<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Howdy all,<br><br></div>I know a few of the wet collections have been struggling to find vendors of replacement polypropylene lid for 2-5 gallon glass jars. <br><br></div>The most recent vendor, Image Corp, was out of business when I called a few months ago. There is a company (Colt's Plastics) that will make the cap in phenolic plastic, but otherwise the only place I've found these lids is from the manufacturer itself,<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> Empire/EMCO.<br><br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Empire will not sell lids unless you order 1000 at a time. However, because of the recent volume of requesting, wining, and general badgering from various folks, they have very kindly agreed to process small batch orders for $1.29 per lid, not including shipping. I asked that they hold off on the order until Thursday April 14th in case anyone wants to call in to place an order. I ordered some extras for our collection as well ... we are happy to barter for some specimens! If you only need a dozen or so, we might be better off adding those lids to the order for our collection (and then shipping to you after) so that Empire is not getting clogged up with too many shipping addresses and accounts, as this type of small ordering is not their cup of tea.<br><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">As an aside, those 2.5 gallon pickle jars with the flimsy aluminum lids from Anchor Hocking work just fine if you switch to a 120 mm polypropylene lid. We can get a good seal with the standard liner, but we put two liners in to be extra safe (just started using them, so I can't speak for long term seal quality). <br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Cheers,<br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Jade Keehn<br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Assistant Curator<br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Museum of Natural History<br></span></div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">University of Nevada, Reno<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturalhistory.unr.edu_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=ZtnKjFKgeYJUDC4ooT6tzxMC501UnoXiqpt5yYSULls&s=7m3U0XnsO67yerGSWQvVz7VuSbfqkMumfyPvTgwIUBs&e=">http://www.naturalhistory.unr.edu/</a><br></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Empire/EMCO<br></span></font></span></span></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span></span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Phone <a target="_blank">716-832-8800</a></span></font></span></span><a target="_blank"><br></a></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2">
</font></span></span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Contact: Barbara Ghiandoni<br></span><a href="mailto:bghiandoni@empireemco.com" target="_blank">bghiandoni@empireemco.com</a><br></font></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2">(Extension 259)</font></span></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></span><div style=""><div align="left"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2">Colt's Plastics Co., Inc.</font></span></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="2">
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