OK, this is a weird question,but what do you use to open your jar if you can't get it open?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (200419)
United States
December 23, 2025 8:51am CST
Of course I know all the conventional methods running under hot water, tapping with a butter knife etc. but one thing I have found that works really well is gripping it with an old mousepad. They sell those jar openers with the gripping texture, because this mousepad is cool, but it is made of that, and can open any size jar. I use it at least every other week. Who knew I would get so much use out of a bank freebie?
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@snowy22315 (200419)
• United States
3h
Hmm, interesting. I don't have an ice pick.
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@LadyDuck (489361)
• Italy
6h
@snowy22315 Mine is similar to this one, but more simple and it works every time.
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@snowy22315 (200419)
• United States
5h
Never tried that one. The mousepad with its material allows you to get a really good grip on it.
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@LeaPea2417 (39308)
• Toccoa, Georgia
3h
One of those flat jar pad things that have that gripping material. I don't know the name of it.
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@snowy22315 (200419)
• United States
2h
Yep, same principle. There probably is a name for that material, but I don't know what it is.
@wolfgirl569 (126842)
• Marion, Ohio
52m
Glad that works for you. I have one of those rubber grip things that fits different sizes
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@MarieCoyle (52535)
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3h
I have a grip thingy. Once in a while even that doesn’t work-my hands are not very strong anymore. If that happens, I do the hot water and then the grip thingy.
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@snowy22315 (200419)
• United States
2h
Sometimes it does take a couple of tries, but it always ends up working with the gripper mousepad.
@FourWalls (81216)
• United States
6h
They have things not unlike an old mousepad that’ll help grip the lid. They’ve given these away at the women’s vets open house, and I have four or five of them (including one that I carry with me in my iPad bag, in case I have to open something when I’m away from home).
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@snowy22315 (200419)
• United States
6h
I know they do, but most are substantially smaller and thinner than the mousepad.
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@Nakitakona (58655)
• Philippines
8h
We used cloth. We wrapped it with a flanela and twisted the cap.
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@LooeyVille (75)
• United States
6h
One of those bank giveaways with the gripping pads is what I use too
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@snowy22315 (200419)
• United States
5h
I think they work fantastically well don't you?
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