Dear List Members,
 
I work with Acryloid (or paraloid, whichever you prefer) on a fairly regular basis, and opening those little jars has put me at my wits end. No matter how scrupously clean I try to keep the jar threads, or the different ways I try to get them open, I always have to struggle to unstick them, usually resorting to turning the jar upside down in a shallow pan of acetone or pouring acetone into the tiny space between the glass and the jar lid to dissolve the dried acryloid that is causing the problem. I hate having to do this, because I think its diluting my acryloid, especially the opaque version. 
 
Does anyone have an easier way for me to solve this problem of opening these stuck jars? 
 
Thank you for your help,
 
Christy
 
Christy Jones
Archivist
MS Armed Forces Museum
Camp Shelby, MS
 
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