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jayerose 09-10-2024 05:42 AM

Storing Ziploc bags, etc. in Garage
 
Has anyone ever stored the following in their garage, and they survived?

Ziploc bags
Wax paper
Foil sheets

thank you.... brought a lot :)

retiredguy123 09-10-2024 06:34 AM

I don't see a problem, but I store all small items in large plastic bins. They are especially good for storing cans of paint and other liquids.

asianthree 09-10-2024 06:40 AM

No worry on storing in garage, not attic. Also any cardboard draws insects, cockroaches. Make sure you store in plastic bins. Few years ago had a box usps delivered, it wasn’t sealed well. 2 German cockroaches crawled out. I open all my boxes in the garage first.

Stu from NYC 09-10-2024 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2369134)
No worry on storing in garage, not attic. Also any cardboard draws insects, cockroaches. Make sure you store in plastic bins. Few years ago had a box usps delivered, it wasn’t sealed well. 2 German cockroaches crawled out. I open all my boxes in the garage first.

How do you know they were German? Did they come with passport? Asking for a friend,

MrFlorida 09-10-2024 08:26 AM

Plastic ok, cardboard no.

asianthree 09-10-2024 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2369197)
How do you know they were German? Did they come with passport? Asking for a friend,


I closed the box sealed it, called Justine from Deans. She came in 20 minutes of my call. Identify the critters, as German, said they probably hitched a ride no passport required (her pun).

She did however check the entire house drawers, nooks cabinets just in case. We had the pleasure of her experience for 12 years. Then we moved couldn’t bring her with us.

JRcorvette 09-10-2024 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jayerose (Post 2369113)
Has anyone ever stored the following in their garage, and they survived?

Ziploc bags
Wax paper
Foil sheets

thank you.... brought a lot :)

Yep all of them and our garage gets really Hot…. No issues

Pondboy 09-10-2024 09:32 AM

You should really move away from any type of plastic bags. Not only are they bad for the environment, they leach chemicals into any food that you store into them.

Don’t even get me started on the microwaveable heat and serve stuff (wrapped in plastic) that they sell in the stores.

mraines 09-10-2024 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jayerose (Post 2369113)
Has anyone ever stored the following in their garage, and they survived?

Ziploc bags
Wax paper
Foil sheets

thank you.... brought a lot :)

I have a cabinet in my garage and store these as well as canned food, dog food, etc. with no problems.

OrangeBlossomBaby 09-10-2024 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2369200)
I closed the box sealed it, called Justine from Deans. She came in 20 minutes of my call. Identify the critters, as German, said they probably hitched a ride no passport required (her pun).

She did however check the entire house drawers, nooks cabinets just in case. We had the pleasure of her experience for 12 years. Then we moved couldn’t bring her with us.

So they were illegal immigrants living in your garage. The horrors!

MrChip72 09-10-2024 08:33 PM

Because we rent our place to tenants a few months of the year, we keep a locked metal cabinet in our garage against one wall. We leave all that stuff inside it plus garbage bags, aerosol stuff, extra cleaning supplies, etc. The only thing that we never put inside it is any sort of food even if it's dry food or cans.

Cuervo 09-11-2024 04:24 AM

I've stored all my plastic bags in the garage for years, I don't use wax paper so I don't know what effect it would have on that. What I do not store in the garage is can goods, the humidity will cause them to rust. I don't know how much can stuff I've thrown out.

Rocksnap 09-11-2024 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2369197)
How do you know they were German? Did they come with passport? Asking for a friend,

It was their German accents that gave it away.

MandoMan 09-11-2024 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jayerose (Post 2369113)
Has anyone ever stored the following in their garage, and they survived?

Ziploc bags
Wax paper
Foil sheets

thank you.... brought a lot :)

It’s routinely 100° in our garages in the summer if we drive in our hot cars and close the door. The melting point of aluminum is 1,221°. The softening point of Ziploc bags is 230°. Supposedly waxed paper has a melting point of 420°. I also keep extra toilet paper, paper towels, and Kleenex in the garage. I’ve seen a couple big roaches in the garage in two years, but they are the outside kind and seem befuddled and slow on a dry concrete floor. I just stomp them.

Girlcopper 09-11-2024 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2369197)
How do you know they were German? Did they come with passport? Asking for a friend,

You can tell by looking at them


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