I haven't tried this...

[Woodwould]

.., but it sounds like this tip for gummed-up jar lids (http://www.woodnbits.com/blog/?p=1037) may be worthwhile.

[The Bleeder]

ingenious, thanks Woodwould.

[toolbagsPLUS]

Nice one WW, Saves burning the fingers after you've run the heat gun around the lid:o

[AlexS]

Thanks WW, I'll try it with my shellac jar.

[paul k]

Thanks for that ww , now why didn' t i think of that??? . :rolleyes:

If we knew everything woudn't that be boring :)

[Fencepost2]

Good one WW and so easy to do. Probably improves the air seal as well.

[rsser]

I tried it once and I'm afraid it bombed. The tape went soft and shredded.

May have been what was in the can which I can't recall, or it may have been the el cheapo tape .... like a box of it was waved above a teflon vat and then labelled teflon tape.