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Default Just curious if you have experience with pouring boiling water into glass jars?

Chuck Banshee wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:27:06 +0000, Chuck Banshee wrote:
Since I half expected the glass jar to break, I did this in the sink
- but to my surprise, the glass held the just-boiled water.


An unexpected bonus was the fact that the glue under the wrap-around
label heated up enough to be easily balled off with a kitchen utensil.

Maybe we accidentally found a way to remove the under-label glue
without solvents!


I use heat to remove labels frequently.