Sticky lids - 3g vials

[SteveE]

A couple of my cherished oils - both OR1982 interestingly- are sticky and one is almost sealed shut.

The glass is sticky on the top of the vial.

Suggestions welcome. I was thinking of wiping with a isopropyl (lightly) soaked microfiber towel.

Or should I just get a rubber grippy opener thing (you know the type older people use to open jars) to open these and not risk contamination?

Like this: https://a.co/d/0hVznhnI

 

[roflwaffle]

I wouldn't use isopropyl, ethanol if you have it.

Dries cleaner, but yea, wipe down threads/seal, reclaim what ya can if you wish, and then good for another few years

 

[Mr.P]

A couple of my cherished oils - both OR1982 interestingly- are sticky and one is almost sealed shut.

The glass is sticky on the top of the vial.

Suggestions welcome. I was thinking of wiping with a isopropyl (lightly) soaked microfiber towel.

Or should I just get a rubber grippy opener thing (you know the type older people use to open jars) to open these and not risk contamination?

Like this: https://a.co/d/0hVznhnI

It's not common but there are a couple of types of oud oils which I noticed will polymerize with time to form a hard resin-like material on threads; I think every one of mine that has done this has been from PNG or thereabouts.