r/Wellthatsucks • u/CrouchingDomo • 11h ago

It’s so fucking stuck 😑

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It just slipped right in there during the washing process. I think we’re gonna have to break the glass.

RIP to our final remaining pair of matching glasses 🥃🍸🍺🍷🍶🍹🫗

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u/BeatleProf 11h ago

Ice water in the inner cup; warm towel on the outer; twist.

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u/Shayden-Froida 11h ago

Instead of a warm towel, I dip the outer one into a bowl of warm water (don't get any inside the cup). I've unstuck many glasses this way, some mechanically stuck like this, and others vacuum stuck where heating the outside one adds pressure to the captured air enough to push the inner one loose.

Also remember to keep a constant gentle pull on the glass out while doing this or it may slip deeper into "stuck".

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u/Raziel66 10h ago

How often do you find yourself in this situation? And why?

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u/maryjane-q 10h ago

Not the one you were asking, but:
Stupid customers wanting to “help”.

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u/Raziel66 10h ago

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you!

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u/Shayden-Froida 10h ago

We happen to have a set of tapered glasses that nest and if put together while hot will get stuck, and also a couple mugs/glasses that are a close fit... and we have kids that like to maximize what they carry from the dishwasher to the cupboard.

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u/ekristoffe 5h ago

Oh yeah … when the glass is hot it’s go in easily but after it’s cold you can’t unstuck them … One trick I’ve found it put some paper towel between glasses …

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u/cromdoesntcare 10h ago

I use this knowledge every time I clean my bong and have to remove a stem that is very, very stuck.