I have a small glass decanter. It's pretty thick glass. It has a glass stopper that someone has jammed down into it and now I can't get it out. The ball top is easy to grab...but the stopper won't budge.
Here's what I've tried already...
Hot water
Cold water
Silicone spray..(like WD-40)
Somewhere along the line the stopper released just enough for me to take a small dropper and insert some oil in and around it. Still nothing...just a little wiggle.
Please help..it's a beautiful bottle with glasses to match and I'd hate to throw it away.
2007-12-13 13:02:53 · 11 answers · asked by drissy29 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I'd do as one suggested. Cool the stopper and heat the bottle. Keep at it it may take a while.
Also, vibration works very well. Hod the stopper with your hand, get a length of wood or dowel that is sturdy but softer wood and tap around the lip of the bottle. Tap, tap tap it gently on all side as you turn it.
I have degree in Cermics. Frequently lids stick to their pot tops as they are fired together. This gives a tight fit. This slight tapping approach, if done gently well always removes the lid (refractory just like gass), if there is no glaze holding it in or on.
Also, are you sure no one actually glued the stopper in.
I fee sure this will work for you. Try it with the tem. thing too at the same time. You can make it work. Just be patient.
Tap, tap, tap!
I feel I should add, put a soft towel down under your work area so when the the thing pops loose, it doens't crash to the floor and break!
Also, if the lip of the bottle is too thin, tapping on the heavier neck are where it starts to swell out is stronger. The key in this is to take your time. Don't get in a hurry. Haste makes waste.
Also, when tapping, the bottle should be held in the air as you will be holding the stopper. It's own weight and the tap are what pulls it away from the stopper. That's why you need the soft surface as both your hands will be busy holding the stopper and tapping with the stick.
2007-12-13 15:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glass Stopper
2016-10-01 07:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you set it within the refrigerator, each the bottle and the stopper gotten smaller, in order that would not aid. You must get the bottle hot and the stopper bloodless. Try placing ice at the stopper to agreement it, and sizzling water at the bottle so it's going to increase. It will take a few inventive balancing to your side. Warming the bottle would additionally increase the air in it and aid push the stopper out, above all if there may be liquid in it too. Then wrap some thing rubber, like a type of matters you utilize to seize lids on jars, across the stopper and check out pulling or turning.
2016-09-05 13:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by scharff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn t going to use heat or cold. I did try the Oil. After an hour nothing. Then I got to thinking. How did the old perfume get into the space between the stopper and the neck of the bottle in the first place? So I turned the bottle upside down and in 2 to 3 minutes the stopper turned so easily I couldn t believe it. Then I found another bottle same thing turned it upside down and let the liquid slowly fill the space in the neck of the bbottle and it loosened the dried up perfume and it opened 10 minutes later only because I wanted it to soak. These two bottles have been stuck for 30 years and I would try periodically and give up because I didn t want to break the bottle and they didn t look pretty with the dark brown yuck in the neck of a crystal bottle!!!!! Good luck
2016-01-05 07:48:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glass Decanter With Stopper
2016-12-11 08:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by salauddin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for those silicone pads that are designed to open jars.
I think you need 2. 1 to hold the stopper and the other one to hold the bottle. Try twisting the stopper and at the same time pull it away from the bottle. Yeh, doing the twisting and pulling at the same time.
Heard from some friends that a pair of dry and clean rubber gloves can do the same. All you need is some extra grip on the 2 separate items to pull and twist them apart.
Good Luck
2007-12-13 15:55:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want hot on the outside (expand it) and cold on the stopper (shrink it). Get some ice cubes handy in a plastic baggy. Immerse the bottle up to just below the stopper in a sink of hot water. Then take the ice baggy and hold it on the stopper and pull on that stopper when it chills and contracts.
2007-12-13 13:10:09 · answer #7 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try the WD40 again, but this time, try twisting the stopper and easing it out as you twist rather than pulling on it. Use a rubber glove so you maintain a good grip on the stopper. You may have to twist a good while.
2007-12-13 13:20:46 · answer #8 · answered by L.G. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One idea that might work is to increase the air pressure inside the bottle with heat.........Fill your sink with very hot water......submerse the bottle in it....hopefully the increased pressure will push the stopper out for you
2007-12-14 14:52:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried soaking it in hot soapy water for awhile? Then, with it still underwater, try to wiggle and remove the stopper.
It sounds as if it would be worth keeping as a decorative item, even if you can't fix it.
I hope you are able to do it.
2007-12-13 20:01:41 · answer #10 · answered by Fairelight Silverwings 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋