Stuck bowls or glasses? No Problem! Forget WD 40, and ice and hot water. Try this: non-stick cooking spray around the stuck rim, wait 10 seconds, tap lightly with a wooden spoon upside down. And, Voila! Unstuck with non-stick.
By manofewords from San Francisco, CA
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I tried everthing. Ice in top bowl, placed bowls warm water so the bottom bowl sat in warm water... did not work. Used warm soapy water, then used cold soapy water, then just liquid soap... did not work. Read your article to use cooking spray; wait then tap with a woodrn spoon and woohoo it worked. Thanks for your advise.
I had a cereal bowl stuck in my 9" glass Corningware (French White) dish. These are the steps I followed:
1. Put on the kettle and boiled the water until I heard the whistle.
3. Placed the Corningware into the hot water. I left it there for about 3 minutes.
4. Take the Corningware out of the hot water and spray a non-stick spray between the bowl and the Corningware.
5. Place the Corningware back into the water for another 3 minutes.
6. Take the Corningware out of the hot water and then wiggle the container (This may take a moment) until it gets loose.
All this took me about 20 minute from start to finish. Hope it works for you too.
I tried the cooking spray first and that worked with the ice, warm water and wooden spoon tapping the edge.
Thank you!
Did not help at all
Worked like a charm thank you
I tried the ice with two fairly large rectangular Pyrex clear glass pans and couldn't get it to work, maybe because of the size and shape. I tried non-stick spray, let it soak for a couple of minutes and took a rubber mallet and very softly hit the corner and could feel a bit of a slide and then hit the middle lightly and was able to do the rest separating it with my hands.
Thanks for this tip. I've tried soaking in warm water, with dish detergent, drizzled vegetable oil around the rims, and they're still stuck. I'll try the cooking spray tip. Fingers are crossed...the bowls are new!
I tried pam combined with the ice/hot water. Didn't work. Placed dishes on floor to take out to recycle.
Thank you so much, I had two glass bowl that I couldn't get apart. I tried ice, heat, ice and heat, windex, soap to no avail! Then tried the cooking spray and turning upside down and tapping with wooden spoon- IT WORKED!!! Thank you for your post, I was just about ready to throw the bowls away!!!
It worked perfect. Just the cooking spray, let rest for 10 seconds then upside down and tal with your wooden spoons. It sue beats Ll that hot water and ice.
Oil cooking spray and wooden spoon worked! Tried the ice and hot water and that did not work!
Thank you manofewords it worked great! Connie from Sa cramento
Kudos!!!!! It worked like a charm!!! Thank you so much--you saved me making a long trip in France to replace the cup I had bought there.
The cooking spray around the rim and a few taps with a wooden spoon worked beautifully... thank you!
This worked great for me!
BOYOHBOYOHBOY!!!! A GIGANTIC THANK YOU to whomever came up with the oil idea--
Late Tuesday night (Sr Discount Night too, without thinking) -I had just returned from Goodwill with a large stack of JUMBO cereal/soup bowls that look brand new. However, the store had wrapped the stack tightly together with plastic wrap and the top two bowls were jammed together.
Voila is right! Tried ice and hot water years ago in something. Never works for me!! Thx
The non-stick spray worked! We had two glass measuring cups stuck together at the pouring tip and handle of the smaller cup. Sprayed the areas, waited 10 seconds, then tapped with a wooden spoon. Voila! It worked.
I had two Corning Ware bowls stuck together. Tried the Pam spray and after 10 minutes they were able to be separated. Thanks for a working solution.
This worked beautifully..
Cooking spray worked. So thankful since one was my moms Bowl I remembered from childhood!
1 Cup pyrex bowls stuck together:
This worked like a charm!
TURN bowls UPSIDE down, close to a toweled surface;
then tap lightly on the bottom stuck bowl...FANTASTIC!
It worked like a charm. Forget WD40, ice and hot water!
Ive tried all of these and they are still stuck. 2 deep Pyrex bowls. Im so frustrated. Hot water, cold water, dw40, oil, soap, prayer, blood, sweat, tears, curse words.... nothing. Help!
It worked right away with spray! Water trick .... thank you!!
Eureka, two weeks I tried so many ways to separate my two Pyrex dishes, then I saw the...turn upside down and tap with wooden spoon, I didn't even spray with oil, I just turned upside down on a dish cloth, tapped with wooden spoon and it worked instantly. Thank you, thank you and thank you
I tried the warm water and ice...nothing. I tried oil around the rim....nothing. Then I tried the cooking spray and wooden spoon....success! Made me smile! Thanks for the tip!
Worked brilliantly. Used One Cal spray Sunflower Oil. Left them for about 5 minutes, hit with the wooden spoon and YEAH, glass bowls unstuck. Thank you. Elaine from Scotland.
Thank you!!! This totally worked after trying almost everything! I was ready to throw out two of my all time favorite serving glass bowls.
I had a large salad bowl and a corning bowl stuck for two days. I tried the hot water and ice, cooking spray, and lastly the hot water, ice, wd 40, and tapping with a wooden spoon! Finally worked!!
Hot water and ice didn't work. Pam spray didn't work. Wooden spoon didn't work. They were stuck really well. Thin frosting spatula placed between the stuck sides worked. Undone in a flash!
Hot water and ice didn't work. Pam spray didn't work. Wooden spoon didn't work. They were stuck really well. Thin frosting spatula placed between the stuck sides worked. Undone in a flash!
Thanks very much! This worked for us after a week of trying other things. Hurrah!
This worked! Had two square glass Pyrex dishes stuck together, and after spraying some Pam around the rims, I had to tap everywhere along the sides and top of the dish for a long minute but then they popped apart! Thanks!!
The road to victory is paved with failure - LOL. I'd already tried sooo many things with no success when I came across this idea. My bowls had been stuck for nearly a week at this point, so I hurried to get the non-stick spray; the nozzle was clogged and NOTHING would open it. Ok, well, you said 'forget WD40,' but it was handy, so I tried it. Waited a few minutes before tapping with wooden spoon. Spoon broke into pieces on the second tap. Tapped with a table knife as backup, donned some high-grip garden gloves and pulled like mad. Bowls are finally free. Despite the failures, I really don't think I could have done it without you! Thank you!
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