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minus-squareIonAddis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 month 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-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 month 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-squaredragonflyteaparty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month 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-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoEngineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-squarelightnsfwlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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.