Washing Mason Jars?

[jpmcwjr]

Dishwasher for used jars.

 

[Zeno Marx]

I dishwasher before use, but because I eat glass jarred peanut butter every day, I never buy jars anymore. I also wash any new clothes I buy before wearing them. Socks, underwear, you name it. I've been in textile factories.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Splash of Everclear in jar, lid screwed on (just shy of tight, kind of leaky-loose), couple quick shakes then dump and let air dry.
This goes for new, goodwill estate jars, and changing blends…except for warhorse green-that gets its own jar forever.

 

[boston]

I wash them right out of the box and when use them again. Just soap and water, not too much of a nuisance. Tobacco costs more than the jars.

 

[mspadoni]

I've never washed the ones I bought and never had issues.

 

[bullet08]

Nope. Never washed mine. Never had any issues and certainly don't smell anything "off" in a new jar either. People who say they do, I swear its probably just all in their heads.

Great That's all they need. Pipe smoking and an imaginary friend in form of "ghost from the past pipe blend in a mason jar" x)

 

[sablebrush52]

New jars I just use.
When I reuse jars I clean and boil before reuse.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

I am way too new to give advice, but nice to hear that you don’t have to wash them. I was worried for a bit.

 

[Jesster109]

New jars get filled without washing. After they are empty, hand wash and up on the shelf they go until needed again.

 

[mateusbrown]

I wash anything and everything that can be washed because I am a borderline clean freak. As for storage jars, I buy the Classico spaghetti sauce that comes in Mason jars. It's good sauce, and you get a free jar. It looks like a quart jar, but it's more of a three-cup jar. Just rinse it out, soak in the dishwater to remove the label, scrape the residual glue off, run through the dishwasher. The original lids can be reused as well, one-piece rather than the two-piece canning rings and lids although the standard narrow mouth lid is easy to find if you want to go with that option.

 

[jmill208]

You can tell by the replies that this forum is definitely male centric.

I don’t always wash my Kerrs, but I always wash my Balls.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

I wash new jars. If it’s standard practice for canning why wouldn’t it be for tobacco storage. It’s as easy as a trip through the dishwasher to insure there sanitized. To refill with the same blend I don’t wash. If I’m changing blend then a quick trip through the dishwasher.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

A new jar fresh from a sealed case is cleaner than the tin your tobacco came from. I never saw a point.

How do you know there cleaner? That seems like an awfully big assumption.

 

[fireground_piper]

How do you know there cleaner? That seems like an awfully big assumption.

Have you ever watched video of a tobacco manufacturer facility or been to one in person? I have done both.

Tobacco isn’t governed by food safety rules for sanitization.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

Have you ever watched video of a tobacco manufacturer facility or been to one in person? I have done both.

Tobacco isn’t governed by food safety rules for sanitization.

That may be and is probably why some manufacturers have a problem with mold sometimes. I don’t want to give the tobacco any more of a reason to mold. It does that just fine on my own. So sanitizing jars to store said tobacco in will only help prevent this.

 

[OverMountain]

I don’t prewash, only dishwasher between blends.

 

[orlandofurioso]

I wash both new and used ones with hot water and dish soap, rinse with demineralized water and then sterilze them in the oven. Rigid yes, but my OCD demands it and I smoke so little, so want to prevent mold etc.
My friend thought me this safest method. The cellar is filled with home made jams, marmelades, preserved fruits, beans in mason jars etc.

 

[fireground_piper]

That may be and is probably why some manufacturers have a problem with mold sometimes. I don’t want to give the tobacco any more of a reason to mold. It does that just fine on my own. So sanitizing jars to store said tobacco in will only help prevent this.

Sure, do whatever you want to do. There's nothing wrong with that. I would say it's worth it to go and take a gander at the pictures and video that's out there to expand your own perception as well. Tobacco is more or less manhandled from field to tin/pouch/bag.

There's just no way, for me, a mason jar is what I'm worried about. If it's going to mold, it's going to mold because of a previous process failure.

 

[DollarStoreChili]

Whether washed by hand or dishwasher I always let my jars air out for a few days to let the detergent smell air out before putting anything in them. I've washed all my new jars before using.

 

[huntertrw]

Personally, I would never use a jar (new or otherwise) without first washing it. Consider this:

What many people see:


What it really is: