Would this jar be acceptable for holding color chemicals?

[What About Bob]

I remember reading about being cautious with metal lids. I went to my local Big Y and found a glass jar that didn't have a metal lid. It is an Anchor Hocking brand. They are also stackable

The label says one quart but I was able to fill with one liter and the water just barely touched the underpart of the first screw thread. This would seem to me that when the lid is screwed on that the seal should be really good. Finally found a jar that says one quart and yet didn't overflow when putting in a liter of water like some of the other jars did that I had tried. Finding a jar around here that is one liter is a difficult find unless i go online. I bought only this one just to test it out. There are five left at the store. If these are good to use I will grab some more.

The only warning in regard to the jar was that it is not microwave safe.

 

[retina_restoration]

I expect most darkroom folk avoid glass storage for their chemistry, as breakage could be a bad scene. Plastic is preferred, but there's no inherent property of glass that makes it undesirable - other than the potential breakage issue.

My one exception to the rule is the storage of my Wet Plate Silver Bath backups: they are stored in Pyrex Media Storage bottles, made specifically for chemistry. I do this so that I can sun the silver bath in the storage bottle. These are very robust bottles and not nearly as prone to breakage as standard storage glass.

 

[MattKing]

The answer depends on the quality of the seal between jar and lid.
Personally, I'm leery of glass jars that are shaped like that.
My concern relates to how slippery they can be, unless one tries to pick them up by the lid.
But I have to handle most things like that with (mostly) just one hand.
I keep eyeing with interest the big empty glass Russian Vodka bottles in our building's recycling bin - they have hand-holds shaped into the glass.

 

[What About Bob]

The lid screws on pretty good. That last little turn has a secure feel to it. Doesn't budge at all during handling. I can grip the jar either fully by the bottom part or use both hands while pouring solutions into graduates. I will have a dry hand when doing this. Once the solutions are transferred then the nitrile gloves come on.

 

[What About Bob]

I have sets of Pyrex graduates, new and old. I like Pyrex. Thanks for that link. I will be looking into some of those too.

 

[What About Bob]

These will be for the color chemicals. I am getting back into doing color. Last time developing color was back around 1998/1999.

 

[BobUK]

Does it leak and drip when held upside down ?

I used some old coffee jars for storing powders until I discovered they were not airtight.
They held powders and crystals OK but were not waterproof.
I would have thought coffee jars would have been airtight.

Worth a quick try.

 

[koraks]

I'm concerned the lid is not airtight. If it is, I don't see a major problem, although I generally just use bottles. Because...idk, liquids go in bottles much of the time. Seems convenient/sensible. Nothing inherently wrong with a jar, expect perhaps the larger air/liquid interface. This would especially be a drawback of a jar if the lid doesn't seal perfectly.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

If you are looking for smaller bottles that seal perfectly you can buy Kombucha at the grocery store. They are usually ~500ml though. The other type of easily accessible glass containers I use is apple juice bottles. Keep it all away from kids though. I also put a spritz of butane in the bottle which keeps the chems good for a really long time.

Hope that helps.

 

[What About Bob]

Oh boy. They do leak. I won't be able to return these since they are an item from the food aisle. Unless a different lid would make a difference? Oh well I can use the other five for something else.