Finger tight-?

[moosemeat]

Put the lid on the jar, put thering on and screw finger tight. When
jar comes out of BWB the ring is very loose again so I once more screw
finger tight. What is happening? Iz there any danger of the ring
being too tight when the jar cools?
Moosmeat, who is taking a plunge in home canning and has a dozen more
questions-but they can wait.

[Melba's Jammin']

In article <39982982...@news.mindspring.com>,
moos...@mindspring.com (moosemeat) wrote:

The only danger of the ring being too tight when the jar cools, Moose, is
that it'll be tougher to remove for storage. Yeah, sometimes you'll see a
recommendation to remove the rings from the jars after about 24 hours.
That's so the sealed lid will lift more easily if your canning process was
kerflooey and you've got active life forms within the jar.

FWIW, I store my stuff with the rings on. And I know ezzackly what you're
talking about with the loose ring after processing. Never thought much
about why it happens. Don't much care as long as the lid is sealed.
-Herself
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[Ellen Wickberg]

It is normal for rings to be lose as they come out of BWB. Don't tighten,
you could break the seal.
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[ma pickle]

>>>When
jar comes out of BWB the ring is very loose again so I once more screw
finger tight.

If the ring is loose when it comes out of the canner just leave it alone, if
you start to tihgten it you can damage the seal and end up with a bad jar.
The ring is there to keep the lid from floating off when you put in the
canner.

Ingrid