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How to seal jars using the fingertip-tight method

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S. Romijn - over a year ago
All directions instruct to "fingertip tighten", yet I continually see people in videos (and I love the videos), tightening jars down with their hands or the entire length of their fingers for a better grip. One day I actually heard one of them say to tighten it down well. Only once, have I come across one of them that instructs and demonstrates properly, to use "fingertips only". I never have a problem with any lids, no matter the type, color, or reusable with gaskets, because I use only my fingertips. The band is not there to seal your jars, but to hold the lid in place for a seal. When your jars are finished processing and cool, the bands should be able to be removed very easily without any force necessary to unscrew the band. Easy on, easy off. Once getting used to the idea that the bands don't need to be battened down, all the seal problems disappear like magic. :)
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