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[Ron Pratt]

Sean, welcome aboard! You said you drained the meat and didn’t rinse it so you did that properly! At just one week you are just now starting to form a bond, but my thoughts are are you handling the bag and that is making you think it is not bonding? Once I seal my meat I place it on a rack and then I don’t move it again until after the aging. By handling you interfere with the bonding and then there is always the risk of a pinhole puncture. Inspect it without moving it say in another week and tell me your assessment of the bonding. Bottom line I think you will be ok! Ron