Separating Plastic Buckets

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It is very frustrating when those plastic buckets you have been collecting get stuck inside one another. This is a guide about separating plastic buckets.

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Storing 5 Gallon Plastic Buckets

There is an easy solution to un-stick 5 gallon buckets and keep them from sticking again. Set a hair dryer on highest heat and airflow. You want to warm up the bottom bucket to make it expand. Slowly, move the hair dryer around the top rim of the bottom bucket. It should only take a minute or so. Works like a charm!

To keep the buckets from ever sticking again, put something in the bottom of the bucket before adding another bucket. I used a small 4 inch tall container from a purchase made at the "Deli" as spacers. Maybe cottage cheese, yogurt or similar would work, too. This will prevent a vacuum from occurring causing that frustrating stuck bucket syndrome.

By Born-Again Linda from San Diego, CA

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Getting Stuck Plastic Buckets Apart

Do you have plastic buckets that are stuck together? Here are step by step instructions for getting them unstuck.

Supplies:

a bored teenager
Dawn dish detergent
a hammer or mallet
a letter opener or a screw driver
a bunch of stuck together plastic buckets
newspaper

Directions:

Have the bored teenager squeeze the dish detergent in the rim area between the buckets all the way around. Watch the Dawn get in between the buckets.

Push the letter opener in between the buckets where you've applied the dish detergent, it will squeeze in.

Lay the buckets on their side on the ground.

Hit the top bucket with the mallet or hammer near the letter opener (or screwdriver). Be sure to not hit directly on the letter opener or screwdriver.

You may have to go all the way around with the letter opener and the hammer.

Stop when you see the buckets start to come loose and pull them apart.

Source: Things my mama taught me.

By Carolyn from Mitchellville, MD

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