Kirah spends 2 full days cleaning 100's of old mason jars she received from a 90 year old lady who no longer was able to can, and she shares her tips on how to get them looking new again.
Great video young lady! Nice to see young people getting into the canning and self sufficiency! Awesome....I've been canning and gardening for 35+ years and love to see people getting into it! Mike 🇨🇦😁👍
I just loved this video. I sure hope I can get my jars just as sparkling clean as you got yours. We live in a hard water area and everything comes out cloudy, but I think with your method, I won't see a cloudy patch anywhere, just like yours.
TONS of people use their dishwasher so don't worry about that. Not to mention the water gets much hotter than with hand washing. Most of the VERY experienced canners out there on YT use their dishwasher. Nice to see a younger person getting into canning !!!
Thank you sooooooo much for this advice. I just bought 400 old jars from someone for only $3 doz. I was excited because jars are impossible to find right now. However, I was sorely disappointed when I arrived and saw the condition they were in. I am super excited to find this info and hope it works for me. Thanks again!
All good for sure. I'm just lazier that that 😆. I but a product called" descaler" from a local restaurant supply. I fill my old black wb cannery with hot water and bring to a boil. Add the descaler. Using rubber gloves, I dunk the jars into the solution. Leave a few minutes then remove the jars. I run them through the dishwasher. No scrubbing. It also cleans out all the built up scale in the canner. I keep many very large aquariums. I use this to clean the scale on them as well created by the filters and splashing water. It's WAY less expensive than CLR.
I would clean the rusty jar in “IronOut”. The regular jars clean with Lysol toilet bowl cleaner if you have lime based mineral build up. I use a fuzzy toilet bowl brush since metal will scratch jars or you can use a scotch bright pad, prefer blue white or red. Green is a bit too harsh for glass
From experience, I'd say depending on the brand of dishwasher you have, there could be food particles whirling around in the cycles. Just saying! I wanted to add that I did find your video helpful since you showed step by step what your process was.. Thank you
Wonderful instruction and example. Thank you for your information! -- I do say, in love, that I had to mute when the music played. It was way, way too loud. IMHO, music is unnecessary to accompany someone's activities. You, yourself, are enough and more enjoyable.
Try your local wine or beer making supply store for the product home brewers use to clean their bottles. It will save you hours of scrubbing. In Canada its called Diversol. Good luck!
Give citric acid a try. I use citric acid in my water softener, swimming pool, as a brass cleaner and as a rust remover. For rust removal I use 2 tablespoons per quart of water to soak the rusted part for an hour to overnight. For maintaining my water softener I use 1 cup per 40lb bag. For cleaning brass I use 1 teaspoon no more to 1 gal of water and soak the part. I don't put citric acid in a spray bottle as it is better to soak. The main ingredient in Lemishine, used in the dishwashers, is citric acid.
I still can't get mine clean. Tried: soap, bar keepers friend, vinegar, bleach, CLR, Lye, Denture cleaners. Nothing worked. I'm wondering if they are etched more than Calcium build-up
They certainly can get etched. I've had a few over the years that were hopeless. Muratic acid is my last resort, but it's surprised me more than a few times when it worked so well.
@Steve Luzum Please don't use lye to clean the mason jars. Glass is made of anywhere between 60-80% silica, and lye reacts with silica, and will begin to weaken the glass over time if you use it too often.
Whoever canned with those jars probably did not add white vinegar in the canning water. Some glass can actually be so etched that nothing will clean them because sometimes the cloudiness is not grime but actual etching in the glass. If you use powdered detergent in your dishwasher, it can etch the glass and nothing will make them clear and sparkling again….sorry. Even if the glass is cloud, as long as you have thoroughly washed them, they can still use them for canning.
great tip, the music is way too loud relative to you talking though. I have to turn it up when you talk and then the walls shake when the music comes on.
Muriatic acid guys but treat it like a science experiment. Gloves and all ,and do your research. Home depot. For cleaning masonry. Big thing to me is neutralize it with a dunk in water and baking soda mix. 🍼 I dig bottles, Stains u couldn't believe. But rule of thumb is use less if it works
Hi and yes I think it will. Do you know what cause the glasses the turn white. Sometime it can be caused by abrasion and that cannot be fixed. If you have hard water and primarily use a dishwasher, that could be the cause of the build up and CLR should work!
Victory Urbanstead my water is hard but I do have whole house water softener installed , so this should not happen. I am not really sure what caused it. Never had this problem before and all of sudden last week I had this problem. Thanks.
@@shwetadesai857 thats weird it happened all of a sudden. Might be build up from the dishwasher then. I know they have treatment for mineral build up for them as well. But good news is should be easier to remove from the glasses because it "fresh" versus years of building up.
