing, I dunno. I have a food saver and wondered if I could use with poly bags.
Thanks!
Here is where I learned about sealing bags with an iron and what bags work, etc.
http://cellobags.com/html/cello_bags_tutor.html
Not sure what model FoodSaver you have but I seal all kinds of bags with mine. I even sealed the bag of shredded lettuce you get at the store yesterday. I've never had a problem.
I do have the capability to manually set mine. I have it set at 3 for most of the stuff I seal.
I have a Professional II model. I've had it for years.
www.papermart.com has FDA-approved self-sealing bags that I use for my cookies. I also use the non-sealing bags and tie with curling ribbon.
I just got my order of the self-sealing bags from papermart. I really like them. I've been going back and forth on purchasing a sealer or a food saver and when I saw these bags, I thought I'd give them a try first. So far so good.
If I don't have enough extension on top to make it look nice with a bow, I use my vacuum sealer and start sealing it before it starts vacuuming. I personally think that this type of closure looks better with some type of label across the top, or a decorative strip cut with a scrapbooking cutter. I can say this because, unfortunately (for me
) I have never sold cookies....only make them for friends and probably have more time to do them than those of you that are selling. JMHO
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