How To Clean Old Jars

Although they may not come out perfect and sparkling in the endthey HAVE spent five decades lying in a field after alltheyll certainly come out loads better and ready for their second life with you.

How to clean old jars. Pour a healthy dose of concentrated white vinegar over the jars so that they are completely immersed in it. Try a combination of vinegar bicarbonate of soda. While the water is hot pour it out not down the drain.

Finally take some paper towels with some soap and water and clean the inside of the jar. Be sure to resuse your alcohol from jar to jar to save yourself some money in rubbing alcohol. How to clean usedsecond-hand canning jars.

You may either hand wash your canning jars or run them through your dishwasher instead. Rinse the affected glass item off or rinse it out if it is a vessel of some sort such as a vase or bottle. The labels should come off easily without any sticky residue.

You can also soak the candle jar in warm water for 30 minutesthis will release the wax from the bottom of the container so you can pull it out. If you have several containers I would fill the first up to the top line of the deposit with cheap strong vinegar then stir in a spoonful of bicarb. Pour in one cup of white vinegar per gallon of hot water.

As hot as you can get it. Washe and repeat as necessary. It will fizz up a.

If the resin isnt too caked on cleaning your jar with hot water should do the trick. Fill with white distilled vinegar and soak the jars and lids for at least 30 minutes turning the jars as needed. This batch was particularly gross and covered in rust.