OSK200913 Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket

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make Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. you'll need to lay out 5 reeds parallel to one another, with about 3/8ths of a space between them. weave a sixth reed perpendicularly through Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the other 5. bring Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the sixth reed over Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the first reed, under Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the second, over Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the third, under Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the fourth and over Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the fifth reed. weave 4 more reeds in this manner, making sure that they are parallel to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the sixth reed.
ensure that Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the squares formed by Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base weaving are no bigger than 3/8 inch (.9 cm).
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bend Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the reeds. bend Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the reeds that stick out from Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the square base into an upwards position. these bent reeds are called spokes. bending them will make it easier to weave and these spokes will act as Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the supports for Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket.
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split a center spoke. split one end of either Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the third or eighth spoke, starting where it comes out from under Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the last spoke to cross it. you will now have eleven spokes. you'll be putting Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the weaver into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the split.
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weave Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. put Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the tapered end (Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the smaller end) of a weaver reed into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the split spoke and hold it in place with a clothespin. keep Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the weaver reed near Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket and weave, by going over one spoke and under Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the next.
if you're going for a square shape, hold Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base corners together with clothespins. this will help maintain Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the shape of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base.
continue to attach and weave new reeds through Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes for 3 or 4 rows, depending on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the desired height of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. each new reed should be stacked above Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the reed woven before it.
do your best to make Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the weave snug and tight, but not too tight or you can screw up Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. you, also, want to make sure that Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the weave isn't too loose.
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foot Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base. this means closing up those square holes that are still in Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base. starting in Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the left corner of your basket, take Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the corner spoke and tug it gently. tug more firmly on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the second spoke. you want to tug quite firmly on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the middle spoke because this will create an arch in Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the bottom of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. move to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the 4th spoke and tug gently again.
straighten your spokes and repeat on all 4 sides of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket, until Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the holes in Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base are closed.
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continue weaving. keep attaching and weaving new reeds through Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes. make sure that you don't pull too hard on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the corners, because that will make your spokes bend inward and you'll lose your basket's shape.
you also don't want your corners to be too loose, which can happen if you aren't keeping your spokes upright and parallel while you weave.
stop weaving once you've reached your desired height.
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pack Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base. push or pull Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the woven rows down towards Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base as you weave. ensure that there is no space between Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base and Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the rows. start pressing or pulling from Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base and move up to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newer reeds as you go.
a properly packed basket should have a nicely arched base, straight, parallel spokes, properly spaced corners, and tight weaver rows.
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finish Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the top of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. stop weaving your last reed after you have woven 4 spokes past Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the split spoke. taper Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the reed with scissors, moving from Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the fourth spoke to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the end of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the reed. weave until all of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the final reed has been woven into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes.
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trim Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. cut Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes with scissors. Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes should be 1/2 to 2 inches (1.3 to 5 cm) higher than Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the last woven reed. fold Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes towards Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the inside of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket over Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the top row of reeds. insert Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the end of each spoke into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the third row from Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the top. ensure that each spoke lies flat against Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the inside of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket.
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make Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the rim. you'll wrap a reed around Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the top row of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket and pin it to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket with a clothespin. now, anchor Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the new reed by weaving its bottom end into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the top few rows inside Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. this reed is called Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the lacer.
bring Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the lacer up and over Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the reed pinned to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket and insert it through Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the front of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the woven rows. now pull Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the lacer inside Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. continue wrapping Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the lacer around Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the pinned reed, circling Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the circumference of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket.
glue Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the end of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the lacer inside Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket.
weaving with newspaper
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make your newspaper sticks. you'll use these rolled up sections of newspaper as Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the spokes and weavers for your basket. get a thin stick, like a thin knitting needle or a pine skewer or 3mm dowel.
cut Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newspaper in half horizontally and then again horizontally.
place Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the stick at a corner of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the piece of newspaper at an acute angle to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newspaper. start rolling Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newspaper around Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the stick, making sure that you're doing so tightly.
when you've rolled it all Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the way to Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the other corner, glue it onto Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newspaper roll to hold it in place. remove Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the dowel or knitting needle. one end will usually be a bit narrower than Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the other on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newspaper sticks, but that's how it is supposed to look. when you're weaving you'll stick Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the narrower section of one newspaper stick into another to make them longer.
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make Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the base. cut out two rectangular pieces of cardboard whatever size you want your basket to be. on one side of one of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the cardboard pieces, put double sided tape. lay out your newspaper sticks along Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the sides (you'll want to do about 13 on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the long side and 7 on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the short size).
always use an odd number of sticks when making your base.
use double sided tape on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the second piece of cardboard and press into place a piece of fabric, whatever color you'd like. put glue on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the side that won't be facing out and glue Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the two pieces of cardboard (one with Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the fabric and one with Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the sticks) together. put something heavy on them and leave to dry (about and hour).
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begin weaving. start at one of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the corners. take a newspaper stick (a weaver) and fold it in half. thread it around Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the corner stick. using each half of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the weaver weave around Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the upright sticks, with one half of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the stick and Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the other half in back.
keep Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the upright sticks parallel to one another and pulled upright, and keep Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the weavers pulled tight. you don't want them too loose.
at Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the corners you'll want to do an extra twist (over and under) before continuing Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the twist down Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the next side.
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make Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the newspaper stick longer. as you reach Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the end of a tube, you'll need to add another stick to it, so that you can keep going. this is a lot easier than it sounds! all you have to do is insert Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the narrow end of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the second stick into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the first and push it in enough that it is secure.
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finish Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. once you've added rows until you've reached Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the height you want, it's time to finish Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket. this is very easy. cut Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the leftover upright newspaper sticks to about 1 inch (2.54 cm).
for every other upright stick you'll fold into down into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket and glue it in place. use a clothespin to dry it in place.
for Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the sticks you didn't fold into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket, you'll fold down on Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the outside and weave into Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the upper part of Direct factory Eco-friendly Stainless Steel Rectangular Cooking French Fries Wire Mesh Deep Frying Basket of the basket.
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paint it. this is a completely optional step, as newspaper baskets look cool just as they are, but you can also paint them a color of your choosing. you could use a white acrylic paint and add a tinted varnish (which makes them look like a more 'authentic' basket), or you could use a bright, bold spray paint.