Good results storing finishes in mason jars using a food vacuum sealer
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Where I live there are no stores to get any finishing supplies other than HD and Lowes. I while back I purchased thru the net a gallon of waterlox finish and as we all know, I paid a lot for that gallon of finish.
Unfortortunately when using the waterlox on a project, I got all into what I was doing and lost focus on the waterlox. To make a long story short, a very large portion of the gallon turned to gel on me. It was an expensive loss and frustrating to say the least. It was my own fault for not playing very close attention on how to store the product. You are supposed bo buy Bloxygen and spray it in the can and all this other stuff. I need things to be idiot proof sometimes just like everybody else.
We have one of those food vacuum bag sealers and you can buy a gadget that you can attach to a mason jar and suck all the air out. Well, I bought some more waterlox and transferred it to the mason jars and vacuumed the air out. Works great, I have had waterlox in those jars for over a month now and they are not jelling up on me at all.
Just thought I would share, if you have a vacuum sealer, you can use it in the shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I wind up putting similar finish in smaller and smaller jars and have bags of large marbles to fill the jar to the top.
Big pain in the hind end.
I hate buying aerosol ( Bloxygen) anything because it fills the land fill with empties and the propellents can be bad for the atmosphere.
(I use a brush and bar of soap to shave)
Drawing a vacuum on the jar is a fine solution.
Now about those jar threads . . . that can be a problem. A little bit of finish on the threads and or rim and the lid sets up like loc tite thread locker and I have to go through gymnastics to get the large lids loose. (GTGLLL).
I forget what I tried last besides wiping the threads. Candle wax or motor oil.
Even in the small original pint containers the small screw tops seize up so bad I tear the can using channel lock pliers to get it loose. It is enough to make a guy start eying big corks in the hardware store.
(I use a brush and bar of soap to shave)
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good idea
But I'd suggest buying one for the shop, rather than using the wife's from the kitchen. ;-)
I vac seal (in containers) my CA glue, fillers, and in mason jars, some finishes. I use the “canning” lid adapter on mason jars and skip the fouled up threads. With the dimpled lid sucked down it is easy to clean the threads and spin the ring on with minimal torque.
anybody found something solid you could put on top the liquid to prevent contact with air? I'm thinking of something like the paraffin canning wax that you can use for canning preserves. I don't trust jars to maintain an airtight seal for very long.
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