Adventures In Mylar

[mtwaller]

I finally decided to quit being lazy and get my Gawith and SPC stuff mylar’d up for the long haul today. I used gusset 7”x5”x3” 7 mil bags from discountmylar.com and I have to say, they work perfectly. The square tins fit like a glove.



I divided the big SPC tins into 2 oz. portions to keep the stash fresh while I smoke through it at my glacial pace.





The monster special reserve brownies I did have to chop in half, but I have no plan to resell any of it, so no worries there. I used clean gloves for all tobacco handling as well as teasing the bags open to get everything in.



To seal the bags I simply used a hair straightener set to 400F, only letting it sit in one place for 1-2 seconds.

Finally, for the labels I found a free template online and tweaked it to my liking and printed them out at home on adhesive label paper. It was quite labor-intensive to sit and cut them all out, but I’m pretty tickled with how they turned out.





All in all I am extremely pleased with the results. Highly recommend Mylar for all those pesky tins that won’t keep forever ?

 

[didimauw]

You are much more meticulous than I! Where did the labels come from? Looks great!

 

[mtwaller]

You are much more meticulous than I! Where did the labels come from? Looks great!

Thank you, sir! I got the label from a site called canva.com if I remember correctly. They have a few free templates that are super intuitive to tweak right on the site, and probably tons more if you want to pay for them. I saved as a .png, cropped it, uploaded into google docs, then resized so I could get 6 per page. I believe the site offers printing services for a fee, but I’m cheap and didn’t want to pay for something I could do at home.

 

[captpat]

Those labels are pretty upscale, I just write on the bag with a sharpie.

 

[mtwaller]

Those labels are pretty upscale, I just write on the bag with a sharpie.

These labels were absolutely doing the most. I do enjoy things having a certain aesthetic, though. They only cost as much as the paper and a little bit of printer ink, and I was home sick yesterday so I figured what the hell ?‍

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

That's quite the production process. You're definitely more finicky than I am. I used magic marker to label my bags.

 

[mtwaller]

That's quite the production process. You're definitely more finicky than I am. I used magic marker to label my bags.

I’ve always enjoyed small detail-oriented tasks that other people find unbearably boring, for some reason. Personal failing, I suppose.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

You really get into the weeds of tobacco use, no pun intended.

 

[trouttimes]

I’m impressed. I am ashamed of my sharpe labeling. I just write…tobacco good or bad.

 

[MRW]

I finally decided to quit being lazy and get my Gawith and SPC stuff mylar’d up for the long haul today. I used gusset 7”x5”x3” 7 mil bags from discountmylar.com and I have to say, they work perfectly. The square tins fit like a glove.

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I divided the big SPC tins into 2 oz. portions to keep the stash fresh while I smoke through it at my glacial pace.

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The monster special reserve brownies I did have to chop in half, but I have no plan to resell any of it, so no worries there. I used clean gloves for all tobacco handling as well as teasing the bags open to get everything in.

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To seal the bags I simply used a hair straightener set to 400F, only letting it sit in one place for 1-2 seconds.

Finally, for the labels I found a free template online and tweaked it to my liking and printed them out at home on adhesive label paper. It was quite labor-intensive to sit and cut them all out, but I’m pretty tickled with how they turned out.

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All in all I am extremely pleased with the results. Highly recommend Mylar for all those pesky tins that won’t keep forever ?

What sealer do you use? I might give this a go.

 

[mtwaller]

What sealer do you use? I might give this a go.

I just used a hair straightener set to 400 degrees and it worked perfectly.

 

[Peter Turbo]

making the switch as well, just need to figure out what size bags will work best for me. love the labels.