Home-Tinning Tobacco?
John Haldeman
If so, could you share your experience?
Thanks,
John H.
TBombadil
If you mean actual tinning in cans then no. However using canning
jars and sealing lids is a fairly common and well written method of
long term tobacco storage. Google should pull up all sorts of info on
jarring tobacco.
Bob in SD
Mark McKay
on-llne....but for me it looked like too much hassle...I do what TBomb
suggested...mason jars....if you give the tinning a try....report
back....:)
Paul Z
I also have wondered about home tinning but decided that Mason Jars
was the way to go. Tinning sounded like a PITA. ;-)
Paul Z
Mike Hagley
buying empty cans and a canning machine. I offered to can the tins for
people if they wanted to send me tobacco. My plan was to charge a nominal
fee which would cover the cost of the can, the machine, and a little for my
time. I don't recall what I proposed, but it was less than $1 for a 4oz
can.
There was little interest, so I didn't buy the machine or the tins. If
there is renewed interest in this, I would like to know.
Mike Hagley
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Steve J
I've been very pleased using mason jars.
I use predominately the half pint wide-mouth jars. They are about 1/2
inch taller than the standard McClelland style short tin (50 gram),
similar enough in diameter to allow easy stacking with the same, and
conveniently hold 50 gram to two ounce quantities. The pint jars
similarly coincide for 100 gram to four ounces, but I typically prefer
the half pints, to minimize open/exposed tobacco quantities.
Now, I did go a little further. Already having one of those vacuum seal
FoodSaver products, I picked up the Wide Mouth Jar Sealer attachment for
about $10 + shipping from Amazon (ref: http://tinyurl.com/yg4csey ).
I 'really' like the result. 1) It adds a vacuum seal without
heating/boiling the jars and creating possible heat or moisture hazard
to the tobacco. 2) It gives me confirmation that the (disposable) lid
has a good seal! Since using the sealer I have found several lids that
had bad seals, that I would have not noticed otherwise.
If your like me, and end up 'really' liking the vacuum seal, you may
consider getting a dedicated Handheld Canister Sealer just for doing
your tobacco (ref: http://tinyurl.com/yj96o5c ). This is much
faster/easier than doing the hose bit with the standard FoodSaver. It
also allows me to keep it by my desk & near my tobacco. The down side is
the $60 price tag, but this product has been DISCONTINUED and so THEY
are in short supply. But it really does work great and I've liked it so
much i bought a second one as back-up for the years to come.
Now with everything convenient to my desk (and subsequently my primary
computer), it allows the geek factor to flourish. A small, relatively
inexpensive scale for obtaining the tare weight of the jar (plus lid,
etc.) and then weigh tobacco content. Labels can easily be printed with
any information I want (2-1/2 inch rounds fit perfectly on top or 2-1/2
x 1 inch labels for the side). And finally, all pertinent information
can easily be recorded in a spreadsheet or database on the computer.
I ask you, what more could a pipe/baccy/geek ask for? :-) LOL
--
Cuio vae,
Aearofallon (Steve J)
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is not suited to casual, cowardly or treacherous hands." �John {Jack)
Whiteside Parsons (co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory � JPL),
1946; from the essay "Freedom is a Two-edged Sword"
Mark McKay
stuff like 2035 or whatever...tinning it then just selling it...or would
you hafta have...oh damn...that's right...FDA is in charge now...prob go
to jail.....LOL...:)