Removing Rust from Canning Jar Rings
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I have rust on my canning jar rings and I can't get it off! I finally found out how...I tried scrubbing with steel wool and adding an abrasive (like Bartenders Friend and even Ajax!)
I finally tried soaking rings in a rust remover called Whink;(1 part Whink to 5 parts water) for 24 hrs, a quick scrub with steel wool and the rings can now be used. You should be able to find Whink at any local hardware store or here is a linke on Amazon (it works on most any rust anywhere except on fragile items, common sense prevails)
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The lids are not perfect but they are usable! I also discuss some of the benefits of oiling rings or not and why I usually don't. I did find a fellow RUclipsr (Anita Estes) who did a video on oiling rings. Give it a watch if you like: • Video
One of the reasons we should save some old rings, even if they don't look all that great. Better to have something when nothing is available as long as that "something" will work. Tip: Boil the rings in a solution of water and white vinegar. Maybe a cup of vinegar to a gallon of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Then, use steel wool or a SOS soap pad. I've used a vinegar & water solution to remove rust from many things. Especially castiron cookware.
Faster, may be more efficient, and certainly less toxic than commercial rust removers. Maybe something you'd like to experiment with for future reference. Not only for canning rings. It has other rust removal applications, as well.
As to oiling, warm the rings on a sheet pan, in the oven or in a food dehydrator. Just until they are almost too hot to handle. Then wipe a thin coating of canola, Crisco or lard on the rings. You can spray with Pam original. Then, wipe off the excess. Heating the metal opens the pores and lets some of the grease/oil seep in. All that's needed is a very thin film. Anything beyond that is the gummy, rancid - in time, residue that you don't want in your canner.
This is a simplified approach that is similar to what's done to season castiron and carbon steel cookware.
Hope this helps.
Merry Christmas!
i will give the water and vinegar a try...i have recently relented and been using lard (I collect after cooking) and it does seem to work very well. Thanks for the info. I also have a large collection of cast iron and I love love it. All the pieces are at least 50 years old. Such good, long lasting cookware.
I just came across this video. Thank you for sharing the link to my video. I use olive oil on the rings because it was recommended I use it around the lid of my All American pressure canner. I figured if it doesn't harm the canner is should be ok on the rings. Since making that video I only leave the olive oil on the rings when in storage. I've started washing the rings before using them in the canner just to be sure it hasn't gone rancid. If anyone is against oiling the rings they should be very, very sure no water stands on them. Water and steel mixed together makes rust. ;-)
Lubricated threads without oil is a possibility. Put a piece of wax paper over the lid and threads. before screwing on the ring. Work the threads with the wax paper, then discard it. Enough wax will remain on the threads to get an accurate three finger torque for the lid..
that is a good idea.
says to @brucehalleran1149
I listening to this segment to stop the rust on all my mason tops ; its been fustrating with all these rusted tops -but-
Am likin' this wax paper process! Thanks for sharing!
Soaking the rings in vinegar and water will also work to remove the rust.
that would certainly be better than using Wink because it's pretty caustic. I'll give it a try.
Thank you....WORKS!
Normally I would just grab more, but they’re so hard to find right now! I’ve lost a lot of rings to rust, thanks for sharing this! 🇺🇸💚
I agree, normally i'd just toss and replace but what i can find it twice (or more) the cost....i'll clean them for now
I know this video was made a while ago but I have rings I just bought and after pressure cooking they rusted almost instantly. Thank you!
no problem...I also should mention that when you remove rings from your jars (after canning) and then you wash them, always dry by hand. With all the nooks and crannies water stay there for too long which starts the whole rust process.
Personally I boil them in a pan submerged in clean water then wipe them dry. Once air dried, I lightly coat them with cooking oil. It will help preventing them from rusting.
You can use vinegar it's slower but not toxic.
good idea, especially vinegar with higher acid content. I should look for some and try that too
Thank you❤
You're welcome 😊
My rings are rusting after one use. I have to use vinegar in my canner because of hard water. They are so much thinner than they use to be.
yes they are....with new rings I've found that drying them by hand (after use) is the thing to do but even then they are going bad early. They bend out of shape easily too. I wish there were aternatives...I pick them up at estate sales/garage sales/thrift stores etc when I can.
these tin-plated steel lids were made for only one or two uses max... they will all rust eventually.
I'll have to get some. Thanks for the information. one bag of lids that were in my mom's stuff are a bit rusty.
i was actually looking for the answer on RUclips, had no intention of making this video except I couldn't find any.....so ...
The same happened to my rings and I did you an SOS pad, and it worked well. However, I still have some dark spots and still have some darkness in between the grooves on the inside of the rings. I'll try the rust remover to see if it works for me. Thanks for the video.
I also still have the dark spots, that's the metal showing thru the ring covering...only way to get rid of that is to paint or cover over with something...not even sure what that would be...certainly not regular painys... hmmmmmm I should look that up
@@OldSchoolPrepper I just watched another video where a lady who has been using her rings for many years said after watching them, she dries them and rubs them with a little olive oil. She said the oil won't hurt you, and her rings look nearly brand new. I might try that today ... have some rings to prep for some canning I'm going to do.
@@nrwjones yes I've seen that video and I actually mention it in my video and link to her channel....
Natalie, dark spots don't hurt anything. They are actually "patina". Different from active rust that makes it hard to use lids. And, even more difficult to remove them, if the rusting continues after the lid is put on the jar.
I have the old Gem rings that take the glass top. I think I have to be careful as I think they have zinc in them. Yours have a brass type of cheap plating on them I think and that starts pealing off right? Anyhow the old ones that I have cannot be bought anymore if you want to use the glass and rubber gaskets. Thanks for the video
hi Linda.... The Zinc tops are the screw on tops that had the white porcelain lids, they are some of the oldest ad hardest to find. I think Bernadin owns Gem now? I have no idea what the old rings looked like, would love to see a picture though...I do like the old lids/ring. Have you ever seen The Presto Bow Tie rigs (aluminum) are very cool! I believe most of the current 'silver' rings are Tinplate metal...which is steel though very thin. The rings I take rust off of has the rust ontop of the metal..the metal isn't flaking off (no covering/plating on them that I knew of). I have seen the rings that are more gold colored (like brass) but not sure what they are made out of.
@@OldSchoolPrepper Thanks for your reply and yes I do have some of the zinc top with the inset glass ( White Milk Glass) mine are not porcelain. These old deep rings are the same maybe Galvanized ? They do not make them any more or the clear glass lids but you can still get the rubber rings, for how long I do not know though. OK I do have also the gold coloured ones but mine are also damaged and I thought they were peeling. The brand new ones are the silver coloured I do have some of them glad to know they will not corrode. I will check out the bow tie ones never seen those before Thanks ! I guess you can tell I am a OLD OLD prepper but we do not call ourselves Preppers LOL Just old fashioned small town farm girls preserving our Gardens for the winter and future and just doing it like our ancestors did. This prepper term seems to be a youtube "handle" and fad it seems just like "homesteaders"
I’m going to do this. I was wondering if there is a spray paint in silver or gold that is food safe that after the rust is off to spray paint them hmmm. I may have to check into it. Thank you for sharing.
I don't know of any food safe spray paint but the idea is cool. Let me know if you find some!
I am new at canning and I left jars that I didn't use in the pot full of water and I had used canning rings to keep the jars elevated from the bottom of the pot. The rings are too bad to save but the jars have rust stains on them that I can't wash off too. How do you get rust stains off of glass canning jars?
hi Robin....take an SOS Pad (very fine steel wool with detergent imbedded in it) or fine steel wool with something like Bar Tenders Friend and scrub. The rust stains are easily removed. I'm assuming you are in the US if you are not and you need another name brand item, let me know your country and I'll do a bit of research. Rings are cheap but you can try some of the SOS pad on them too, give a good scrub, wipe dry and then oil. Let me know if you have any other questions. I have quite a few canning vids, so please check them out and I recommend you sub to @RoseRedHomestead that woman is a food scientist and a college professor. She knows her stuff!
Brillo pad and some elbow grease lol.
Truthfully, and ill admit it, i really havent had an issue with this except maybe 3 or 4 times. And I just tossed the rings. Since I store my canned goodies without rings i always seem to have a mega surplus of rings. I wouldnt oil, sounds like a way to collect dust and other nasty stuff
I know, i'd prefer to toss but i wanted to know how to clean as we have a shortage (here at last). I couldn't find any info on YT on how to do it, so thats where this vid came from.
Best for rust is Bar Keepers Fiend.
if it works for yo that's great!
and you can replate them.
what do you mean replate them? you mean sandblast and recover with an alloy?
Good tip , thanks for sharing , stay safe , God bless !
Thanks!
Good to go
Thanks
You get the same issue with sprouting jars
you are right and I use a metal mesh on top of the spout jar which gets weird too!
@@OldSchoolPrepper I switched to plastic due to this but kept the old lids. i will see if I can clean them!
@@OldSchoolPrepper Try the vinegar boil that I mentioned in another reply, today. Should work for metal mesh, as well.
Coconut oil??
Yes 😊 Coconut oil could be used, it doesn't go rancid as fast as Olive Oil can.
One part "wink"? I put a sexy wink at it but it didn't do anything. What kind of wink did you add??
I like your style! Whink is the name brand of a rust stain removal product: Whink Rust Stain Remover contains: Deionized Water q.s. 100% Hydrofluoric Acid 1-3% Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) 0-1%, Trisodium Salt 100-200 ppm, Calcium Chloride 100-700 ppm, sodium Fluosilicate Pentahydrate 100-500 ppm Iron(II) Sulfate Heptahydrate 80-160 ppm.
Would vinegar work?
you can try it.....with a really good scrub. I'm not sure if it will work or not.
Just use Coca-Cola. Works great.
what about the cola makes it work? I remember my dad used to use it on car batteries too.
@@OldSchoolPrepper I used it for cleaning car batteries to.
It's the phosphoric acid. You probably could just buy phosphoric acid to use.
Use apple cider vinegar to remove rust
Tried that, didn't work...I even make my own ACV. tried both homemade and commercial, no dice
@@OldSchoolPrepper I soaked mine in ACV for 24 hrs and another batch of rusty tools. Took it right off.
Can you buy Hydrofluoric Acid that easily in America? Jesus. That stuff scars me, and I like chemicals in general. Other acids should work, like citric acid and oxalic acid in particular on rust but not on limescale. For ceramic toilets and white tables without metal, hydrochloric acid works. You can by bags of citric acid from China at pickling supplies.
Lard and tallow will smell too when spread in a thin layer with lots of contact to oxygen. They are a mixtuture of various oils, and it only takes a small amount of the perishable kind.
yes, we can buy the acid easily I can also buy KOH even more easily. It is true that animal oils will go rancid too...you are right on and other acids should work, you are correct.
Potassium hydroxide is not actually toxic. It is very useful for removing berry or tea stains in parts where you can't scrub like a thermos, or kitchen dust/soot mixed with oil. It burns on the surface, but HF can get under the skin into the bones. Here in Europe we have strong restrictions. 30% battery acid is forbidden. 70% acetic acid is forbidden; they went after ladies who sold it for old pickling recipes. (Adjusting for 9% take a bit of smarts.) Some doctors claimed people drank it accidentally (it hits the nose like a truck).
I would try turning a lid back and forth on glass and maybe grind off the extra substance.