The big top bit has broken off leaving a little stub of the stopper in situ. I tried that liquid glue stuff, let it sit for a few minutes, but when I pulled it just gave way.
I was thinking about heating the bottle slightly, but I’m not sure if that would destroy the perfume. I could break the bottle and put the perfume in another container.
Clean all of the other glue from around the stopper (you need to careful you don’t glue the stopper in) Use contact glue this time and leave it a good 24 hours before you try to remove the stopper again.
DON’T HEAT IT! Screw the perfume, pressurizing a sealed container made of glass is also called “improvising a bomb.”
There’s one good trick I can think of; tip the bottle and saturate the neck with perfume right before you pull. Pull with a twisting motion, if the glue will hold up to it.
When this happens with flasks in the lab, I usually just toss; if I have to recover the contents, I’ll break the flask (or at least the neck). Without the leverage provided by an intact stopper head, the glass-on-glass contact puts up too much resistance. But sometimes, the contents can wick between the stopper and the neck, dissolving residue and lubricating the joint.
I would try silicone rubber. It adheres extremely well to glass. Remove every trace of the superglue, using a little sandpaper if necessary, and then glues something like the head of a screw to the remains of the stopper. Let it sit for at least 24 hours, then pull.
Flame is a bad idea, although that’s usually how I unstick stuck glass stoppers. A *quick *blast from the butane torch has always done the trick for me, but your perfume is probably quite inflammable.
You could also try drilling a hole part-way through the stopper, then gluing in a screw or something.
I like the idea about drilling into the stopper, but it’s a really tiny little stopper. The picture on the internet doesn’t really do justice to it – it’s smaller than those one-use shampoo bottles in hotels.
I have thought about breaking the bottle, but I’m worried about evaporation of the perfume, plus there would be glass shards in it. And I would have to find a pretty bottle!
Drilling glass is not impossible, but it presents problems. Study up on the matter if you want to try it. If you choose to break the bottle, have the replacement container on hand, set up with a funnel and filter. That should address the evaporation and glass shard concerns. You can always put it into something functional now and find a pretty bottle later.
This. Or send it to the manufacturer. At least call them and see what they’re willing to do. I’m betting they’ll at least replace it and probably give you a few extras as well.
