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Post by Das Troll » Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:53 am

People don't realize how useful a jar is. You can get BALL jars for cheap at your local Kroger, but sometimes you want something... Bigger. A good place to look for large, one gallon jugs or jars is the thrift store. Thrift stores are great for these types of things and if you're lucky, you may even find a six gallon glass carboy. These are the things you often see people putting change in. They used to use them for water machine jugs but then switched over to plastic. Glass carboys are great for making wine.

There are a ton of neat things you can do with glass jugs/jars.

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Re: Jars

Post by Enigma » Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:24 am

Glass can't get eaten by chemicals so it's a wonderful material. I have one half filled with brake fluid for doing 1-man-bleeds, and have heard it's good for spark plugs to sit in gas while the vehicle is being stored.
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Re: Jars

Post by Das Troll » Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:27 pm

One neat thing you can do with jars or jugs is build an enclosed terrarium. If you work it just right you won't even have to open it. It will create it's own eco sphere. Oopsie, posted the pic twice.
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Post by Enigma » Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:30 pm

You can do that with really big jugs too I guess. This one dude made one early 1900s and it's only been opened once because the original seal was failing and it needed water.
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Post by Ain » Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:51 am

Sweet terrarium.
I've been wanting to start some bonsai trees. Which reminds me, I need to get my ornamental seeds started as well. I'm glad that you posted this, I had completely forgotten.

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Post by Enigma » Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:47 pm

Bonsai trees are sweet, I kinda wish I had one now.
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Re: Jars

Post by fuckreddit » Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:08 am

Das Troll - That is the most elaborate way of saying "I might have failed No nut November a month ago"
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Re: Jars

Post by Enigma » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:02 pm

Lol this thread is almost a year old now.
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