I can't open this jar of salsa! it's stuck. what can I do?!


Question: to help open it? any tricks? I tried those grip things, not helping.


Answers: to help open it? any tricks? I tried those grip things, not helping.

Run the lid of the jar under hot water. The heat might make the metal expand a bit. Then use your grip thing again and see if that little bit of expansion makes the difference.

Run it under hot water.

The around the lid with a spoon.

Throw it hard against the wall. That works everytime.

Run it under the faucet (on hot) for about twenty seconds ... then try opening it.

I usually bang the lid with a knife in the direction the it opens. Be careful but it always works for me. Good luck

Close your fist and smack the bottom gently, if that also doesn't work grab a butter knife and insert it on the side until the air comes out, works like a charm!

Get a butter knife and use the handle to bang all around the top of the jar. It should come loose. Show that jar who's boss!

Tap the edge of the lid gently with a knife all the way around. Put an elastic band around the lid, and slowly twist. It should come off.

That happend to me too! 1] You should put ice on it. 2] Get scissors or knife and poke it.

hold a knife by the handle, pointing up the way
dunt the bottom of the handle onto the top of the jar
quite hard
it will pop open a treat now

turn it upside down and hit the bottom with the palm of your hand a few times or you can hit around the sides of the lid with a butter knife or something...that alwasy works for me!

Put a magnet on top then twist. Works every time.

Take a butter knife and hold the blade part in your hand, then at an angle whack the lid of the salsa firmly but not enough to break the jar, do this twice on one side then twice on the opposite side. Then your jar should open right up when you twist it.

Put it lid down in hot water. Works faster and is more water efficient than just running it under water ;)

I bang the rim of the lid all the way around on the counter.

1.Hit the bottom of the jar
2.Get a metal knife and hit the cap of the jar
3.Get a wet towel and try opening the jar with it

Hope my tips help you

drink a glass of lemonade

Place it in pan with very warm water for a few minutes and then try. If you like salsa walls try throwing it against the wall, Ho ho :) like Mister said.

tip it upside down and hit the bottom of the jar hard. or tap the lid on the counter.

you can look to see if you own a pipe wrench like a plumber used. or go ask a man to open it for you.

I always tap around the top of the lid with a butter knife.
It works every time for me........Good Luck!

Bang the lid on the edge of counter in a couple different places...that should do it.

Run hot tap water over it for a minute or so.It'll soften the rubber seal and you'll be ablt to open it.

you could get this bottle opener or try wearing the gloves with the gripes on it, they work better than those grippes

tap the lid sideways on the counter to loosen.... works everytime!!!

hold it out over the counter and tap the lid with a knife but hold it by the lid

Bang around the top edges of the lid with the blunt side of a knife, just to dent it up slightly Then hold the lid under hot running water. Hot metal expands. If it still doesn't budge, try turning it upside down (lid down) and slamming it (not too hard!) on a cutting board.

ok i had the same problem recently with a jar of apple sauce i tapped the lid all the way round, on my work surface and it worked try it and see





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