Rice at warmers
10-09-2016, 09:23 AM
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I use the stripped cotton that you used to see on bed pillows or a heavy cotton for the rice bag. I then make a flannel cover for the bag so I can wash the cover. I take the cover off, put the rice bag on a paper plate and heat. If I hand it to DH to heat he throws it in with the flannel cover on. I have several bags of different sizes (eye mask, neck, foot and lower back bag) and have been using them for a couple of years now. They have held up great and as a person who has perpetually cold feet I love them!
10-09-2016, 01:48 PM
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I can't say if fleece would work, but I just wanted to say that I couldn't live without these microwavable warmers in the winter. I put them in bed at night and they keep my feet from freezing. I use upholstery fabric and fill mine with cracked corn. You can find corn sold in 2 lb? bags in the pet food aisle. I've used rice too, but I like the smell of corn.
10-10-2016, 03:41 AM
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Do NOT use fleece, this material can cause a fire. Fleece is made from PLASTIC bottles. A fireman told me this, get them too hot (as some people do), they will catch fire in your M/W. Best material is 100% cotton flannel, it's all I ever use.
10-10-2016, 11:05 AM
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I also use 100% cotton for my microwavable heaters. Then I make 2 coverlets for it. One to put in the wash when dirty and one to use while the other one is in the wash. I never put the coverlets in the microwave - ever. Of course, these are all one-piece heaters.
The first one I ever had was made by someone else, and even though it was all cotton, when the cover got dirty, I had a heck of a time draining the rice from the sections and then re-sewing them. So I made one for myself and did it in sections, but made individual rice bags for each section. It works like a charm, but you still had to sew it back up.
So, now, I made individual ones and make pillow case like coverlets for them. They slip in and out really easy this way and are easier to clean.
The first one I ever had was made by someone else, and even though it was all cotton, when the cover got dirty, I had a heck of a time draining the rice from the sections and then re-sewing them. So I made one for myself and did it in sections, but made individual rice bags for each section. It works like a charm, but you still had to sew it back up.
So, now, I made individual ones and make pillow case like coverlets for them. They slip in and out really easy this way and are easier to clean.
Last edited by mac; 10-10-2016 at 11:09 AM.
10-10-2016, 03:18 PM
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For small warmers I like to use flax seed as it does not seem as easy to burn as rice and never has that cooked rice smell. I use a double cover (one to remove and wash and one to retain the seed). For Large warmers I use feed corn. It microwaves nicely and retains the heat for quite a while (got that tip from a nursing home attendant). Again, I use a double cover and velcro fasteners on both sizes.
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