Microwave bowls
 

Does anyone know if you can use regular 100% batting in place of the batting that is made for the microwave bowls. Is there any difference? I know it has to be all cotton as polyester will melt in the microwave. Just wondering if there is any difference.

I made the potato bags and microwave bowls with regular 100% batting. They are fine. I think they use regular 100% cotton batting and just put it in a bag labeled "for microwave".

Thanks, that is what I thought but wanted to be sure .

I used regular 100%cotton bat and just doubled it to make it more heat resistant.

I've read that the scrim used in some cotton batts makes it unusable in the microwave. This includes Warm and Natural.

I don't put my fabric bowl in the microwave. I slide the heated bowl into my fabric bowl when warm. Thick I am as I never thought about putting the fabric bowl into the microwave. My way works for me so will keep doing it my way.

Just remember that warm & natural is not 100% cotton. The batt is, but there's a polyester scrim that's used to stabilize it and it will melt. Their 100% cotton batt is Warm & Plush. Don't know about the other brands.

You can purchase batting without scrim for microwave bowls. 100% cotton without scrim.

As others have said, just make sure it is 100 % cotton batting.

I put just cotton batting in the microwave and it did burn. Please test it before you decided to sew a bowl.

I called the Warm company after being unable to find the Tater bag batting...they told me to NOT use Warm and Natural because of a poly scrim on it.
Also please remember only to use cotton thread.

This may be a stupid question but why would you microwave it?

I must be lucky as I have used warm and natural in my fabric bowls; have had no problem with them under by soup bowl in the mircrowave. Then again, I only use it for 2-3 minutes!

Auntnana, you put under the bowl in the microwave to act as a hot pad so you don't burn your fingers taking the bowl out of the microwave. Also work great for cold bowls of icecream!

Too funny! I did the same thing with mine until just recently. I bought mine at a craft show a couple of years ago and it just didn't occur to me to put it in the microwave with the bowl. Anyway, tried it once with no problem but probably won't do it again. Made me kind of nervous :)

I had heard this as well. I buy Warm and Natural without scrim. My mother loves her microwave bowls, but never puts them in the microwave.

I used w and n 100% cotton batting until the warnings terrified me into using Tater batting. Not one has complained and I haven't heard of any fires so far ��. I labeled my bobbins "cotton" to make sure I don't mess that up. I did put the batting in the wave for about 5 minutes and no problem. As I said I'm now too terrified to use other than special batting. I try to but it on sale.

I made my microwave bowls with all cotton. Cotton fabric, cotton thread and a double layer of cotton batting (W&N). Best not to use polyester (thread, batting, fabric) because they can melt in the microwave. I love these bowls. Great for making my oatmeal in the morning and warming up leftovers.

I posted before I read the post about W&N. So far I haven't had any problems but will use them differently now. My original bowls I use the bowl batting that I purcdhased on sale at JA's for 50% off.

I really need to make some of these.

please be very careful what you put in your bowls... especially if you plan to put them in the microwave, or to gift them. I purchased a potato bag from a craftshow, gifted it to my MIL, and it started on fire in her microwave the first time she used it. Not cool! I had been using one for a couple of years, and had chalked up her bad experience to the fact it was a high powered microwave. About a year ago, mine started on fire, as well, in my 20 year old microwave that didn't even have the power to pop popcorn.

Toss a piece of batting into the microwave and test cook it. Don't use any without testing first.

I was gifted a microwave cozy & it was a while before I started using it for my morning oatmeal. Now I can't do without it! I've been wanting to make some for Christmas gifts, but when I inquired about what the maker of mine used for batting, she didn't reply. In the meantime, a friend of mine went to a craft show before Christmas & bought one for herself & one to give her mom. She loves hers, but wanted a bigger one. So I bought the batting for microwaving & followed directions for making it, & I discovered that the bowl is thicker than the one I was given, & also thicker than the one my friend bought at the craft show. However, she loves it & I know hers won't catch fire -- I'm just not sure about the others!

I would not dare make these cozies with any other batting. I still don't know how the others were made -- did they use just one piece of batting? I used two.

Also important use 100% cotton fabric and 100% cotton THREAD...

microwave bowls
 

It will work, but you are taking a chance of it catching fire. The thermal stuff you use is the best bet.

I used warm and natural in mine and have never had a problem and I've been using mine for a couple of years almost daily

I use my microwave bowls almost daily. I love them. I used 100 % cotton, warm and natural, double layers. I've used/washed and dried them, and the only suggestion I have for myself if I make more is to do a little more quilting on them so when they are washed they don't shrink up as much. The last time I washed mine, I molded it back over the bowl I always use in it.

NO! I recently read an article about/by Warm and Natural where they discontinued the batting originally made for microwaving. In the article it stated that there was no guarantee that the batting wouldn't catch fire. Sorry but I don't have a link (and the memory isn't what it once was). I was going to make some bowls and decided against it after reading this. Better error on the side of caution imo.

I agree with tesspug, using 100% cotton batting, such as Warm & Natural works well. I tried one out and plan to make more for gifts and some for a craft fair I'm going to the end of June.

Read somewhere that with 100% cotton batting, fabric & thread, you still need to limit the time in the microwave to under 8 minutes -- and NOT use the bag again until after it cools all the way down. Made my own, it's all 100% cotton, and use it for 2 medium size potatoes only -- with a 1000 watt m/w, it takes 5 minutes, let sit in bag about 5 more. Wash, but hang to dry. So far so good...

I use the bowls but never heat them for more then 2 min. If it takes longer then 2 min to heat a bowl of food soup you need a new microwave. I don't use any batting product to cook anything in the microwave, only for heating up.

The fine print and the company themself say that Warm and Natural is only 87.7% cotton so the remainder is flammable. Use at your own risk.

Thanks for all the knowledge. I bought the microwavable stuff just because it was on sale, but I did think it was just repackaged cotton batting. Now I know!

Microwave bowl covers
 

WRAP-N-ZAP is the recommended product for microwave bowl covers and potato bags. Both are 100% cotton where as Warm and Natural has a non cotton scrim.