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Why are some old mason jars blue?

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Mike O asked:


We have several old Ball brand mason jars, and some of them are light blue.

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shawty said in March 10th, 2008 at 12:52 am

i think that it is the kind of glass that they used

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mtchndjnmtch said in March 14th, 2008 at 6:45 am

Helped to keep out light on the canned food.

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dimaggio6969 said in March 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Could be a few things. Maybe refining the glass that extra step to make it clear and free of color wasn’t feasible. Or, they may have done it purposely because tinted glass lets in less sun light allowing to the jars contents to keep longer. Thats why most beer bottles are brown or green, to let in less light. I don’t know what the bottlers of corona were thinking.

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jrthrmn said in March 18th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Here is a link - it is to help protect the food from light.

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supersalu456 said in March 18th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

E5C0Ahey had got that kind of glass that timeand of that color

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Sugar Pie said in March 21st, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Blue balls are pretty valuable. I wouldn’t use them for canning. Just set your blue balls on display for all to admire.

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