Post #150381 by Kono on Thu, Mar 31, 2005 8:16 AM

I made a tool out of a coat hanger to get the cotton out. I took the straight part of the hanger, cut it off and bent a 90 degree short hook on the end. Stick it in the cotton and twirl it until it builds up (it will wrap around the wire like cotton candy) to about the size of the hole that you cut and then gently pull. Sometimes you can get almost a foot long plug in one pull before it breaks off.