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BingBong

Lifer
Apr 26, 2024
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Imagine jarring a tin of nitroglycerine.

I have started to bag half the flakes in a tin of flake, small bag that can live in the tin, to keep part two moist until I get to it. Burley or VaBur flake especially, loses flavour dried out.
 

Skyfall

Lifer
Dec 17, 2024
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Had one come in not in great condition.
Opened it up today. I’m not too sure the seal was intact or not. (Could not smell any tobacco before opening it)
Jarred the flake contained inside.

I am going to save the tin, toss something else in it and see if it dries out.

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Groot5225

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 3, 2023
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I only have a four-year sample of PH cans, but I weighed them to the third decimal in grams, and last time I checked in January, there has been no change in weight.

So far, so good.
 

Skyfall

Lifer
Dec 17, 2024
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I had a can I used to just reseal for several years with no problem. I finally just jarred it so I wouldn't have to find something to pry the top off each time.
Just opened two cans of it today.
One can was damaged… I think it still held the seal. Other can was pristine, and held a seal. I’d trust the undamaged one to hold a seal and even reseal tobacco in.
 

Skyfall

Lifer
Dec 17, 2024
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I did a test seal on a can.
Took an undamaged can and jarred the tobacco.

I poured water into the paint can, sealed it, turned it upside down.
After about 10 mins I could see water coming out of the can. Not sure this constitutes enough concern about long term storage in these tins though.
 
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PiperCalvinist

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 9, 2024
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I'm not sure if the OP meant sealing for cellaring or sealing for an opened can - will it dry out the blend if I keep it in there X amount of weeks or months? I'm asking about the later, because I just got 100gm tin and I typically put all my opened tins in a mason jar, but I was wondering if this paint can provides a better seal for an open tin versus a standard round tin?
 

Sobrbiker

Lifer
Jan 7, 2023
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Casa Grande, AZ
Sir there are things that simply can not be “learned”. They must be absorbed by experiential immersion. It’s a four year internship. I’ll have my Director of Irreverence and Incontinence reach out to you.

In the meantime;

A penguin has some car trouble...​

A vacationing penguin is driving his car through Arizona when he notices that the oil pressure light is on. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.
After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big dish of ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands he makes a real mess trying to eat with his flippers. After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says "It looks like you blew a seal."
"No no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."
That’s actually one of my favorite jokes, and was told often in my tenure as a bartender in Arizona in the eighties and nineties.
Well played sir.

Just here for the commentary, I’ve yet to have any paint can tobak, but I remember being a child in the seventies and my dad had some from Iwan Ries that had the little lever attached to pop the lid, and never heard him cussing them.
 
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woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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SE PA USA
I did a test seal on a can.
Took an undamaged can and jarred the tobacco.

I poured water into the paint can, sealed it, turned it upside down.
After about 10 mins I could see water coming out of the can. Not sure this constitutes enough concern about long term storage in these tins though.
Isn’t that abit like returning a new car to the dealership because it won’t wash dishes?