How To Wash Glass Jars

Bring water to a boil and boil jars covered 15 minutes from time steam emerges from pot.

How to wash glass jars. Microwave for 30 - 45 seconds depending on the size of the jar. But for jars or bottles with smaller openings you have to really work to get the inside all the way clean. Instead leave them to stand upside down on a roasting tray while theyre still wet.

Place the jar on its side and hold it down with your other hand if this offers better control for your writing style while writing on a curved surface. After the jar has sat in the OxiClean solution for several hours or even a day or more rinse it and use the back of a butter knife to scrape off the label under running water. Funnel optional Add a tablespoon or so of rice to the bottle or jar a dash of dish soap and about 12 cup very hot water.

However though the Environmental Work Group gives washing soda an A rating for eco-friendly cleaning purposes it is not edible and is caustic meaning can burn your skin so make sure to use cleaning gloves when handling. Start with a wash in hot soapy water. If the interiors contain stuck-on food allow them to sit for half an hour.

Write on the jar as if tracing the paper lettering through the glass. Clean Inside Glass Jar Using Uncooked Rice. How to wash mason jars so old canning jars look new again.

Sterilize glass jars in hot water. Remember to use a PLASTIC scrub brush and not a brillo pad as it will scratch the glass on the jar and the lid. Fill your clean glass jars bottles with boiling water and leave to stand for one minute.

Then I washed the outside of the bottles and jars with hot soapy dishwater. Make sure the clean jars are warm before filling them. Add approximately an 12 inch of water in the jar.