Stuck cocktail shaker lid--help! - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Mon, Aug 12, 2002 7:21 AM The coefficient of expansion of metal is greater than glass, so a series of very hot soaks will likely un stick it. I would actually do this as a project one night. First, soak it in hot, hot water with 409 or other "lubricant." Take your mixer and put it straight under cool water. That is, cool the glass. Wait! Can you get liquid inside? If so, put cool water in the glass, and run hot water over the metal top. You might even slosh the cool water up onto the metal and get a hot then cold action going. Eventually, it will loosen up. It is likely just some dried cocktail mix in there. Do all this wrangling after it has soaked for a long time. Not just soaked, but move it around and twist a bit every so often to get what you can into the dried mix.

The coefficient of expansion of metal is greater than glass, so a series of very hot soaks will likely un stick it. I would actually do this as a project one night. First, soak it in hot, hot water with 409 or other "lubricant." Take your mixer and put it straight under cool water. That is, cool the glass. Wait! Can you get liquid inside? If so, put cool water in the glass, and run hot water over the metal top. You might even slosh the cool water up onto the metal and get a hot then cold action going. Eventually, it will loosen up.

It is likely just some dried cocktail mix in there. Do all this wrangling after it has soaked for a long time. Not just soaked, but move it around and twist a bit every so often to get what you can into the dried mix.

Post #5621 by Swanky on Mon, Aug 12, 2002 7:21 AM