I have an old medicine bottle with the cork stuck in the neck below the lip how I can get it out undamaged?

Answer 1

I think there is a method which uses a very long thin piece of cloth. You drop one end of the cloth through the neck, wiggle the bottle around on its side until the cork is on the cloth just below the neck, and the cloth is on the lower inner side of the neck, and there is plenty of cloth inside the bottle.

With a sudden jerk or a steady pull - I forget which - the cloth and the cork come out, because the cloth grips the cork more firmly than the glass neck can grip it.

I saw this on a television program about lateral thinking. If I got it wrong, maybe it will remind some other answerer of the right way. There must be an ideal width of cloth - too narrow and it won't grip the cork enough, too wide and it will fill up too much of the neck.

Answer 2

If the bottle opening is sufficiently large, use a corkscrew. If not, you might be able to drill a hole in the cork and use some type of "gizmo" like the one that is used to hold a picture in place in plaster. The "gizmo" can then pull the cork out.

Answer 3

Try putting it in a saucepan and slowly bring it to the boil. If there is sufficient air in the bottle, the increase in air pressure may force it out.