Bowl cozy troubles
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Bowl cozy troubles
So many wonderful tutorials and patterns out there, but shopping for the required batt has been difficult. All agree one needs 100% cotton for use in a microwave-and that used to be Warm Tators. For some reason the supplier has discontinued it. After some time on the computer, I found they have temporarily replaced it with Warm&Plush. It has no poly scrim but is thicker than the recommended batt. Yesterday Joann's sold me a small batt of Warm and Natural Needled cotton batting as 100% cotton. When I got home in better light, I saw tiny print on the bottom of the bag's back that said 12.5% polypropylene! Makes me concerned about buying things at a craft show to be used in the microwave. Any thoughts?
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Bowl Cozy Batting
So many wonderful tutorials and patterns out there, but shopping for the required batt has been difficult. All agree one needs 100% cotton for use in a microwave-and that used to be Warm Tators. For some reason the supplier has discontinued it. After some time on the computer, I found they have temporarily replaced it with Warm&Plush. It has no poly scrim but is thicker than the recommended batt. Yesterday Joann's sold me a small batt of Warm and Natural Needled cotton batting as 100% cotton. When I got home in better light, I saw tiny print on the bottom of the bag's back that said 12.5% polypropylene! Makes me concerned about buying things at a craft show to be used in the microwave. Any thoughts?
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you don't need the specific warm tater batting. It just needs to be without any fillers. I use the Warm & Natural 100% cotton without fillers or scrim. So far, so good. I also created a little instruction sheet for customers that explains the fabric, batting, thread is 100% cotton (that's key). Then I instruct to only heat for 2 minutes at a time, let it cool down then continue another 2 minutes until item is hot enough. I've tested this and it works fine.
hope this helps !!
hope this helps !!
#5
I used the Warm and Natural in the potato bags, which I love. It was ok a couple times. Then one time I had scorching and threw it away. Bought the wrap n zap but haven't used it yet. Would flannel work? Maybe a couple layers?
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It depends more on the microwave then the type of cotton batting. I use warm and natural batting and the holders never get hot. One thing to remember is the holders are never meant to be heated more then a minute in a high wattage mircowave. My microwave gets liquid steaming in about one minute, food reheated in about 30 seconds. A low wattage microwave takes longer to heat so the heat builds up slower in the holder.
#10
I also use the Wrap N Zap for bowl warmers. According to the company the warm and natural 100% cotton batting is actually only 87.7% cotton. I wouldn't use it or sell them made with it.
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