Canning Jar Bands

AlittleSalt · November 24, 2015

Can you reuse the band part of a canning jar? Not the lid part - just the band.

The bands I have were used to store chili powder. They haven't been used to can with and they're not rusty or bent.

Thanks

**coronabarb** · November 24, 2015

Yes, the rings are reusable provided they are not bent or rusty.

AlittleSalt · November 24, 2015

Thank You

Worth1 · November 24, 2015

Salt once the jar is sealed you need to take the ring off.
One so it doesn't rust up.
The other you will be able to tell if the lid lost it's seal.
Here is how I store the rings.
In the kitchen hanging from a string with a bamboo skewer tied on the end that has been cut off short.
With jams and jellies I'm not going to use all at once I just reach for a ring to put on the jar.
Some of my rings are maybe 40 years old or more.
Worth
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Worth1 · November 24, 2015

Duplicate post.

clkeiper · December 3, 2015

I had a gift of some canning jars this Summer and when I opened them they had the nicest rings and flats I have ever have to work with, They were the Mainstays label from Walmart or Kmart... I want to say Kmart, though. I will go looking for them when I am near a Kmart next time.

November 24, 2015	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Canning Jar Bands Can you reuse the band part of a canning jar? Not the lid part - just the band. The bands I have were used to store chili powder. They haven't been used to can with and they're not rusty or bent. Thanks

November 24, 2015	#2
coronabarb Tomatoville® Recipe Keeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roseburg, Oregon - zone 7 Posts: 2,821	Yes, the rings are reusable provided they are not bent or rusty. __________________ Corona~Barb Now an Oregon gal

November 24, 2015	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Salt once the jar is sealed you need to take the ring off. One so it doesn't rust up. The other you will be able to tell if the lid lost it's seal. Here is how I store the rings. In the kitchen hanging from a string with a bamboo skewer tied on the end that has been cut off short. With jams and jellies I'm not going to use all at once I just reach for a ring to put on the jar. Some of my rings are maybe 40 years old or more. Worth IMG_20151124_9473.jpg Last edited by Worth1; November 24, 2015 at 08:22 PM.

December 3, 2015	#6
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	I had a gift of some canning jars this Summer and when I opened them they had the nicest rings and flats I have ever have to work with, They were the Mainstays label from Walmart or Kmart... I want to say Kmart, though. I will go looking for them when I am near a Kmart next time. __________________ carolyn k