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" > wrote:

> The lids start to etch within a few months - and I am assuming it is
> because of some sort of chemical reaction. If this continues I'll go
> back to glass lids or to Kerr or Ball jars and lids which have always
> worked well. The past couple of years I've purchased jars and lids from
> a local bottling company. Yes - I have always used new lids. Tunkey

Allrighty, then. I assumed you *were* using Ball or Kerr (or Bernardin
if Canadian) lids and rings. Consider asking the company from which you
purchased about your problem ‹ if jam is an appropriate use for their
product.
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