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Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« on: October 10, 2015, 09:27:13 PM »
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Have a mishap...
I have a vintage glass dome lantern that i installed in the toilet. It is the classic type of threaded base into which you can screw a glass dome or a glass jar, with E27 socket inside. The base is made of porcelain
Right now i relamped it, and went to screw the glass dome back in place. I screwed it lightly but a bit askew, and noticed that it stopped after just 1 turn....
Now i CANNOT get it off at all. It did not move when on the ceiling, i pulled the entire thing off (ripped out the screws from the ceiling and cut the wires) so now it is down here. I tried unscrewing the base with 2 hands while holding the dome tight with my legs, NOTHING MOVES it is stuck dead
How i take it apart again ?
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2015, 09:39:49 PM »
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Do you have WD40 to lubricate? Always take your time, or you may break the glass.
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2015, 09:53:33 PM »
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WD40 on glass or the non glazed side of the porcelain ? i sorta dont like this
Meanwhile i tried to submerge the dome (only the dome but not the base) in cold water to get it to somehow shrink, but no effect
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2015, 10:43:48 AM »
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Or soapy water...
But you will have to clean out and maybe replace all the electrical parts after that...
Or gentle tapping (with some small screwqdriver,...) while pulling it to unscrew - the tiny shocks may cause the materials to jump over and finally get loose. But just gently - you do not want to break it...
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2015, 10:52:05 AM »
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I thought of wrapping the dome with some sort of rubber (medical tourniqet, ...) to spread the force more evenly and try harder to just turn it. If i just apply force without anything "sharp" or etc, will this let me apply more force while still not breaking it ?
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2015, 08:20:16 PM »
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Maybe a tool
like this ?
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2015, 02:54:52 PM »
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Did you install the lantern
in
the toilet?
The tool that sol suggested sounds like the best idea to me. I have screwed these covers on the wrong way before, and nothing could remove them other that excessive force.
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Re: Freeing a stuck glass dome lantern
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2015, 03:58:37 PM »
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I will get around to trying that in a while
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