I have canisters with wooden lids. The lids have a silicon seal/ring that are worn out and no longer have a tight fit. The size of the lid that fits into the jar is 3 1/4 inches. I have yet to find any similar to mine. Any suggestions?
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I think this is the seal on the second photo and I do not find seals that you can use on your lids to replace them. If this is the case I would go to a local hobby shop or even a Home Depot and check out rubber or even soft plastic that comes in rolls that you can easily cut and put on the lids so they will seal again. The plastic looks like you could easily find another type of plastic that you could use in place of this one that would work just fine around the lip of the wooden lid to seal your jars again.
Check out Amazon they have a lot of different silicon deals that would work for you. www.amazon.com/
I see some here but they come with the lids www.alibaba.com/
Since it appears the seal part comes off easily, to make them fit tight again, try removing the seals, add a bead of silicone caulk between the seal and the wood lid, and let cure -OFF the canisters. You will have to estimate just how much caulk to put between seal and wood, to hold it out enough for the ridged seal to seal tight again...DON"T add too much or you may not get the lid back on !!!
By the way, if you've never used silicone caulk before, it stinks strongly of vinegar when fresh, but the smell goes away fast when it cures.
I found 2 links to replacement seals - These seal can replaced the worn out ones on your canister tops. www.alibaba.com/
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