Homemade Gel Pack Recipe

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Homemade Gel Pack 37 Community Pick Submitted by JustaQT "This is great for injuries and keeping beverages cool."   icons / ellipsis / ellipsis-horizontal save Download Print Share I Made This photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns) Ingredients: 2 Yields: 1 Large Gel Pack Nutrition information

ingredients

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• 3 cups water
• 1 cup rubbing alcohol

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directions

• Mix, then seal in a freezer bag, then encase in a second bag.
• Place in the freezer.
• Note: The more alcohol you use, the softer the pack will be, making it more gentle on injuries than an ice pack.

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1. Earlier this year I had such a horrible cough that I dislocated a rib. OUCH! This gel pack really helped because I was able to use a gallon size freezer bag and wrap it around my ribcage. I used a few drops of blue food coloring so everyone would know what it was when they opened the freezer. Thanks for posting this!!   icons / ellipsis / ellipsis-horizontal HeatherN Reply 4 See 1 Reply
2. After knee surgery, we needed an ice pack for my airedale mix dog. This worked out perfect as it would conform to her leg.   icons / ellipsis / ellipsis-horizontal dogsandwoods Reply 3
3. Awesome. It's helping me with my headache. Thank you for sharing :)   icons / ellipsis / ellipsis-horizontal Mami J Reply 3
4. Perfect idea to help save some $$ instead of buying ones at the pharmacy. They freeze in about 4-6 hours. I found that this recipe makes a huge gel pack (gallon size bag) & it took 6 hours to freeze -- so I made some again using two quart size bags and splitting the recipe between the two bags. This is a much more manageable size in my opinion and takes just 4 hours to freeze into a gel. The only downside I see is that they do not refreeze - they just turn into one big block of ice. I'm wondering if I added more alcohol to the melted pack if it would work. That is my next trial. I'm going to make up a bunch to keep in a cooler for both soccer teams to have for those injuries that occur during the games. Thanks for posting and sharing. Found this recipe while searching for items to post in Topic of the Month March 2009 Going Green forum (Thread Going Green without Spending a lot of Green). Thanks!   icons / ellipsis / ellipsis-horizontal HokiesMom Reply 3
5. This is an awesome recipe! Nicely conforms to any body part and seems extra cold! ;-)   icons / ellipsis / ellipsis-horizontal Lilmsbritches Reply 2

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