Paint Can Style Tin Sealing

[anotherbob]

Jolting this (relatively) ancient thread back to life to inquire with my forum brethren about the other, larger can type. Think Maple Shadows, SWRA etc.

Should I be sticking these still sealed cans in mylar per Hoosier's earlier advice, or is it fine to just leave 'em be? FYI I don't plan on opening these for some time, if that makes a difference.

neither you should give them too orphans who don't have pipe tobacco to fill their pipes.

 

[Servant King]

neither you should give them too orphans who don't have pipe tobacco to fill their pipes.

The no tobacco thing I understand, but how do they even have pipes?

 

[anotherbob]

The no tobacco thing I understand, but how do they even have pipes?

Their orphans not homeless.

 

[Servant King]

Their orphans not homeless.

Fair enough, but they should be using their time to track down their genetic parents, not sipping on the gentle graham cracker notes of SWRA. But hey, if they can multi-task, more power to them. I just don't want 'em coming to me when they get tongue bite from puffing too fast after hitting dead end after dead end.

 

[cynyr]

Just goes to show, ya can't bullshit a bullshitter.

 

[anotherbob]

Fair enough, but they should be using their time to track down their genetic parents, not sipping on the gentle graham cracker notes of SWRA.

not to kick a dead horse, you know where their parents are napping in the dirt.

But hey, if they can multi-task, more power to them. I just don't want 'em coming to me when they get tongue bite from puffing too fast after hitting dead end after dead end.

That's what pipe camp is for.

 

[mortonbriar]

Every tin I have had a compromised seal on has just had the tobacco dried out as I like it...

 

[Servant King]

Seriously though...does my SWRA can need some mylar, or can it just sit and hang out for a few years the way it is?

 

[Sobrbiker]

I’ve no experience with the paint can style tobacco tins, but I know they’ve worked pretty good for a long time with paint.

 

[larryspencer]

I had a couple of Perriti paint cans, with several years on them, that had to be restored in Mason jars.

 

[Aylesbury Pike]

I recall a fellow on this board (who I believe works in the industry) told me that the paint can style tins are good for up to ten years. Personally, I can't help opening them since I don't consider them "sealed" to begin with. Something about the vacuum seal or ring pull on normal cans functions as a psychological barrier to opening for me that I really enjoy.

 

[Brad H]

In a different thread I posted my results on a Peter Heinrich’s paint can tin.
After hating the contents I filled the tin with water. Turned the tin upside down and could see a water leak from the tin. It wasn’t much but after 30 mins or so, you can tell it wasn’t 100% sealed. But that was also water, not tobacco in an upright tin…. So the results may vary. I chose to tin the components. I also have a set of curly/dark/golden slice in the paint cans I’m leaving for the long run. Will know something better in about 5 years when they are opened.

 

[Servant King]

Will know something better in about 5 years when they are opened.

 

[craiginthecorn]

I don’t understand why this style of tin has this reputation for poor sealing. I have decades old tins that were just fine. I‘ve never had a problem with one. In addition, they reseal easily and reliably. But, Sablebrush has been at this longer than me. He doesn’t trust them long-term. Sometime ago, I took some of my HU tobacco and repackaged the tobacco in mylar packs, then placed the packages back inside their original tins. When I unseal those, it’s interesting to see how the vacuum packaging has pressed the tobacco into a sort of cake tobacco.