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tarheel7734

Age : 40 Location : Asheville NC Registration date : 2014-10-16
 | Subject: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:01 pm | |
| I have some mason jars I will be adding tobacco to. My question is how do you prep them? Do you just rinse them out with distilled water? Do you wash with soap and water? Do you boil them like in canning? |
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Dave_In_Philly

Age : 38 Location : Philly Registration date : 2011-08-18
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:04 pm | |
| I wash them with soap and water. Just to get the smell out. |
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DrumsAndBeer

Age : 46 Location : Northern, CA Registration date : 2012-04-04
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:13 pm | |
| If they were used for something other than tobacco I wash them thoroughly with soap and hot water. I also use a new lid and inspect the ring to make sure it's in good shape.
However, I typically never mix my tobacco jars with any that I have purposed for food, and if I am making a bulk tobacco purchase, I'll almost always buy a flat of jars specifically for that purchase. |
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tarheel7734

Age : 40 Location : Asheville NC Registration date : 2014-10-16
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:22 pm | |
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Simple Man

Age : 57 Location : North of Atlanta, South of Chattanooga Registration date : 2011-10-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:30 pm | |
| Just wash them with soap and water, rinse with some very hot water yo make sure all of the soap residue is gone, and make sure they are completely dry. I don't trust them being clean from the store. |
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Old Nate Not Really Old

Age : 35 Location : Western PA Registration date : 2014-08-27
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:57 pm | |
| Simple man is prob right. Can't trust the store. I like to air mine out for a few days, then a quick soap and hot water bath. |
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ftrplt

Age : 72 Location : Split between Raleigh, NC and OKC, OK Registration date : 2007-12-15
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:43 pm | |
| I wash mine in the dishwasher on the "High Temp Scrub/Sanitize" setting. After drying in the washer, I let them air dry. After loading them up with 'baccy, I lightly moisten the rubber sealing ring with distilled water. Then seal'em up. Works for me  FTRPLT |
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Thomas Tkach

Age : 31 Location : North Dakota Registration date : 2010-11-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:49 pm | |
| If they're new or used previously for tobacco, I don't do anything. |
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monbla256

Age : 73 Location : DFW Metroplex, Texas Registration date : 2012-01-15
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:18 pm | |
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beardedbassguy

Age : 39 Location : Texas Registration date : 2014-11-05
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:31 pm | |
| I'm new at this... But I didn't do anything to my new jars. |
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idbowman

Age : 36 Location : Painesville, OH Registration date : 2011-12-19
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:40 pm | |
| - ftrplt wrote:
- I wash mine in the dishwasher on the "High Temp Scrub/Sanitize" setting. After drying in the washer, I let them air dry. After loading them up with 'baccy, I lightly moisten the rubber sealing ring with distilled water. Then seal'em up. Works for me
FTRPLT
This is pretty much what I do, though I never use detergent - just the hottest water the machine can spit out. I will occasionally use unscented dish soap and wash by hand if the blend going in is significantly different than the blend that was there before (not interested in aging a VaPer in a jar that might have some lingering note from a Lat Bomb). I still do the hot water/no detergent thing afterwards though, just to make sure any soap residue is blasted away. |
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leacha

Location : Colorado Registration date : 2014-01-08
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:02 pm | |
| Dishwasher (jars only). I bring 'em home, throw 'em in, put 'em back together in box.
If you use any "jet dry" stuff do not uuse the dish washer. Wash by hand. The jet dry crap leaves a film. |
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Thomas Tkach

Age : 31 Location : North Dakota Registration date : 2010-11-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:03 pm | |
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RDPipes

Age : 65 Location : East Texas Registration date : 2011-12-15
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:19 pm | |
| Ah, just spit in'em and wipe it out with your T-shirt and you'll be good to go. Screw all that sanitizing crap. Hell the tobacco's going to burn at around 750 degrees anyway, that'll kill just about anything. |
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Kyle Weiss

Location : Reno, NV Registration date : 2011-09-18
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:30 pm | |
| These steps are very important for all jars before you fill them with tobacco: * Unscrew the lid. * Insert (or remove) desired tobacco. * Don't forget to put the lid back on and twist it tightly closed. Otherwise Monbla and Cart are on to something.  |
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fsu92john

Age : 49 Location : Orlando, FL Registration date : 2014-01-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:23 pm | |
| New jars I don't do anything with other than filling them with tobacco. If I want to reuse jars, I run them through the dishwasher BY THEMSELVES (I don't want any food residue) and with no detergent. I only do this if I'm putting a different tobacco in the jar, though--otherwise I just refill. |
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Brewdude Moderator

Age : 66 Location : Arid-zona Registration date : 2011-05-04
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:04 pm | |
| I'm pretty simple here-
New jars go right into use with no treatment.
Used jars go into the dishwasher. Let them dry completely until the next day before refilling. Make sure the lid seals are sound. Any rings that have oxidation and are rough get thrown out.
This has worked for me for a good few years.
Cheers,
RR |
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Simple Man

Age : 57 Location : North of Atlanta, South of Chattanooga Registration date : 2011-10-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:08 pm | |
| - Brewdude wrote:
- I'm pretty simple here-
New jars go right into use with no treatment.
Used jars go into the dishwasher. Let them dry completely until the next day before refilling. Make sure the lid seals are sound. Any rings that have oxidation and are rough get thrown out.
This has worked for me for a good few years.
Cheers,
RR
Yea, until you are diagnosed with masonjaritis. |
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Simple Man

Age : 57 Location : North of Atlanta, South of Chattanooga Registration date : 2011-10-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:18 pm | |
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flytyer

Age : 52 Location : N E Pa. Registration date : 2009-03-22
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:32 pm | |
| I use the new jars right out of the package. |
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Simple Man

Age : 57 Location : North of Atlanta, South of Chattanooga Registration date : 2011-10-24
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:43 pm | |
| - flytyer wrote:
- I use the new jars right out of the package.
Me too... now. |
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tarheel7734

Age : 40 Location : Asheville NC Registration date : 2014-10-16
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:11 pm | |
| - Simple Man wrote:
- flytyer wrote:
- I use the new jars right out of the package.
Me too... now.
Guess I dont have to do anything but fill the jars now. |
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balkan_boy

Age : 42 Location : Sofia, Bulgaria Registration date : 2014-02-17
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:31 am | |
| If they're new, I don't do anything. Sometimes they come from the store smelling like something artificial, in that case I air them for a day or two and they're good to go. |
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SpeedyPete
Age : 74 Location : Cape Town Registration date : 2011-01-28
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:32 am | |
| Urine kills all kinds of germs and other kinds of goggas which may harm the tobacco over time
So I just piss in my bottles, screw the lids (on), give it a good toss/shake and that's it.
Never had any problems so far. |
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MichaelM

Age : 53 Location : Souderton, PA Registration date : 2014-02-13
 | Subject: Re: how do you prep your jars? Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:31 am | |
| Note to self. If SpeedyPete offers to share tobacco... |
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