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Cleaning Show Honey Jar
sc-bee:
I am preparing a couple jars for show honey for the fair. I can not seem to get the smears out of and off of the jar. I have washed in hot water and hot soapy water rinsing well. I have heard to use denatured alcohol. The alcohol has an odor will it completely dissipate. I take it you should not clean the inside of the jar with the denatured alcohol.
I am in particular having difficulty with the narrow neck on the queen line jars being lint free and clean .... geeze LOL. I have micro lint free cloths but they still seem to leave a smear look inside? I had a good 2lb show jar going and scratched it with a pair on tongs while cleaning :angry:
Any hints???
Van, Arkansas, USA:
The alcohol will evaporate, however a thin neck on the jar will delay evaporation so in that case use a blow dryer and blow air into the jar. Denatured alcohol will remove oil from your hands and is kind of extreme. Regular hand rubbing alcohol 70 percent or higher should do the trick. Just be sure and dry the inside of the jar.
Consider lighting, clear Honey stands out to me, so beautiful, so is placement of the jars to take advantage of light important? Wish you the best of luck.
Acebird:
--- Quote from: sc-bee on September 19, 2018, 09:37:50 pm ---I take it you should not clean the inside of the jar with the denatured alcohol.
--- End quote ---
So break down and use a small amount of clear booze. Smears would be the cause of glue from labels. I can't imagine why that would be on the inside of the jar. Label adhesive could be a water base or oil base. It is obviously not water or it would be gone by simply washing. Oil base I would recommend using mineral spirits then a alcohol wipe then wash in soap and water.
minz:
unwashed T shirt. I do not know why but it works well.
Victoria on YouTube has a entire series on it.
Dallasbeek:
I go to a window washer's supply store and buy huck towels for drying glassware. Huck towels are lint free towels used to dry surgical instruments. I used to use microfiber towels, but they are not as absorbent and seem to just move stuff around. To remove the glue left by gummed labels from glass, I use lighter fluid, then wash and dry. For cleaning mirrors, windows and other glassware, I mix a gallon of cleaner consisting of 1 pint of rubbing alcohol, 1 teaspoon of dish detergent, 1 cup of non-sudsing ammonia and water to fill a gallon jug. Fill spray dispensers from the jug. Unlike the leading window cleaning liquid, this doesn't leave a film on the glass.
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