So I just learned a very interesting thing today.
Apparently canned Campbells Tomato Juice doesn't store for years at a time where I believe the tomato acid eats THROUGH the can! These cans are the soda style cans, not the thicker soup style cans.
I cannot say with absolute certainty that the tomato acid is eating through the can but I have no other explanation as this part of the panty does not see action. However, the evidence I do have is that 3 of 4 separate 6 packs had cans leaking that were in no way related. Not close to each other, not outward facing to be knocked into, etc.
Finally, the 12oz cans seemed fine. The leaks were in the little 5.5 oz cans which had a noticeably thinner metal.
For a moment I start cleaning off to salvage the good ones and one of the 5.5 ounce cans spring a like in its side when I set it down in the sink. I didn't drop or manhandle it, I just set it down and boom it sprayed.
So that let me know that the smartest thing to do was to toss em all.
It sucks to lose canned products, but it sucks more to find nasty mounds of mold/crud in your pantry where these things leaked and created a science experiment and got on other stuff.
One pleasantly surprising discover... whatever paint was used on my cabinets cleaned up like a CHAMP!!! I mean with crud and mold and everything I thought for sure would would be severely stained and maybe molded into, but nope. I had a very very very slight yellow discoloration where the main mess was and it isn't even noticeable until u bend and look hard.
This paint was still hard, had shine, etc. WOW!
I figured I would share this lesson learned in case anyone is/was like me and thought "I'll just put canned tomato juice in the pantry and pull it out as I make home made sauces and I'll have a good supply of it so I wont need to run to the store." This may be fine for a year but don't let it go more than that hahhaa.
Apparently canned Campbells Tomato Juice doesn't store for years at a time where I believe the tomato acid eats THROUGH the can! These cans are the soda style cans, not the thicker soup style cans.
I cannot say with absolute certainty that the tomato acid is eating through the can but I have no other explanation as this part of the panty does not see action. However, the evidence I do have is that 3 of 4 separate 6 packs had cans leaking that were in no way related. Not close to each other, not outward facing to be knocked into, etc.
Finally, the 12oz cans seemed fine. The leaks were in the little 5.5 oz cans which had a noticeably thinner metal.
For a moment I start cleaning off to salvage the good ones and one of the 5.5 ounce cans spring a like in its side when I set it down in the sink. I didn't drop or manhandle it, I just set it down and boom it sprayed.
So that let me know that the smartest thing to do was to toss em all.
It sucks to lose canned products, but it sucks more to find nasty mounds of mold/crud in your pantry where these things leaked and created a science experiment and got on other stuff.
One pleasantly surprising discover... whatever paint was used on my cabinets cleaned up like a CHAMP!!! I mean with crud and mold and everything I thought for sure would would be severely stained and maybe molded into, but nope. I had a very very very slight yellow discoloration where the main mess was and it isn't even noticeable until u bend and look hard.
This paint was still hard, had shine, etc. WOW!
I figured I would share this lesson learned in case anyone is/was like me and thought "I'll just put canned tomato juice in the pantry and pull it out as I make home made sauces and I'll have a good supply of it so I wont need to run to the store." This may be fine for a year but don't let it go more than that hahhaa.