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minus-squareIonAddis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months 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-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months agoEngineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales
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