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How do you remove a stuck ceramic cup?
Sit the bottom cup in a bowl of hot water. Submerge half of the bottom cup in the hot water. Let the bottom cup sit in the hot water for 5 minutes. Chill from the ice cubes causes the top cup to contract while heat from the hot water makes the bottom cup expand.
How do you get two ceramic cups unstuck?
Set the bottom bowl in hot water, place ice in the top bowl. Set the bottom in a sink of hot water so it will expand and put cold water in the top bowl so it contracts. Run very hot water over the bottom bowl and the expansion should allow you to separate them.
How do you remove a stuck bowl?
Put the lowest one in warm water: when it expands, the others can be lifted. Spray WD-40 around the join and leave for a short time. Separate, then wash.
How do you get two glass bowls unstuck?
Cold causes the glass to contract and heat causes it to expand. Usually, running cold water in the top bowl does the trick. If that’s not enough, however, you could put ice in the top bowl and run warm water over the bottom bowl. The two should come apart with no problems.
How do you unstick two bowls?
A: Ah yes, there is an old remedy. Put the outer bowl in hot water and fill the inner bowl with ice cubes. Wait a minute or two, and they should separate with a little pulling. The heat expands the outer bowl, the cold contracts the inner bowl.
How do you separate plastic cups stuck together?
Pour 1 qt. of hot water into a kitchen bowl. Submerge the bottom plastic cup in the hot water, keeping the top cup out of the water. Hold the stuck-together cups in this position for three minutes.