Do You Clean Your Jars Before Jarring?

[alaskanpiper]

I'm lazy. I just take the old jar, use a dry paper towel to wipe out the tobacco dust, and put in a blend of the same type. I.E. If it had a vaper, it gets a vaper. If it had an english, it gets an english. I figure if I expected whatever residue in there to go long term with one tobacco on top of it, why wouldn't it go just as long with a different blend on top of it.

If the jar were 20 years old I might just toss it, but jars that have only had a blend in them for a little while, meh, I just pile the new blend on top of the dust after a quick DRY wipe.

 

[bullet08]

depends on how i feel that day. there are lot of things floating around the house. best prevention for mold can introduce more molds.

 

[rdoss16]

there is a very cheap product called Starsan which is used often in homebrewing of beer. Its a liquid that is diluted and sterilized bottles, brewing carboys, equipment etc. this is what i have used in the past to wash out jars utlized to store anything else.

 

[BROBS]

I'm lazy. I just take the old jar, use a dry paper towel to wipe out the tobacco dust, and put in a blend of the same type. I.E. If it had a vaper, it gets a vaper. If it had an english, it gets an english. I figure if I expected whatever residue in there to go long term with one tobacco on top of it, why wouldn't it go just as long with a different blend on top of it.

If the jar were 20 years old I might just toss it, but jars that have only had a blend in them for a little while, meh, I just pile the new blend on top of the dust after a quick DRY wipe.

exactamundo.

 

[Dissident_Mantis]

No, but they do smell like farts sometimes when I first open them. I have rinsed them with whiskey before jarring to see if i can create the Frog Morton Cellar effect on some of my English blends, but I won't open those jars for a couple of years and have no idea how it will turn out.

 

[BROBS]

No, but they do smell like farts sometimes when I first open them.

WHERE U BUY UR JARS BRO?

 

[Dissident_Mantis]

WHERE U BUY UR JARS BRO?

lol!

 

[Thepipehunter]

I don't wash them if they are new. If I use them again I'll wash it out though.

 

[jpmcwjr]

No wash new jars. No clean counter top jars for currently in-use tobaccos. Sometimes wash jars for longer term storage, but not always.

 

[jpmcwjr]

My guess is that the tin and probably the tobacco as well is at some point exposed to temperatures that will kill mold.

I very much doubt that. I believe it has to undergo very high temps for some time, which would materially darken the tobacco.

 

[whsergent]

I very much doubt that. I believe it has to undergo very high temps for some time, which would materially darken the tobacco.

Idk about that. Most micro organisms cant survive past the low one hundreds or so.

 

[olkofri]

Always wash them with dish soap and water, and I make sure they're thoroughly dry before pouring the tobacco in.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Idk about that. Most micro organisms cant survive past the low one hundreds or so.

I was thinking sterilization, which isn't necessary perhaps, and don't know at what threshold mold spores get killed.

 

[boston]

I wish I felt I didn't need to do so, but I run all jars and lids through the dishwasher, with a heated dry cycle. I feel I'm taking the time to jar (costly) tobacco for long term storage, and the exercise takes an extra 2 hours (in my dishwasher), so it's not a big deal for me. I consulted in medical device manufacturing in a former life, and saw some stuff that was surprising in terms of a lack of proper cleaning and sterilization. I'm not inclined to think the jar companies do better so I choose not to take a chance. Then, I use a vacuum sealer for the lids.

I used to use heat jars to seal the lids like I do for tomato sauce, submerging jars in hot water, but Greg Pease warned me against that... told me that I was stoving the tobacco...or heating it to a point where it changed...I don't remember which. So there it is, for long term storage and aging, now I dishwasher, heat dry, then vac seal my jars.

 

[drrock]

I don’t wash new jars. When I reuse a jar I simply wipe it out with a Kleenex. Haven’t had any mold issues & my oldest “canned” tobaccos are dated 2006.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I think it's unusual how much faith we place on what happens inside a dishwasher. It must have been another thread, because I don't see it in this one, but I had posted that basically what happens is that hot water gets sprayed onto the dishes, with a mild detergent, and then sprayed again with water, and maybe heated enough to dry. But, I have left plastic cups that would melt at boiling temperature in the dishwasher for a run through with pots and pans (the cycle that is supposed to sterilize them) but the cups come out just fine.
Cheese, peanut butter, and some dressings seem to resist the powers of the washer, and I have to get onto my kids for trying to run them through a second time, because if they didn't get cleaned the first time, the second time is just silly... wash it with a rag and be done with it.

 

[mityahicks]

Nope.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Oh crap, I guess I did post something to this effect last month. Sorry, I didn't intend to beat a dead horse.

 

[BROBS]

I would bet you're more likely to get mold in the jar by putting it into your dishwasher than by putting tobacco in a brand new jar.

 

[weezell]

No!...