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[IMaDick]

The rings are only required until the jars seal.

But why take them off and risk leakage, why not wait until they are opened? The only thing holding them down is melted wax.

wrong shit bird, the lids are rubber sealed, they don't need to be held down by anything but the vaccum created when the jars cool.

The rings have rubber and wax twinkie. Why take off the screw top lids? Just because? It serves no purpose to take them off. If the jar gets bumped they could unseal.

I will believe my experiance if you don't mind, if the lids were wax it would melt off when you boil them before sealing.

I only use wax on jelly.

If the jar unseals from a bump you didn't have them hot enough when you sealed them.

You can leave the rings if you are only doing a dozen jars, if you are doing hundreds of jars like we did every year you have to remove the rings and use them on the next batch.