These are very stuck together, please help :( they’re my favourite cups. Already tried soaking in water and twisting
These are very stuck together, please help 🙁 they’re my favourite cups. Already tried soaking in water and twisting
by rockerchickjoa7x
26 Comments
Allie_as
Freezer so they contract maybe?
NoConstant88
Soapy water? Oil on the edges?
ABridgeTooFar
Ice cubes in the top cup, boiling water underneath
two_awesome_dogs
Add some olive oil here and there between them. Give it a little while to sink in, then gently try to pull them apart.
SilverGoldfish2
Softly tapping them repeatedly against the counter might work as well
chimairacle
Lay them on their side and gently tap the top of the starry one with your palm, rotate it a little, tap it again and repeat so you are tapping around the rim all the way around, at least somewhere you should tap it and it gives a little bit/jiggles and then you can usually get them apart. I work in a bar and this is how I get glasses unstuck
PandaGrill
If any of the previous suggestions don’t work, compressed air or just putting your lips right against the gap and blowing can sometimes loosen it. Or you can try ice in the inside cup and soak the outside in hot water.
KellyLuvsEwan420
If you throw them both on the ground, they’ll unstick. They’ll also break, but they won’t be stuck anymore.
Hot_Responsibility97
If you know anyone with an air compressor just put air gun nozzle right where they are stuck and shoot some air and they will come right apart.
Put some WD 40 in there, of course you will have to clean them like crazy after, but it should unstuck them
SallysRocks
Soaking in a pan of hot dishwater always works for me.
peanutbutterfeelings
Ex barista here! I’ve in the top, place bottom in hot but not boiling water. After a minute or so gently pull on the top cup and bang the bottom straight down on the counter.
Graycy
I’ve got a set of stainless steel bowls stuck together. Nothing seems to release those very married bowls. Maybe I’ll try some of these ideas lol. Good luck on your mugs, maybe just put it in the frig filled with ice?
rockerchickjoa7x
Thanks for all the suggestions I will try later this evening when I have time and will update you all
BlueGalangal
Put very cold water in the top one and put the bottom one in warm water. I have to do this all the time to cups my mom stacks. It sounds crazy but it works. You have to wait a few minutes.
ComfyInDots
Aren’t these types of cups supposed to stack? If so, it seems weird that they can get stuck.
CharleyBitMyFinger_
Yell at them, that’s what I do
betibandit
Oil them
Tofuprincess89
Oil?
SamLil01
If you have an ultrasonic cleaner the vibrations should separate them without any damage
girlvsbookshelf
Fill the bottom cup with water. Pour a little oil around the join. Put the whole thing in the freezer. The water will freeze & expand & push the top cup out.
Chrahhh
Just pop em on the side a few times while you wriggle one loose
PlantPotStew
I had a friend with this issue. Was literally crying out of frustration after trying all day to fix it (It was a long week lol)
Wound up giving it to her toddler saying “DO NOT separate these two” and literally heard a tiny “oops” not even 5 minutes after.
Can’t promise this would always work, but maybe the story would cheer you up a little.
coreybc
I would try wedging a butter knife between them. Worked for me once
Logical_Drop3911
Submerge in water so some gets into the bottom cup then put it in the freezer over night take and pour boiling water in the top cup leave for 5 minutes and then tap the edges gently on your work top going round in circular motion keep tapping it will loosen? it happened to me a couple of weeks ago with 2 bowls. It’s cause by not drying the dish properly the water sticks them together as it dries.
26 Comments
Freezer so they contract maybe?
Soapy water? Oil on the edges?
Ice cubes in the top cup, boiling water underneath
Add some olive oil here and there between them. Give it a little while to sink in, then gently try to pull them apart.
Softly tapping them repeatedly against the counter might work as well
Lay them on their side and gently tap the top of the starry one with your palm, rotate it a little, tap it again and repeat so you are tapping around the rim all the way around, at least somewhere you should tap it and it gives a little bit/jiggles and then you can usually get them apart. I work in a bar and this is how I get glasses unstuck
If any of the previous suggestions don’t work, compressed air or just putting your lips right against the gap and blowing can sometimes loosen it. Or you can try ice in the inside cup and soak the outside in hot water.
If you throw them both on the ground, they’ll unstick. They’ll also break, but they won’t be stuck anymore.
If you know anyone with an air compressor just put air gun nozzle right where they are stuck and shoot some air and they will come right apart.
https://youtu.be/pjMoF5m2NkU?si=pcVG89HoxGDesT-N
Put some WD 40 in there, of course you will have to clean them like crazy after, but it should unstuck them
Soaking in a pan of hot dishwater always works for me.
Ex barista here! I’ve in the top, place bottom in hot but not boiling water. After a minute or so gently pull on the top cup and bang the bottom straight down on the counter.
I’ve got a set of stainless steel bowls stuck together. Nothing seems to release those very married bowls. Maybe I’ll try some of these ideas lol. Good luck on your mugs, maybe just put it in the frig filled with ice?
Thanks for all the suggestions I will try later this evening when I have time and will update you all
Put very cold water in the top one and put the bottom one in warm water. I have to do this all the time to cups my mom stacks. It sounds crazy but it works. You have to wait a few minutes.
Aren’t these types of cups supposed to stack? If so, it seems weird that they can get stuck.
Yell at them, that’s what I do
Oil them
Oil?
If you have an ultrasonic cleaner the vibrations should separate them without any damage
Fill the bottom cup with water. Pour a little oil around the join. Put the whole thing in the freezer. The water will freeze & expand & push the top cup out.
Just pop em on the side a few times while you wriggle one loose
I had a friend with this issue. Was literally crying out of frustration after trying all day to fix it (It was a long week lol)
Wound up giving it to her toddler saying “DO NOT separate these two” and literally heard a tiny “oops” not even 5 minutes after.
Can’t promise this would always work, but maybe the story would cheer you up a little.
I would try wedging a butter knife between them. Worked for me once
Submerge in water so some gets into the bottom cup then put it in the freezer over night take and pour boiling water in the top cup leave for 5 minutes and then tap the edges gently on your work top going round in circular motion keep tapping it will loosen? it happened to me a couple of weeks ago with 2 bowls. It’s cause by not drying the dish properly the water sticks them together as it dries.
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