Putting Stuff in Jars!

[condorlover1]

Just a quick post out of curiosity. When you jar your tobacco do you sterilize your new Mason jars in boiling water?

 

[charf]

I scrub mine with detergent and hot tap water inside and out and then rinse them well. While they are still hot I then pour water that has just come off the boil into them. After about a couple of minutes I tip the water out and let them air cool. As they are still quite hot any residual moisture evaporates. I then loosely put the lid on until I am ready to fill it. I won’t fill it until it is 100% back to room temp. This has worked for me so far.

 

[python]

I just hand wash with Dawn dish soap in water that's as hot as you can stand and then dry. If I'm doing a large number of them, I just run the jars and rings through the dishwas.h.e.r(sic) by themselves with no other dishes.
DO NOT run the lids as the heat from the dishwas.h.e.r(sic) can damage the rubber gasket on them.

(sic)=putting the word w.a.s.h.e.r normally creates this guy sher

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I did for awhile but quit doing it. I figure I'm just as likely to introduce something bad as prevent it.

 

[mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast]

I just open and jar and haven't had an issue.

 

[seanv]

I just fill the jar

 

[jpmcwjr]

Just a quick post out of curiosity. When you jar your tobacco do you sterilize your new Mason jars in boiling water?

Never.

 

[wolflarsen]

New jars are the most sterile they'll ever be.

Mason Jars for Pipe Tobacco - https://medium.com/@pylorns/mason-jars-for-pipe-tobacco-83ae13edc707#.huceveb3m

 

[didimauw]

Just a quick post out of curiosity. When you jar your tobacco do you sterilize your new Mason jars in boiling water?

No. I'm lazy. No ill effects yet.

 

[didimauw]

I just hand wash with Dawn dish soap in water that's as hot as you can stand and then dry. If I'm doing a large number of them, I just run the jars and rings through the dishwas.h.e.r(sic) by themselves with no other dishes.
DO NOT run the lids as the heat from the dishwas.h.e.r(sic) can damage the rubber gasket on them.

(sic)=putting the word w.a.s.h.e.r normally creates this guy sher

Very nice! Lmao

 

[redglow]

I just remove lid, fill, replace lid. No issues.

 

[weezell]

I just fill the jar

Yes, that's it...

 

[briarbuda48]

I rip open plastic, open jar, dump tobacco in, screw lid on. Approximately seven years and two hundred pounds later, still no mold.

 

[oldtoby]

I’ve canned for years and only sterilize jars when canning food products. For tobacco, I just rinse them out with hot water from the tap along with the lid. Paper towel dry and fill.

Tobacco is far from sterile, so I don’t go to extremes. Around 300 jars and never had a problem.

 

[Chasing Embers]

They come hermetically sealed, no need for sanitizing. I just fill them up and stick them in the closet.

 

[mtwaller]

I just put them straight into the jars with no sanitation, never had a problem.

 

[jaytex1969]

I detected a smell from manufacturing that I didn't like, so I get out a clean dish towel, rinse everything with very hot water and dry each one as I load it. No problems so far.

 

[aro222]

I’ve never washed a new jar before jamming it full of tobacco, never had a problem yet
Used ones I wash out with a mild dish soap and air dry completely before filling it again with a fresh batch

 

[oldtoby]

I detected a smell from manufacturing that I didn't like, so I get out a clean dish towel, rinse everything with very hot water and dry each one as I load it. No problems so far.


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Yeah jay, I have detected that smell in some of the jars myself.
Picked up a case of quart wide mouth jars today and the couple I used had that “funk” in them.

To me it’s sorta like buying new underwear or socks. It won’t hurt a thing, but I just feel better washing them before wearing. YMMV. ?

 

[ukbob]

Never washed one yet , had no problems.