Todd Fatheree wrote:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:31:38 -0600, "Todd Fatheree"
calmly ranted:

"Silvan" wrote in message
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How big is a standard mason jar? A quart? Are these things
available year round from places like Wally World, or only during
canning season?

I got a case of 12 quart-sized widemouths w/ lids at Wally World for
$8, but I don't remember what month. Probably late spring or summer.


They do get hard to find outside of canning season. I seem to
have good luck most of the time at Farm-n-Fleet around here. I'd
say the most common size is a quart, but you can get 1/2 pint,
pint, and somewhere you can get 2 quart jars, though I've never
actually seen them for sale. As Doug suggested, some of the pasta
sauce jars can be used. The ones that say "Mason" on them can be
actually be used for canning, so regular canning lids fit.
Personally, I'd stick with 2-piece lids because I think they seal
better.

How do the seals react to soaking in shellac?

Since I usually keep my jars right-side up, I wouldn't know. Why
don't you do a test and report back?

todd

Just as an aside - I had poured some Minwax stain into a mason jar and
applied a plastic cover (white screw-on) and about 6 mos later the plastic
cover had a rather nice lump in it, not unlike a dome. Didn't open it but
brought it to the dump's hazardous material section. The stain didn't
reach the cover, either.

Josie