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minus-square@IonAddislinkEnglish11•edit-227 days agoDoesn’t help you now I’m sure, but I’ve found gently banging around the rim or lid of a jar on the concrete outside usually loosens the seal enough to open the jar. (Outside on concrete because I don’t want to dent anything inside.)
minus-square@Maaluslink20•27 days agoOr just stick a teaspoons other end under the lid, prefferably where the thread begins, lever it up a little and it’ll pop.
minus-square@dragonflyteapartylink13•27 days agoYep, I use the end of a butter knife. You’re fighting the pressure that built up rather than how tight the lid is screwed.
minus-squareMike D.linkfedilink5•27 days agoI usually bang the edge of the lid with some blunt flatware. Dull side of a butter knife is my preferred flatware. Helped my manager open something a few weeks ago by using some random piece of office equipment. She was very happy to pickled jalapenos as a side.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•27 days agoI have a sheet of that rubber no slip shelf liner stuff I use for difficult jar lids. It works great.
Doesn’t help you now I’m sure, but I’ve found gently banging around the rim or lid of a jar on the concrete outside usually loosens the seal enough to open the jar.
(Outside on concrete because I don’t want to dent anything inside.)
Or just stick a teaspoons other end under the lid, prefferably where the thread begins, lever it up a little and it’ll pop.
Yep, I use the end of a butter knife. You’re fighting the pressure that built up rather than how tight the lid is screwed.
Engineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales
I usually bang the edge of the lid with some blunt flatware. Dull side of a butter knife is my preferred flatware.
Helped my manager open something a few weeks ago by using some random piece of office equipment. She was very happy to pickled jalapenos as a side.
I have a sheet of that rubber no slip shelf liner stuff I use for difficult jar lids. It works great.