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Two glasses stuck together unstick with ease

Quite often you can end up with two glasses stuck inside of one another. Well there is a very simple solution to this annoying problem.

Believe it or not the answer lies in some very simple science. That being that cold things contract and hot expand. So place ice in the inner glass and dip the outer glass in warm water. They will come apart very easily.

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Glass bowls stuck together Comments By: Dr. Church We had two glass mixing bowls stuck tight. We tried everything we could think of then I read the tip about drinking glasses being stuck. It worked great. I set the bowls in a sink filled with hot soapy water to about 1/4 inch from the top. I then put ice, salt and water in the inside bowl. In just a few minutes, they came apart. Thanks for the original tip.   Stuck glasses Comments By: Mike Doyle tried your ice and heat trick, it worked!! I would suggust that you put the ice cubes in the inside glass for about 5 minutes before immursing the outer glass in hot water. This will give you a quicker and better temperature differental.   No Go Comments By: Lynn I spent most of the evening trying to unstick two glasses with the ice and warm water method. It DID NOT work for me. Any other ideas???   Stuck decanter and glass stopper Comments By: S.Scott Thank you!. We had an antique decanter with a glass stopper that had been jammed in. I put it in the sink in hot water and an ice pack on the stopper, in about 10 minutes the top came off. Thank you for the help.   It works!! Comments By: GSJ Yes, this trick worked on tall, heavy and thick cut whisky glasses just fine in less then a minute. Used icy cold water in inner glass and dipped in jug of very hot water.   Make sure to use hot water AND ice! Comments By: Meghan in Oregon I tried to unstick the bowls using just hot water (before I found this post on the internet), and it didn't work. Then I filled the top bowl with ice and moved the bowls around in the hot water (to make sure water was circulating against the bottom of the lower one), and they came right apart!   grandson's favorite glass Comments By: John Rice A small drinking glass got stuck in my grandsons favorite character jelly glass and we could not get it unstuck. Your tip freed it up in a matter of minutes. Thank You.   Works for others...not me Comments By: Kathy Not sure why it will not work for me. Did try different variations. Only thing I can think is that the outer glass is tall and slightly bowed at the mid-point top and inner glass is half the size and straight and only about a 1/2 inch in protruding above.   excellent tip Comments By: rc my friend just tried your tip and it worked great. the combination of salt, icy water in the inner glass works best.   two plastic glasses Comments By: G Nicholas I tried everything I could think of to get them apart. So finally I went to the internet and found your solution. It took a few minutes to take affect, but when it did, it worked great! Thans so much for this tip.   GooGone and a Putty Knife Comments By: Ann The ice water trick didn't work for my two glass mixing bowls. However I tried some googone around the edge and used a putty knife to pry them open enough to break the seal. I would do this very carefully though, and perhaps the ice water trick did half the work at first.   Magic Comments By: Phyllis Castenholz The hot/cold+ice+salt treatment worked! I had tried everything else. Thank you!   no luck Comments By: Stuart The ice in the inner glass and hot water on the outer glass didn't work for me. It makes sense in theory, but practically nope!!   It Worked! Comments By: Susan S. After two years of having my two favorite mixing bowls stuck together, I finally decided to throw them out. I thought of breaking one to save the other but was so annoyed and afraid I would cut myself if I tried. I decided to see if there were any tips on the net and came upon this one! Skeptical, I tried it and it worked. It did take a little working with the blade of a knife and I did soak them for a good 30 minutes. I made sure they were covered as close to the rim as possible with the water. Inside bowl of cold water, ice and salt, outside in the hot water. It didn't happen in an instant, it did take some patience but it worked! Thanks for the tip!   Pressure Washer finally did it. Comments By: Chad Hoopman I tried everything, and was so frustrated that I took out my pressure washer and aimed the water jet on the edge of the two bowls and about five seconds later, they popped apart. Phew! Don't recommend for small children.   add Dish Soap...works great Comments By: Daryl Ginn I had 2 glasses, each stuck in different coffee mugs. I first tried putting dish soap between the glass and mug, but no help. So then I tried ice water in the glass, no help. Then I found this site and added the hot water for the mug, and viola, 30 seconds later it was unstuck. I tried the second glass/mug with just the ice and hot water, but NO GO. So, I added the soap and it came right out. So for those who said NO GO, try adding dish soap.   Didn't work! Comments By: Miz Dissapointed I left them sit and twisted and pulled and it didn't work for me, not the hot water, not the cold water and ice or salt added. Not the dish soap. Bran new glasses, they are acrylic so I cannot find a gap or pry them apart. This is very upsetting we watched the glasses for a week and there are none left, and we can't use any. :-( I wished they had worked.   nope Comments By: wez It didnt work for me I tried everything in my power but I did not prevail!   Thank You Comments By: Tracy This worked within seconds. My bowls were not the same shape and were stuck together cadywhampus (spelling?). Filled my sink with warm/hot water which went into the outer bowl then filled the inner bowl with salt and ice. They came apart immediately. Was pleased since both these bowls are old, special and used often. This could make a great science project for elementary school kids!   One More Comment Comments By: Tracy Now that I have read others comments I would suggest if your bowls are the same size or closely stuck, to put the ice/salt in the inner bowl first then add the hot water in the sink to surround the outer bowl. You need to make sure the inner bowl does not heat up. Hope that makes sense.   Worked Wonders Comments By: Barbara Worked for me - ice cube in inner glass & dipped bottom glass in warm water   Acrylic glasses stuck Comments By: Kelly I've been trying the hot/cold/salt thing, but it doesn't work for my two (brand new) acrylic glasses that are stuck together. They're soooo pretty, I hate to lose them - they're the only two I have. I liked the tips, and I hope to see one on how to separate these two glasses (that are still in the hot/ice cold water mode. Thanks all for offering your suggestions of past, and future.   It worked for me! Comments By: Anon It actually worked in seconds! As soon as I dipped the lower glass in hot water the top glass pulled out. Thanks!   I can't believe it really worked Comments By: Robin Walker I had 2 heavy plastic glasses stuck together, we tried for hours with all the strength we had will no luck, after reading the great tip with the ice and hot water they came apart in seconds!! I still can't believe it worked.   I was skeptical but it really worked! Comments By: Amy I bought a set of acrylic glasses over a year ago. Two of them have been stuck together since I took them out of the bag and I've tried everything (goof off, W-D 40, freezer, hot water, soap, etc. I had just decided to give it one last try to salvage at least one if I had to break one. I decided to search the internet to find a solution. The first link was the ice, salt and water trick and it worked! I let the ice and salt sit for 5 minutes and then immersed the bottom glass in really hot water for 30 seconds, removed the glasses, made one twist with a cloth and they came apart! Not sure if the W-D 40 I sprayed on the seam 24 hours earlier had any impact or not. I am thrilled that it finally worked!   Thanks it worked Comments By: Arlene I was just about to give up after the cold and hot treatment. I dried them and was ready to throw them out when I gave one more try and it worked.   FINALLY .... GLASSES APART Comments By: JAN IT HAS TAKEN 2 YEARS TO TRY AND GET MY FAVORITE GLASSES APART. YOUR TIP DID IT.. LAYER SALT,ICE TO TOP...THEN SET GLASSES IN HOT!!! WATER IT ONLY TOOK A FEW MINUTES NO HARD LABOR. THANKS A MILLION...   It Works!!! Comments By: jills21 I had two glasses stuck together for months. After visiting this website, I decided to try the solution. I put salt, ice and water in the top cup and let it sit for 5 minutes then dunked the bottom cup in hot water for 30 seconds. I dumped the water out and twisted the cups with a rag and they came apart! Yay!!   Add some WD-40 Comments By: Jenny I tried the ice, salt and warm water with two insulated plastic mugs. Wouldn't budge until I sprayed WD-40 between the two. A few minutes later - WAH-LA!!   Yessssss!!! Comments By: Smarter than I Look Had two glasses with ridges on the inside of them stuck tight, no play in them at all. Filled top one with ice, adding water to fill. Bottom one was able to leak some water into it without touching the top glass. Placed the set into a pot of water and turned on the heat. Got some wiggling between them, but still stuck. Set them in the sink, sprayed a little WD40 between them and voila!, they came apart. Thanks for the tip!   SEPARATE THOSE GLASSES QUICK! Comments By: Ask Martha Fill one glass with ice cubes. Put a Pot on the stove filled with water. Heat the Pot just before boiling. Put the glasses in the pot for 10 seconds. Take them out of the pot and pull them apart. I promise it works!!!!!   Stuck Bowls Comments By: Anon I too had 2 stuck bowls and my wife was going to have my head,Thanks for the tip it DID work after about 10 minutes although I had to stick a thin knife blade in the bowls first then I felt movement and they separated   Worked with work :-) Comments By: Bill I had 2 pint glasses firmly stuck. Tried the trick of ice in the top one and placing the lower so it was covered with warm water. They just wouldn't budget. I continued to go back and try every 5 minutes -- topping up the ice as I tried. I then tried placing a very thin knife between the glasses. Like magic it fit! Then I carefully worked around the glasses. Before I got half way, they seperated! Great idea. Thanks.   if you do it right, it works! Comments By: annie I had two glasses stuck together. these were very close in diameter and the tops of the glasses were exactly even so there was no way to try to pull them apart, though believe me I tried!! I would have just thrown them away, they were stuck so bad but the outside glass was not replaceable and I didn't want to lose it. I first tried it with just ice cubes on the inside and hot water on the outside, didn't budge! I added salt to the ice, nothing! then I filled the rest of the inside glass with cold water and put it in the freezer, when the whole thing was frozen I placed the whole thing in very hot water and prayed that it wouldn't crack, in a few seconds I could turn the glasses over and they slid apart with no problem, I actually had to quickly catch the inside glass before it hit the counter! great tip!!   Didn't budge Comments By: Linda from Bridgeton, NJ A good idea but it didn't work for the glass and mug I had stuck together. Instead vegetable oil pour around the sides of the glass worked wonders after sitting a couple minutes.   Microwave+Ice+tapping with silverware Comments By: Mary Kurland It did work. Put stuck glasses in microwave for approximately 1 minute, fill top glass or bowl with ice and water. Let sit for about a minute, then gently tap with a knife and it separates!   Separate hot+cold trick Comments By: J. Gill I had two glass bowls firmly stuck together. I placed ice water in inner bowl and dipped the outer bowl in very hot water. After 1 min. they separated with ease! Thanks for the tip.   woo hoo Comments By: Uncle Al after sitting for too long, a little nudging with a butter knife helped. Hot water and ice does work.   Cold/Hot trick doesn't work Comments By: Alan Church I tried the tip 10 times, even with boiling water & ice; no luck. Vegetable oil didn't work either. Sometimes if they're stuck, there's little you can do but break the outer glass.   IT REALLY WORKED Comments By: Mary After trying hot water on the bottom bowl then ice in the top bowl and failing to separate the glass bowl, I went online and found this tip which suggested doing both things at once and it worked in less than a minute.   It Worked On Something Weird ... Comments By: Astrido I had a glass Christmas salt shaker perfectly stuck inside a Christmas drinking glass. Nothing would make it budge, then I read the suggestions on the site here. I couldn't do the ice thing because it's a salt shaker. So I carefully filled the salt shaker and glass with water, I let it sit in the fridge overnight and then this afternoon I put the glass in a pot of warm water all the way to the rim of the glass. Honestly I didn't think it would work ... but it was worth a try before breaking the glass (trying to save the shaker) ... after about 45 seconds ... the salt shaker just 'pop' out! I was totally amazed! THANKS!!!   Worked Like a CHARM Comments By: Lei I put some ice in the inner cup with a little bit of salt inside. I boiled some water, & within a few seconds, the bottom cup slide right out. Thank you so much!   lid stuck upside down in a bowl. Comments By: bill h it worked. just be patient.   It worked ...but Comments By: Anon I tried everything even slamming the two glasses on the counter. A friend suggested your solution and it worked. I saved one glass. In the future I will be more patient.   thank you so much Comments By: MtAshlandHouse.com It worked!!!!!   Unstick casserole dishes Comments By: Cathleen I tried the ice and hot water - no go. Even had silicone spray in the bottom dish. After 2 minutes in the ice and hot water, I decided one would have to go even if it broke. I took a rubber mallet and tapped on the lip of the lower dish and it came loose from the other dish! Never store them like that again!   It worked great!!! Comments By: amber this helps with glasses and im amazed   It Really Works! Comments By: Larryh We had two plastic glasses stuck together and tried this tip and they easily came apart. Thank You!   Why didn't I think of it? Comments By: CarolB Simple solution, thank you!Gotta love Google for finding me this site!   Worked on antique perfume bottle Comments By: Marilyn The stopper on an antique crystal perfume bottle was stuck into the bottle for years. I put an ice pack around the finial of the stopper for a few minutes, then immersed the bottom into hot tap water up to the top of the bottle and within seconds they came apart.   Worked on two pyrex bowls! Comments By: Lisa Hi, My husband was doing dishes and set a pyrex nesting bowl inside a pyrex 8-cup measuring bowl. Stuck solid. He worked on it (using cold and hot water) for a couple of hours. I read the hints on this board and elsewhere and sprayed WD-40 in between the bowls. I kept working on it, no luck. Went to bed. In the morning I filled the inner bowl with ice water and let it sit for 10 or 15 minutes. Then I filled our bathroom sink with hot water from the tap. I soaked the whole thing in the hot water for less than 5 minutes (hot water didn't get to the top of the outer bowl. Took it out. Dumped the ice water out. Turned the whole thing upside down onto a towel. Started tapping the sides of the outer bowl and then just started banging on the outer bowl around the bottom and sides with my hand. The inner bowl popped out. Yeah! Thanks!   acrylic Comments By: anon All day, no brute force worked,then we googled your tip: ice, salt, cold water inside, then put stuck glasses in just boiling water poured into a blender (these were tall drink glasses). About two minutes and they came apart. THANK YOU !   OMG It Worked!!! Comments By: Cheryl I had three acrylic glasses with a lattice pattern on the outside stuck together. I tried everything but figured because of the lattice pattern the groves were stuck together forever. I tried this thinking it would not work on 3 glasses stuck together but it did! So many thanks!!!   EASIER SOLUTION! Comments By: JUKI OLIVE OIL! Put olive oil in between the stuck glasses and they will come apart! Used for taking apart light globes for a fan.   Nope! Comments By: Lyn I have two mugs on pedestals that won't budge. Maybe it's the pedestal that is the hold up. Tried it all, hot water, ice and WD40. Worked on them for a couple of hours and no go. Afraid I may have to break one!   Here's how for glass stuck in mug Comments By: juanDelaCruz 1 - Put water and ice in the glass 2 - Place both glass and mug in the freezer 3 - At the same time put water in a pot and boil. Remove the pot from the stove. 4 - Take the glass and mug in the freezer, put one more ice cube and some salt 5 - Place the glass and mug in the pot of boiled water 6 - Wait several seconds then tap the glass with something wooden like a handle 7 - Voila! Unstuck!   Unstick Stuck Glass Comments By: Ronnie first i filled my sink with hot water the put ice my glass to the top then slowly feel the glass with water to make it colder than sink it in the very hot water for a few seconds den kinda move da glass from side to side an pull a lil very easy   Worked Great Comments By: R. Mayers Thank you, WORKED GREAT!, took about 1 min. to do   Works for sure! Comments By: Mark It took about 2-3 minutes but it worked Thanks   ah-hah! I knew I could do it. Comments By: Estelle Thanks so much for the tip! For those that say it doesn't work, it's definitely in the technique. It took me several tries and reading everyone else's entry to hone mine. Definitely place ice and water in the inner glass and let it get cold before placing the outer glass in very hot, soapy water.   it worked Comments By: Alan at first, it wasn't working, but i just needed to have patience (since the theory was good, i had no problem giving it a few minutes). i put ice in the top bowl and dipped it in a pot of water that i was heating up. they didn't come apart nor could i tear them apart but i read someone else using a knife and when i tried that they came apart easily. :)   With a little help from friend Comments By: BB Ice and semi boiling water helpes separate two mixing bowls...with a little help from a swiss army knife   Worked Like a Charm Comments By: Elizabeth Weintraub See, there was a reason I shouldn't have slept through science classes high school. I remodeled my kitchen and had stacked a bunch of glasses inside each other in the living room. When time came to put them back, they were fused together. They came apart in a snap with this method. Thanks for this tip   Excellent tip Comments By: Nolan I took a glass out of the dishwasher while the dishes were still very hot and put it on top of another glass the same size but room temperature and knew that it could have been a mistake. They became stuck together and I tried this method and in about 10 minutes they were free. Thanks!   Brilliant Comments By: Marie Didn't even need the warm water, just ice water alone did the trick. I was skeptical since it doesn't seem likely that glas expands and contracts enough to make a difference (otherwise my windows might contract out of their panes in the winter). Guess I need to hit the physics books.   Unstuck two glass mixing bowls. Comments By: Christine Did exactly what you said with warm water and ice. The bowls separated after about 10 minutes. Thank you for the tip.   Success At Last! Comments By: Anon Thank you for your advice. After putting the ice water and salt in the inner cup and sitting the outer cup in hotwater several times,it didn't work. The cups I tried to separate have a base to them, so I didn't know if the cold would penetrate the base. Nevertheless after reading about the WD40 and a slender knife as additional helps to break the suction, they came apart. Thank you again for your advice and your reviewers advice.   awesome Comments By: stephanie I love atoms and molecules! when something is hot the molecules are moving faster and farther apart causing it to expand. when it is cold the molecules are moving slower and closer together causing it to contract.   aluminum cups Comments By: Anon I found this worked really well. I found it helped to bang on them a little bit and they came right apart.   this really works Comments By: vishal i have put in cold water and a lot of ice cubes in the inner glass bowl and boiling hot water in the outer bowl. and after 5 minutes take it out and you need to bang a little and both the bowls will open up.   THANKS for the tip Comments By: Thankful Person I had 2 pyrex glass bowls that have been stuck together and soaking for days when I finally googled this problem. I did as instructed, ice water and SALT in the inner bowl and sat it in a pan of hot water just below the rim of bottom bowl. I doubted this for the first 10-15 minutes but changed my thoughts and carefully helped to pry the bottom with a thin putty knife and they quickly unstuck. Thank You Again!!   Unstuck plastic Glasses--- Comments By: Shirley I filled inter glass with ice,salt and water! I put it in the freezer for 1/2 hr.,meantime I boiled water,then dipped my glasses in the boiling water. It came right out, in seconds! Thank you all,they were new glasses! Shirley   Stuck Glasses Comments By: Hanif Such an easy tip .... took 1 hour to find and 3 or 4 minutes to work. Thank you.   Thank you! Comments By: Busy Mom It worked! I had two heavy glass baking dishes that were stuck together. I had tried all kinds of methods to get them separated but nothing worked. The combination of hot and ice water did the trick. It took several minutes of soaking but it was worth the wait.   Works in the tropics, too! Comments By: Julie Two glasses stuck together in storage after something like 10 ten years - nothing worked to get them apart. Had tried the hot / cold trick with running water on the outside of the 2 glasses. Just about to give up. One last search: found this. Same deal, ice water in top glass but bottom glass glass placed in a measuring jug of hot water up to the rim of the first glass. Worked in about 30 seconds! Thanks so much; now have a complete set again :)   It Worked!!!! Comments By: Christal I had a saucer stuck inside a pan and tried everything from oil to banging it. Anything I could think of. Then I tried the hot/cold method and it worked in a few seconds! I put ice cubes and cold water inside of the pan and boiled some water in a separate pan. I flipped the stuck pan over and poured the boiling water on top of the bottom of the pan. Very good tip.   thank you Comments By: kristian I had my two favorite glasses stuck together after moving. this WORKED GREAT.THANK YOU SO MUCH, for this tip.   with some patience Comments By: anon it required help from a rubber spatula, but this eventually worked for me!   use cold water with the ice Comments By: tube rider I used ice and the cold water from my refrigerator and immediately placed the outer glass in hot water it took about 5 seconds on the first try. I pulled apart the first four (without this method) so hard my hand hurt. Isn't the internet great   This tip + a rubber hammer Comments By: Anon I did the ice on the top and the hot on the bottom and they were still pretty stuck, BUT a rubber mallet smacked gently on the side of the bottom piece did the trick!!!!!!!! I didn't read the comments here until after I was done, but I didn't have the patience to let the top bowl get cold while the bottom bowl was getting hot so out came the rubber mallet and voila--instant unstick.   Worked for me! Comments By: Aaron Dhiman had 2 shot glasses stuck together from our honeymoon in hawaii. this ice/hot water trick got them unstuck! Awesome! Thanks!   BeCaReFul Becareful Comments By: Just me two glasses stuck fast. Put ice in top one for 15 minutes. put pan of water on stove and had it almost to boil. put glasses in - for 15 seconds - was in 5 seconds to long and outer one cracked. get the pan water just a bit hotter than hot tap water and it should work.   Stick 'em up is not stuck anymore Comments By: Hilda Thanks to your web site and reading visitor comments I was able to separate two 3-1/2 inch high acrylic glasses, which had been struck for 1-1/2 weeks during my attempts to pull apart. Before finding your web site I froze the glasses, standing them upright in the freezer for three days. I've left them in hot dish water for 2 hours. When that failed, I twisted them in opposite directions using two rubber gripper pads. All was in vain. Today I remembered your web site, which I used many months ago for an answer for something else. Glancing at your directions, I read the part about the hot soap water and ice. Faucet water wasn't hot enough so I boiled water then sudsing with dish soap, I added ice cubes in the upper glass, placing the smaller glasses inside a larger glass and sealing it with a heavy cereal bowl. After 15 minutes, my attempt failed. Figuring I did something wrong, I went back to the visitor comments. Found two or three mentioning "salt" and wondered where to put it - in the water or on the ice. Amy's comments mentioned "ice/salt" so I added salt to the ice. I bounced the smaller glasses in the soapy water for 3-4 minutes then removed the glasses. Using the sharp tipped knife, I carefully wedged it between the sealed glasses. With rubber grippers in hand, I rocked the glasses in opposite directions and felt a slight separation. I felt like a youngster again because I was shouting for joy when I held one glass in each hand. For future reference, I'm typing a note to myself and taping it to the cabinet where the glasses are stored. Again, thanks everyone for an effort that was worth persuing.   BEWARE Comments By: shattered hopes in WV Do not make the water too hot, or the bottom glass will break. I had two ash trays that were stuck together. I put ice, salt, and cold water in the inside one, and very hot water in the sink. The bottom ash tray cracked. They came aprt with ease.   OH MY GOSH Comments By: Shelbi I had two metal pans together after melting chocolate, due to the expanding metal, they got stuck. This worked amazingly!!!!! I had lost all hope when I googled this. Thank you soooo much!!!!   ice,salt,hot H2o, and BLENDER Comments By: Anon Horray!! I read all the comments-two new acrylic tumblers-so STUCK- used ice water and salt for 5 minutes, then went to immerse in hot boiling water-but no container went up high enough to cover the lip of the outside cup--then remembered comment that some one immersed in Blender--High Enough! Voila- THANKS   Worked for me!!!! Comments By: angie Nothing worked untill I tried this!!   WOW! It worked - But with A LOT of Hard Work. Comments By: Irene Thanks so much. I have two small ridged drinking glasses that were stubbornly stuck inside each other. I tried putting ice and salt in the top one and put them in the freezer in a plastic container. When good and frozen, I poured boiling water into the plastic container up until the ridge of the outer glass. For about an hour I kept trying to loosen them up. It felt a little loose but they didn't budge. So I sprayed WD 40 generously around the top ridge of the outside glass and let it sit for a few moments in hot water with the salt and ice still in the top glass. Then I picked it up with a dish towel holding it with the top of the inner glass so as to have the weight pull down on the bottom glass as I banged the sides of the outer glass over and over with a wooden utensil. Finally I pulled them apart. It was a big job and I broke a beautiful old wooden mixing spoon that belonged to my mother. So I suggest using a small piece of extra wood around the house. Whew! Time to use the glass for a nice Shiraz!   Worked in seconds Comments By: Sandan I had two small glass votive candle holders stuck together, I put the ice in the top one and within a minute without the hot water they just popped apart. thank you.   Hot and cold with some extra help Comments By: Pauline This did not work for me either but there was a small gap between the two glass and using this method and then inserting a knife immediately released them   hot-cold didn't work, until... I used WD-40. Comments By: berkeley-ca I tried the hot outer bowl, cold inner bowl thing for a while, a little soap, nudging, pulling, tapping on the bowls, nothing worked. Then, after a hot-water-outside/ice-water-in-the-top-bowl treatment, I sprayed a little WD-40 at the points where they were stuck together. Held them over a towel to cushion the fall, and tapped with a wooden spoon a few times. they came right apart.   separating glasses that have stuck together Comments By: Happy camper Thanks to all who've previously posted tips. I tried the cold in the inside glass, hot around the outside glass; sprayed WD10 around the contact edges, and tried the same with dish soap with no luck. Then used a combo of methods above: 1. Salt, ice cubes and cold water in inside glass. 2. Placed in freezer while I boiled enough water to fill small bowl that was deeper than the outside glass. 3. Poured boiling water into the bowl. 4. Removed stuck glasses from freezer and tried to slide a box cutter blade between them (the narrowest thing I could think of, like a razor, much narrower than a knife blade). Actually did get it in between the glasses a little bit, but then the blade snapped right off as soon as I tried to move it. 5. Sprayed WD40 all around the contact points and then very gently lowered outter glass into the bowl of hot water just to the rim. Do not allow the very hot water to come into contact with the inner glass holding the ice. 6. Lifted the outter glass partiallyout of the water, enough to tap the sides with a wooden spatula; still nothing. Then tapped DOWNward on the top edge of the outter glass and VOILA! Houston we have separation! Outter glass dropped safely into the awaiting bowl of hot water.   it worked w/ measuring cups Comments By: Anon An 8oz measuring cup stuck in a 32oz measuring cup. Ice/water in the 8 and hot water in a pan for the 32. 2 mins later removed the 8. Worked great!   No way, tap with a knife! Comments By: Kate I tried ice, salt and water in one, and immersion in hot water. Didn't work. Then I tried tapping the rim of the bottom glass--all the way around with a place knife. You wouldn't believe it, they came apart so easily.   YES FINALLY! Comments By: Robin E. me and my husband spent hours of aggervaiting time just looking at the glass from my mother at our wedding stuck in his favorite coffee mug! it was killing both of us!!! finally my husband and me cracked and we decided we would either break the mug and save at least the glass. we decided to try google first and just like every topic there were thousands of ideas on how to get them unstuck, just a minute ago i tried this tip only modified with what some people said! IT WORKED! THANKS FROM MY CHARLIE AND ME!!   Great Tip Comments By: Kay I have two glass mixing bowls that I had just purchased. When I put them in the floor of my car to bring them home, the top bowl became lodged at an angle in the bottom bowl. I tried everything I could think of to unstick them. Then I found your tip on the internet. I put ice, salt, and water in the top bowl, and put the bottom bowl in warm, soapy water. My husband and I tried several times, but could not dislodge the bowls. I came back and read that someone had used a knife to pry the two loose. I tried that, and it worked immediately.   Metal Pans work to!!!!! Comments By: Pamela T Oh my word, it worked on metal pans to. I didn't think I would ever get them apart. I worked within minutes. Thank You   glasses totally stuck together Comments By: JT I tried for 1 hour to unstick two full size drinking glasses. I tried soap, oil and hot water. Nothing worked until I left them in the freezer overnight. When I took them out of the freezer, lighty tugged on them, they seperated with ease.   It worked! Comments By: Elaine I tried and trid to get two glasses unstuck and couldn't. This tip worked in two minutes.   unstick two glasses Comments By: redhead6 brilliant tip as mind was two crystal vases stuck together and i had some flowers deliver to me today .thank -you and to say how relieved i was to have them back in one piece.Don't let your husband do the spring cleaningfor they love jamming things into each other.   3 attempts Comments By: Praise the Lord!! It took 3 attempts....varied the manner in which I did it and read the comments. One said to let the ice"glass" get really cold 1st then use "soapy hot water" for the other...I was able to twist them apart after 5 minutes   2 huge glass bowls Comments By: pp I had two huge glass bowls stuck together and I thought I was going to have to throw them away, amazingly the ice and hot water worked. Thank you!   Fantastic! Comments By: Paul x This worked for me. Science is not just for labs and geeks. It also serves a significant purpose in the kitchen. Thank you very much   Awesome Comments By: Alfonse I had two glass mixing bowls, stuck together for a couple of days. Having no idea what to do, i was about to throw them out - but then i found this site! one thing...make sure you use the knife if it doesn't work quickly, because that is the only way.   Another way... Comments By: N. I had a small pyrex bowl stuck at an angle in a large ceramic mug. None of the other solutions worked (WD40, ice/heat, prying with knife, soaking, etc.). What did work was carefully pouring water between the two through a small opening. I placed them in the freezer, and in four hours the water had expanded and pushed the pyrex bowl out.   Thank you Comments By: Judi Used the salt ice and hot water for a glass stuck in a myg and it worked like a charm   Worked for me to unstick two acrylic glasses Comments By: Brian I had a short acrylic glass stuck 2/3 in a taller glass. I used ice and some salt in the smaller glass and filled up the sink with hot water just above the taller glass. After about 5 minutes, I was able to pull the glasses apart. Had to give a good pull but they game apart. Thanks!!!   more then two? Comments By: Schmitty Shmiederson Ahhhhhh! I'm sure this tip is great for two glasses, but we bought several packaged so that they were stuck together. We can't get them loose, and because of the distance between the inner and outer glass your ice trick won't do. Any suggestions?   DO follow the directions Comments By: Mary We bought new large plastic tumbler glasses for outside summer drinks and the cashier put them inside one another and 3 were really stuck together when we came home from the store. Soapy water didn't do a thing and I was getting frustrated and mad trying hard to get them apart. :( I looked up the problem and this solution didn't work at first when I put ice inside the inner glass and ran warm water over the outer tumbler But when the outter tumblers were submerged in warm water then they came apart. I found Must follow the directions, have patience and in a few minutes they will come apart. :) Thanks!   It really works Comments By: Michele This tip really works, it took less than 5 minutes to do.   Didn't give up Comments By: Pat M I had 2 long plastic glasses that just wouldn't come apart. I tried all of the advice given, even just tried breaking them hoping to at least have one left. I put them in the freezer (wet) for about 10 minutes, then stuck the bottom one in a sink filled with hot soapy water. I heard the sound of ice cracking, and finally got them apart!   The cold and hot works Comments By: Karen I suggets you leave the ice cubes in the glass about 5 minutes. Then use boiling hot water. It works   It worked! Voila! Comments By: ting ting hot and cold plus dishwashing soap in the rim of the cup; 5 minutes ice plus cold water and salt in a glass, then immerse cup in a previously boiled water not reaching the rim of the cup with a slight pry of a knife   THNAKKKK YOUUU ! Comments By: Barb & Chel I filled the top cup with ice, water, and a lot of salt. I then filled my sink with hot, soapy, water. and in just two minutes the cups came right apart. THANK SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT TIP !!! =))   Success! Comments By: Anon Yay! Finally got the glasses unstuck. At first we did not believe this method would work, and they did not come apart easily at all, but after putting the glass in very hot water and putting lots of ice in the inner glass we were able to move the inner glass slightly and then eventually get them apart. Thank you very much. This really works.   worked, but with consequences Comments By: mike dubya This method worked, but only because it caused one of the glasses to break. :(   problem!! Comments By: Alan LFC No 19 on the way!! NO problem Boiling water ice and salt unstuck two mugs that have been like that since Christmas(2008) Thanks.Finally apart to enjoy this years Christmas (2009).   Shock Comments By: Barbara Hager- Paulsen I tried everything, hot, cold salt freezer. I got so mad I threw the the three cups and the shock of hitting the sink broke them apart and no cracks. Yaah! This was the last resort before the garbage can.   It really worked Comments By: Mary Ann I knew about the ice and hot water trick, but it wasn't working for me. Then I read your tips and added salt and let the ice sit for 5 minutes before setting it in hot water. It worked immediately! And to think I was ready to throw away 2 good bowls. Thank you.   I just can't believe it! Now my set it Complete! Comments By: JoAnn I had two vintage glass bowls stuck together and I almost threw them away! I found this site and tried the VERY warm water in a big bowl with the salt and then put ice cubes and salt in the top one. After ten minutes I checked and nothing! I then took a steak knife and went around the edge very carefully and within seconds the top bowl came out smoothly! Just make sure the water comes to the rim of the bottom bowl. I have the entire set NOW and just so happy and so glad I decded to check the internet before I just threw them away!   It worked for me Comments By: Carol I just tried this tip and it worked for me. I had two custard bowls stuck together. Filled the inner bowl with the ice and let it sit about 5 mins. Then filled a larger bowl with very hot water and set them down in that. Be patient, I had to refill the hot water 2X, but it did work.   2 jars stuck together Comments By: Jan I had two jars of relish in the refrigerator, both of which were half full. I put the neck of one jar into the neck of the other jar to empty its contents into the other jar. Of course they got stuck. Since both jars were already cold from the refrigerator, I simply ran hot water over the connected necks. It took a couple of minutes but I was able to pull them apart. Kind of had a relish mess, but it did work. Thanks!!   Try blow dryer instead of hot water Comments By: claudia Hot water/ice water did not work, so I left the ice water and salt in the glass and tried the blow dryer on the outer glass and it worked in just a few minutes (it popped when I held the blow dryer real close to the rim of the outer glass while turning it and blowing some air between the two glasses).   my son's handmade blown glass art glasses! Comments By: anon this was serious, since the stuck items were handblown glass my son had made in a summer program! What to do! It took about a half hour -- the glass here is very thick -- but the ice/salt/boiling water combo worked beautifully. We are all happy!   WOO HOO! Comments By: Aj I bought some indestructible glasses and two fo them were stuck. We tried everything...I even struck them against the counter but they wouldn't budge. It took about 10 seconds to work but worked like a charm! THANK YOU!   Bless you all! Comments By: Annette Top glass has eight sides--octagonal. Bottom glass is round. They are seemingly inseperable. After experimenting with my own versions of hot and cold, I checked the internet. Read the hint and tried it, to no avail. Came back and read virtually all the comments. Went back to refresh the ice, salt, and hot water, used a serrated paring knife up and down between the eight flat sections, and within one minute it came apart! Thanks for sharing--life should be so easy.   With patience it works ! Comments By: Wally Virtually cover outside glass with boiling water and allow ice to nearly melt.   This was awesome! Comments By: TMB Just used this method this morning on two glasses.. within seconds the top glass popped out!   Wow and Thanks Comments By: Joan We had 2 bowls stuck together...on an angle...and had tried everything we thought we knew...so I went to google and typed in my question and your site was the first to come up...A NEW WAY...let's try...and IT WORKED... THANK YOU so much for saving my bowls and my hands from eventually being cut with all the effort to try to get them apart.   It Worked! Comments By: R Success! I added salt, ice cubes with icy water for about 3-4 minutes, and then I placed it in a bowl of warm water and voila!   it worked Comments By: pat had two very thin crystal glasses STUCK together, had tried several things THIS WORKED   Worked like a charm Comments By: Cathy Filled the sink with hot water about 2/3 up the side of the bottom bowl. Added ice cubes inside the top bowl. Took about 5 minutes and a little prying with a knife and VIOLA two separate bowls.   An awesome solution!! Comments By: Susan I had 2 different sized Pyrex glass measuring cups jammed together and tried to release them in just hot water -- it didn't happen. I tried the ice and hot water and with a little coaxing with a metal cake spatula they came apart!! Thank you for the great tip!!!   TWO ODD SHEPED GLASS CONTAINERS Comments By: Milton Rhodes I tried the inner container with ice and the freezer followed by warm water. No luck. I then trie WD40 and a spatula. No luck. In desperation I tried dsropping them on a braied rug from fdifferenc heights. At about 18" SUCCESS.   IT WORKED Comments By: Susan One of my favorite small jelly jar glasses (probably 40 years old from my grandmas) fell into a 2 cup glass measuring cup. I put the ice in the small glass and heated up some water and put the measuring cup in it. I took about 10 minutes but I was able to pry them lose with no damage to either! I was about ready to toss them both! Thanks for the tip!   It Worked!!! Comments By: Anon I had a small custard cup that was inside a pyrex measuring cup. I figured I had nothing to lose so I gave it a try. The ice/water/salt in custard cup and the outside of the pyrex in hot...added a small amount of dishsoap to the offending edges and inside of 5 minutes they were apart. Thank you!!   Don't give up! Comments By: Christina 5 days of ice in the top and heat on the bottom. Finally I tried olive oil while the ice was in the top and then immersed the bottom in boiling water. Still no go but when I emptied it out I grabbed a towel and pulled the bottom pyrex away from the top and with brute force they cam apart.   amazing Comments By: anon wow it worked, i couldn't believe it, two of my drinking glasses were stuck together and were impossible to pull apart and after trying this they came apart in seconds as if they hadn't been stuck at all. thanks for the handy tip!   stuck glasses Comments By: anon worked like a charm, i used col water   A rather shattering experience / good advice - wear safety glasses Comments By: Gordon D Nielson Filled the " top glass" with ice cubes and cold water. Then filled the "bottom glass", because of the grooves in the cut glass allowed the hot water to seep in, with hot water. I then immersed the lower glass into a bowel of hot water. Within 15 seconds the lower glass exploded into a 100 pieces. However, because this lower glass was slightly below the bowel's high water level, the shards of glass remained in the water while the upper glass was unscathed. Losing the lower glass was no big deal - cheap glass at best. However it was quite an interesting event to watch. Next time, I'll be wearing safety glasses for sure.   bowls stuck Comments By: Duck This worked great! I had tried the ice in inner bowl and hot water on the outer bowl to no avail. Adding the salt to the ice, and dish detergent between the rims and it worked perfect!   Worked Comments By: Tara I used cold in the top hot in bottom, put salt in not sure what that did if anything but after letting it sit for awhile trying after every few min, i finally turned the two glasses over and used my plastic scruber and tapped on the side picking up and turning and the inside one popped out after about amin.   simple really Comments By: Tim worked a treat. I had two tumblers stuck together when first taken out of the box they came in. filled the sink to a level about 3/4 way up the outer glass, put ice and water in the inner one and within about 3-4 minutes they came apart. I would asume that the thicker the glass the longer it may take   boiling the hot water is the clue Comments By: millie boiling the hot water is the clue. tap water not hot enough thank you   Be Careful when doing this Comments By: Jim I had a couple Pyrex measuring cups stuck together, ice water in the top, let the bottom one sit in the hot water for a few minutes. I picked them out, and set them down and within about 20 seconds the bottom one exploded, I assume from the quick change from hot to cold. So on the plus side, they're apart, on the other hand I'm out one measuring cup. Learned my lesson about stacking glassware though.   after 2 weeks... Comments By: jieanne06 i accidently stuck a glass inside my sister-in-law's new coffee mug while i was washing the dishes.we made several efforts but to no avail.we left it for about 2 weeks, then we decided to give it a shot again.my dad put the glass/cup in the freezer, than my hubby tried pouring hot water in the space between the cup and mug, and with a few twists, it separated!!!woohoo!!   Freezer did the trick Comments By: N Stoneware bowl stuck in metal pot. Tried the ice water in the bowl and immersing pot in boiling water and it didn't work. Saw the tip about putting water in space between the two objects and then placing in freezer so expanded water (ice) would push inner object out. This worked! Put in freezer overnight. In morning, still stuck. But then poured small amount of water in crevice, waited 30 minutes, and voila! Think the ice on sides of bowl melted but the ice underneath was still frozen and this served to expand the pot and push the bowl up. Whatever...I am very happy!   Worked for me !!! Comments By: easyeater9 After weeks of trying just about everthing i was about ready to break one to save the other,than i ran across this cure.My small bowl was stuck inside one slightly larger.I had nothing to grip and pull so after soaking in ice and hot water just under the boiling point(about 7 min.),i turned the bowls upsidedown and tapped the lip of the larger one in my sink.After 2 or 3 taps they came apart.Thanks for the tip.   Yay worked for me! Comments By: Dorothy Two pyrex glass bread pans were stuck together. I tried everything and was ready to toss them out. I decided to first check Google for any tips and found this one. Worked in second! Thanks!   Make sure!!!! Comments By: H It takes a little long so don't give up. Also you do need to fool around with the glasses to seperate them   unsticking plastic tumblers that are conjoined Comments By: HANKSTR IT WORKED GREAT WITH THE SALT AND WATER AND ICE TOGETHER AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE 2 PLASTIC TUMBLERS APART ...THANKS FOR THE TIP!!!   Glass blender and small drinking glass Comments By: anon I put glass blender in sink to wash and filled with dish liquid, I had a small drinking glass I decided to wash inside the blender at the same time. The drinking glass got stuck sideways. After trying everything to get the glass unstuck, I tried the hot water treatment on the outside of the blender and I put an ice pack on the sideways drinking glass. It worked after about 5 minutes. Thank you.   2 Pyrex Dishes Comments By: Ruthann Thanks! This tip worked great; esp. when I added boiling water.   stucked glasses Comments By: mlt been trying to force a set of plastic glasses apart. gave up went to net looked up solution to problem an it worked as suggested on your wsite. gracias   Yup, it worked Comments By: Mark Harding Two pyrex 1-quart bowls (the flat-bottomed kind, that come with plastic lids) were stuck together. I put Ice+ ice water + salt (liberal sprinkle) in the top bowl, and immersed the bottom bowl in the hottest tap water I could get (I added a bit of dish soap)--right up to the rim of the bottom goal. It didn't come apart right away, so I let it sit, periodically refreshing the hot water a bit or poking away at the rim a bit...and it probably took about 7 minutes. Then they suddenly released.   Plaste cups Comments By: Arron I put ice and water in the one on top and put the bottom in warm water, worked right away!   Perfect solution! Comments By: Marty from SC Had already tried putting the glass bowls in the freezer, so they were very cold.By putting the bottom bowl in hot water with ice cubes in the top bowl, they separated with 10 seconds! thanks!   It really, really works! Comments By: Gloria When I read about how to separate the two glasses, I said to myself yea right, I Don't believe it. Today, after trying to separate my glasses for a week, I tried your process for myself, and to my amazement, in less then two minutes, my drinking glasses were separate. I will always remember to use this process whenever cups, bowls, or pots get stuck together. Thank You   got me outa trouble Comments By: billy Helping with dishes. & stuck two pyrex bowls. Soaked em bout 10 minutes & tapped em, just slid apart!! Learned my lesson, NO more washing dishes!   2 very fragile glasses stuck together Comments By: ruby I finally got them apart. It took me a few tries though. Here is the combination of things that I used: Filled top glass w/combination of crushed & cubed ice, added salt, then filled with cold water. Fill sink w/Hot water & filled a large bowl with hot water & nuke for about a minute, place bowl in sink w/hot water. Put your mated glasses in the bowl that is in the sink, wait a few seconds, use a thin plastic knife to get dish soap into rim of bottom glass, wait a few seconds, take the plastic knife & insert gently between them moving it around in the glass until the suction breaks. Fill one (or both) of those glasses with wine & congradulate yourself for a job well done & not digressing to a hammer & chisel & of course, giving your glasses another life. Cheers! & ty for all the blogs on this site that aided in this little fiasco.   Unstick 2 glasses Comments By: Anon Wow I'm impressed worked a treat been trying everything for days   oven ware antique green spiral pattern bowls stuck Comments By: barbara p The salted ice water first then the warm soapy water did not work. Took out the bowls and placed them in a small shallow frying pan with boiling water and poked inside the round lip of the spiral pattern with a sharp steak knife point. Instant success. Big thank you so much. I loved those bowls.   I was so surprised! Comments By: Kathy In about 20 seconds the bowls came apart!   Plastic in glass Comments By: Theory Girl I just used this to get a plastic cup out of a glass cup. I also used dish soap between the two, but it was definitely the ice/hot water trick that did it, since I'd already tried the soap on its own, and no dice. It took a while for the plastic to get cold enough, though, so if you're trying the same thing, make sure you wait about ten minutes before trying to separate the cups.   Brilliant!!!! Comments By: Doreen I tried in vain to remove two acrylic glasses that were stuck together for weeks. They have sentimental value as my mom passed away several weeks ago and she loved them. This trick worked wonderfully! You made my day!   Best way - it really works in seconds Comments By: Jasmine Before I found help on the internet I tried everything I thought might help. Don't waste any more time. Do exactly what the tip says. I did it and ... what a relief. Afetr keeping ice for 2 minutes inside the inner galss I place both glasses in a bolw with hot water. Few seconds later I turned both glasses upside down and the inner glass fell out easy. Great tip. Thank you.   Bowls stuck togther Comments By: Jim Dillard I just what to tell everyone when you have two glass bowls stuck togther and it really works putting them in hot soap water and salt and ice in them   Works Perfectly Comments By: momto3boyz Tried all sorts of things to get these two glasses apart... my husband told me to google - found this remedy and it worked!!! I was so glad they were my good lead crystal glasses that someone decided to stack :(   FREEZER! Comments By: Anon I tried everything to get the two mixing bowls unstuck! NOTHING WORKED! So I finally just stuck it in the freezer to see if that would loosen it up at all and it popped them apart! i did notice that when i first put them in there was water in the bottom one... not sure if that made a difference... so for me it was just as easy as sticking it in the freezer!   Worked with a little tapping from a wooden spoon Comments By: Steve The salt ice water in the inner, the outer sitting in sink of hot water and nothing until gentle tapping on both bowls with the handle of a wooden spoon. I also used the liquid soap between the two to lubricate.   less then a minute with no ice Comments By: anon two vases, I put very cold tap water in the inside one, and the outside one, I ran very hot water with dish soap, wiggled it a little and apart they came. great tip   I had 2 glass baking dishes stuck together Comments By: JERRI I had 2 glass baking dishes stuck together so I placed ice cubes sprinkled with quite a bit of salt and added an ice bag to the top dish. It wasn't quite doing the job until I added the cubes and salt and then placed in a pan of very hot water for abou 15 min. Finally took a cake icing spatula and pried and they came apart.   Stuck Drinking glasses Comments By: Ted YES YES YES!!!   Works Comments By: emerson IT also worked with my high quality plastic cups that i bought back in the 90's. Plastic isint so good now a days ! =D   Also for three Comments By: Pieter The tip was great. It also worked for three glasses stuck together. My experiences: Be patient, it may take 15 minutes for the glasses to come loose. Salt in the inner glass helps. To get the glasses apart: Hold the inner glass in one hand a few inches above your sink (the outer glass will be too hot to hold) and tap gently on the edge of the outer glass, working your way in circles.   THANK YOU!!!! Comments By: Lynda Zimmerman I have had two glasses stuck together for months and just found this site. It worked in just a matter of minutes. I used cubed ice in the top glass and filled the bottom one with hot water and "presto"!!!! Thank you so much   Inner Glass Icewater and salt. Dip in Hot water Comments By: Douglas AWESOME Thanks for the tip. Stirred the ice water to keep the inner glass cold. worked in 2 minutes   Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! Comments By: Dana It took some time but it worked! I used the ice, salt and water in top glass and then put in hot water so the bottom glass was almost covered. It didn't do anything until I sprayed the WD40 then nothing until I took a very thin paring knife and inserted it between the glasses=-=-and it happened--they came apart.   Worked like a charm! Comments By: Gloria I had 2 rectangular baking dishes that had been stuck together for months. The hot/cold water tip got them unstuck in seconds.   Yesssss! Comments By: ellinogermanida with your tip the two glasses came apart after about two minutes   unstick 3 acrylic glasses Comments By: Proverbs 31 Woman Separating two glasses is easy. BUT what about three acrylic glasses that have rough outside surface? I followed directions for separating two glass, put ice and salt in the top glass than dipping third (bottom) glass in warm/hot soapy water doesn't separate the middle glass.   Need another suggestion Comments By: Sandra I have 2 cut glass vases. One is stuck in the other, upside down! No place to put ice inside. I will pop them into the freezer overnight and see if that helps. hot soapy water did nothing. Any other suggestion?   Acrylic glasses totally stuck together Comments By: LizB Tried this method using salt in top glass with ice. It took awhile and several tries, but it finally worked. Thanks for the great tip! Truely never thought they would come apart.   Two glass bowls stuck together Comments By: Vince WOW! The hot water and ice tip really works! These are 2 delicate glass bowls we tried everything to seperate. Took about 3 minutes to work!. GREAT TIP!   great!!! Comments By: axon It certainly works,awesome.I was sooo relieved when they unstuck.hot+cold water+salt rocks .thanks   sadly.. Comments By: sally grady Sadly it didn't work for me and I was so hopeful...any other ideas?   Nice!!!! Comments By: Laya That ice and warm water really did work!!!! of course it didn't happen immediately, but after like less than 3 minutes the 2 cups came apart!!! what i did was added water to the cup of ice, that way it would get colder faster. thanks a lot for the scientific lesson :)   Worked for me! Comments By: London Andy Followed the instructions and after 5 minutes they came apart easily!   WORKS IF YOU DO IT ALL!!! Comments By: Sally Armel I had 2 glasses stuck together and had tried running hot water on the outside glass. It didn't work so I decided to "Google it". I tried your suggestions, but it didn't work with just the ice and salt in the top glass and very hot soapy water in the bottom glass. When I added the step using the thin knife blade between the glasses they popped apart. Thank you so much!   Hallellujah!! IT FINALLY WORKED!!!! Comments By: Helene I had 2 glasses stuck together in a box for many years. I tried all your tips and the final one about adding WD40 and a sharp thin steak knife pried them apart. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH EVERYONE!! Praise the Lord!!   Awsome Tip Comments By: ANON The ice and hot water worked great. Thanks for the tip.   one other pointer Comments By: alias Make sure that there is no water in between the 2 glass items. It acts as a suction between the two and makes things that much harder. They should be completely dry. It then works like a charm!   Thank you Comments By: Tudy This worked!! thank you for the help I was going to throw the glasses out. I then googled and found this site.   2 glass bowls Comments By: Anon Did it! 5 or so ice cubes in the outer bowl, warm water in sink. Put stuck bowls in sink. They came apart after about 15 seconds of sitting in sink. I had to pull them apart and it worked!   Here's a Better, Faster Way! Comments By: Len Estrada http://www.lenestrada.com/2010/08/31/how-to-separate-two-pint-glasses-that-are-frozen-together/