Jar seal

01 · CHOOSE THE DIAMETER

The band's number is your lid's number

There are nine sizes — 43, 48, 53, 58, 63, 66, 70, 77 and 82 mm — and they are chosen by the outer diameter of the lid, not by the capacity of the container. If your lid is a TO 77 twist-off, your band is the 77; if it is TO 66, the 66. When you do not know the reference, measure the lid with a ruler and take that number. And it does not depend on what you are packing: it works the same on a honey jar, an oil bottle or a preserve — the only thing the band looks at is the lid in front of it.

02 · HOW IT GOES ON

A couple of seconds of heat, spread evenly

Place the sleeve around the neck, covering the join between lid and container, and apply heat with a heat gun — our reference BR-32565 — or a high-power hairdryer. As soon as the hot air touches it, it contracts and grips. Two things separate a clean finish from a wrinkled one: turning the container while you heat it, so the heat reaches the whole circumference evenly, and not overdoing it — too much heat distorts the band and can end up marking the label or the container itself.

03 · WHAT IT PROTECTS AND WHAT IT DOES NOT

The band proves, it does not seal

Worth being clear about, because the two get confused: what closes the jar is the lid's sealing compound, which pulls a vacuum as the contents cool. The band adds no tightness and replaces none of that — what it adds is evidence of opening: if it arrives broken or missing, the customer sees it before opening. It is what is expected of packaged product that goes on sale, and often what a buyer reselling your honey will ask for. A jar with a band and a badly closed lid is still a badly closed jar.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

They are sold in packs of 100 per diameter. For continuous packing there are full boxes, and the quantity per box changes with the size — the smaller the diameter, the more units: 43 mm comes in 8,000 and 82 mm in 3,000. If you are going to need a full box, ask us about the one for your diameter. It is clear, so it hides neither the label nor the colour of the honey — the jar still shows through in full.