ok before you say just pull it out :: this cork is on the wrong side of the neck, as in it got pushed thru, any ideas on how to remove it? :redface: heck and I dont even have a kid I can blame it on :haha: :haha: any thoughts would be appreciated 
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how do you remove a cork
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Assuming you swilled the hooch already and just want to salvage the bottle, try this...
Gently heat the mouth and neck of the bottle to expand it and pull the cork through with tweezers, wear oven mitts...
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If you don't want the cork, fill the spent hooch bottle with water, this will keep the cork at the top, now go in with long hemostats (fishermen and women use these to remove hooks) and nibble away at the cork until it can be removed...
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Get your ramrod out and screw on a ball puller, use a ka-bob skewer to hold the cork while you thread the ball puller into the cork, remove the skewer and pull out the cork, lube the mouth and neck of the hooch bottle up first with stumpy's moose snot and cork lubricant...
Finally:
Get ticked off, shoot the empty hooch bottle and make a bass plug from the cork...
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How about the corkscrew on your Swiss army knife? A patch puller on the end of a ramrod will also work, as has been suggested. I've actually done that. ::
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Thank you guys for your ideas, my sensible side thinks the ram rod with a ball puller is an awesome idea but my curious, sometimes not so smart side, is curious to see what would happen with vinegar and baking soda, should be the same reaction as alky seltzer.. I will let ya know what happens :haha:
but my curious, sometimes not so smart side, is curious to see what would happen with vinegar and baking soda, should be the same reaction as alky seltzer.. I will let ya know what happens :haha:Thank you guys for your ideas, my sensible side thinks the ram rod with a ball puller is an awesome idea
Do it outside...
Vinegar and baking soda produces carbon dioxide...
The reaction could be too violent for the hooch bottle and shatter it, don't want your house filled with glass slivers, do you?
not knowing what ya want or need the bottle fer....what bout putting some gas or colman fuel in the bottle in the upright position and light it....and burn the cork till the fuel is gone to make the cork smaller or totaly gone maybe..........bob
I really like the alka seltzer thing. Please post pic :kid:tures!
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If you don't care about the cork use a hardwood dowle or stick that you sharpen to a flat point and stab away until it is small enough to come out. I think a steel skewer will damage the bottle and the threads on a ball puller will not hold the cork well enough to pull it unless the cork is undersized somewhat. Besides how you gonna get the puller into the cork?
Use the skewer to keep it from spinning until the puller is screwed in place, then remove the skewer, then pull the ramrod out and remove the cork...
Corks are tapered, so the ball puller should be screwed into the bottom side of the cork...
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Like I said I just don't see the ball puller as having enough grip on the cork to work but you gave me another idea. Buy a cheap corkscrew and modify it to fit your ramrod or another piece of wood and use that instead.
Geez, I expected pictures of the Alka Seltzer thing by now!
Seriously, the only thing that has worked for me in the past, is a piece of wire bent into a hook. If it is thin and strong enough, you may be able to withdraw the cork. You eill need something like music wire for this, heated and turned to 90degrees on the end. In reality, you will most likely have to pull little chunks off of it, with the bottle turned upsidedown, until it is all removed.
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Seriously, the only thing that has worked for me in the past, is a piece of wire bent into a hook. If it is thin and strong enough, you may be able to withdraw the cork. You eill need something like music wire for this, heated and turned to 90degrees on the end. In reality, you will most likely have to pull little chunks off of it, with the bottle turned upsidedown, until it is all removed.
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First helpful suggestion is -- DON'T DO THAT!
(You have by now figured out that this is not going to be very helpful, haven't you?)
High tech solutions to a low tech need as they might be written by government types:
From our Star Wars department:
Get a laser and cut it into bite size parts.
US Air Force:
Rewrite the design specs of the bottle so that it is unacceptable and requires a far more expensive version, line up retirement job with sole source supplier and wait your 2 years before the kick back position can put you on easy street.
NASA:
Build a miniature robot to go down and cut it up.
From our Industrial Contractors:
Just pour acid in there and burn the cork out.
From the EPA:
Smash the bottle and protect the cork as evidence that someone used a natural substance and to analyze this waste byproduct residue on one side. The glass was man made and the cork was natural. Also investigate the people who suggested the above solution.
Homeland Security:
Implant tiny improvised explosive devices in it with remote detonation to break it in little pieces. Could be carried by ants wearing specially fitted vests. (Note to file, Details must be kept secret as PETA might object.)
Actually, my real suggestion is that a long bladed chisel could be made of long drill rod with one end flattened. This could be sharpened and used to shave bits off the cork that could be easily removed. Split lengthwise first, then quarter.
This is sort of like climbing a mountain because it is there.
CS
(You have by now figured out that this is not going to be very helpful, haven't you?)
High tech solutions to a low tech need as they might be written by government types:
From our Star Wars department:
Get a laser and cut it into bite size parts.
US Air Force:
Rewrite the design specs of the bottle so that it is unacceptable and requires a far more expensive version, line up retirement job with sole source supplier and wait your 2 years before the kick back position can put you on easy street.
NASA:
Build a miniature robot to go down and cut it up.
From our Industrial Contractors:
Just pour acid in there and burn the cork out.
From the EPA:
Smash the bottle and protect the cork as evidence that someone used a natural substance and to analyze this waste byproduct residue on one side. The glass was man made and the cork was natural. Also investigate the people who suggested the above solution.
Homeland Security:
Implant tiny improvised explosive devices in it with remote detonation to break it in little pieces. Could be carried by ants wearing specially fitted vests. (Note to file, Details must be kept secret as PETA might object.)
Actually, my real suggestion is that a long bladed chisel could be made of long drill rod with one end flattened. This could be sharpened and used to shave bits off the cork that could be easily removed. Split lengthwise first, then quarter.
This is sort of like climbing a mountain because it is there.
CS
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