Originally Posted by
feline fanatic
I have read WAAAY to many accounts of these "microwave save" quilting products catching fire in a microwave.
Thanks FF! I hadn't seen this. The scariest one is the one where they hung the bag up after use and it caught fire after they'd left the room.
http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/cou...iscussion.html
I do think there are extenuating circumstances in some of the cases. The bags are supposed to be washed after use (the starches, the oils, etc), the wrong battings, threads, etc.
You're right though. I would feel really badly if one of them caught on fire.
I might make a few for us and just use them for once we remove the bowls from the microwave.
Originally Posted by
mckwilter
Pellon makes a product called Wrap N Zap, which is 100% cotton, no scrim. I found it at JoAnn's and it can be ordered on line.
I just saw this at Fabric Land the other day for the first time. It's the Pellon product I referred to. I think it would be worth testing in the mocrowave the way some people have been. It reads like it's the same as the Warm Tater.
Originally Posted by
dunster
Where did you get the 13% figure for W&N? I'm really surprised that it would be that high a percentage of the batting.
Since there were so many problems with potato bags in the microwave, I hesitate to put any fabric in it. A friend gave me a lovely microwave bowl, but I will use it for other purposes.
Right on the paper wrap for the batting. 87.5% and 12.5%. It says it on the "federal requirement" portion.
In fact, the W&N I have here doesn't say that it's 100% cotton, unlike the Arctic Cotton, which says 100% cotton, then in small print says it's 88% and 12%. sheesh!
I think you guys are right, I will use the fabric bowls for after the bowls come out of the microwave. I will just try not to burn myself taking the bowls out, but that's better than burning the house down.