# Removing a stuck Ring from your finger. Simple and easy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094 "2014-06-18T19:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/1 "2014-06-18T19:53:20Z")
I wish that I had thought of this. Such a simple and elegant solution for removing a stuck ring. All thats needed is a piece of string and something to get the string started under the ring… [http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/ring.shtml](http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/ring.shtml) > **[Ever got a ring stuck on your finger? Amazing trick to get it off!](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2661190/Ever-got-ring-stuck-finger-Viral-video-reveals-trick-getting-No-margarine-required.html)** > > Avoid tugging until your fingers are purple and smothering your hands with margarine with this amazing video tutorial on how to remove a ring by just using a piece of string. > [@](#): > > In the video a man helps someone remove their ring using only pliers and a piece of string with a clever trick that involves creating a spiral of string for the ring to unwind on. > > The man begins by using the pliers to get underneath the tight ring and push the string through it so it sits underneath. > > He then continues by twisting the string around the finger towards the tip in a tight spiral until the string forms a tight coil from the base to the centre of the finger. > > He then firmly secures the string at the centre of the finger by tucking the loose end under one of the folds of string. > > Then returning to the base of the finger, the man takes the start of the string and simply unwinds the tightly wound coil that has been secured to the ring, bringing it clean off the finger. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/2 "2014-06-18T20:04:42Z")
dental floss works best. Done this dozens of times on patients with stuck rings over the decades. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/3 "2014-06-18T20:36:14Z")
The ring kiosk at the mall swears by Windex, which worked to remove their product when I could not. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/4 "2014-06-18T20:46:45Z")
Trippy. I’ve never heard of this before but for some reason as soon as I read the thread title I thought: “You know what might work? A string wrapped around the finger.” And when I clicked the link, that’s exactly what it was! Awesome. But, it would have been nice if i could have come up with this inspiration when I actually _did_ have a ring stuck on my finger. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/5 "2014-06-18T20:52:58Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > dental floss works best. Done this dozens of times on patients with stuck rings over the decades. I was going to ask if you were a mortician, but I recall that you are a Physician. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/6 "2014-06-18T21:17:16Z")
I’ve done this a couple times. I usually use [url=“[www.ringcutter.com/](http://www.ringcutter.com/)”]this[/url . ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/7 "2014-06-18T21:23:19Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > dental floss works best. Done this dozens of times on patients with stuck rings over the decades. Came here to say this. Waxed floss, specifically. Never fails. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stuck-ring-from-your-finger-simple-and-easy/691094/8 "2014-06-19T03:15:35Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Came here to say this. Waxed floss, specifically. Never fails. It failed on me, a few years ago. But then again, by the time I tried dental floss, I’d tried every other trick I knew (lotion, soap, windex, etc), and my knuckle was pretty bruised and swollen. I ended up having to go to a jewelry store and have them cut it off. Once my knuckle healed, I went back and had the ring re-sized. It was my wedding band, which I never take off except for acting gigs, and at that point I hadn’t had a gig in about 2 years that required removing my ring - until one day I did. :mad: