Posted: Sat Jun 06, 15 9:57 am Post subject: Getting the ship OUT of the bottle again !
A while back I bought a whiskey jug - It's pot and came with a cork glued on to a pottery stopper.
So pulling the stopper out, I broke the cork and left it in the neck of the jar. Today I got a corkscrew to pull the remains out and promptly pushed the cork into the jug !
SO how do I get the broken off cork out again ?
I want to use the jug for drinks in the future.
The hole in the jar is about the same size as a thimble and I'm thinking I need something to dissolve the cork or else to break it up.
Suggestions please ?
sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 15 10:51 am Post subject:
caustic soda in strong solution might do it, I certainly managed to dissolve a cork making woodash lye last year
Glad it worked and rather less potentially damaging than the lye. I was a bit worried that it might attack the glazing on the inside of the jug if it was rather old.
It's no family heirloom MR ! More a novelty piece from the tail end of the 1900's methinks. It's just that I like it !
I don't think Sally's suggestion was to put lye in it, rather a concentrated Caustic Soda solution, which I would have been very content to try had MM's suggestion not turned up trumps
Lye and sodium hydroxide can be interchangeable terms, although lye is also used for potassium hydroxide. Yes, I think it could if it was left in there too long, but a modern glaze should be all right if it wasn't in there more than a few days.
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