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I've had some buck with a pipe cleaner. I know eBay you can put whatever you want on there price wise, why would a newer O-Cedar bottle be going for $38 I believe they're fairly common
 

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I know eBay you can put whatever you want on there price wise, why would a newer O-Cedar bottle be going for $38

I think you answered your own question. People put ridiculous prices on bottles because they're overly optimistic or don't know what they're doing, and then they sit there forever and don't sell, clogging up Ebay.
 

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I've had some buck with a pipe cleaner. I know eBay you can put whatever you want on there price wise, why would a newer O-Cedar bottle be going for $38 I believe they're fairly common
I use hemostats to remove any roots or cork that is left. Here are two that i use all the time.. the one will fit in the tiniest of medicine bottles. I usually leave corks or pieces inside. Just my preference.
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You can use a cordless drill. Start with a small bit and carefully drill through as straight as you can, then increase the bit size until you can collapse the stopper. It destroys the stopper/cork, but if you are careful, it won't hurt the bottle.
 

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I use hemostats to remove any roots or cork that is left. Here are two that i use all the time.. the one will fit in the tiniest of medicine bottles. I usually leave corks or pieces inside. Just my preference.
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good call, thanks
You can use a cordless drill. Start with a small bit and carefully drill through as straight as you can, then increase the bit size until you can collapse the stopper. It destroys the stopper/cork, but if you are careful, it won't hurt the bottle.
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good call, thanks

Giddy up

Livin on the edge! Not much scares me... but the potential of what could go wrong with a drill and a bottle on the line? Scares me.... Lol! Your gutsy..... I guess it would depend on the size of the cork and the size of the drill bit. I got a tiny cork out, last night, using a curved dental pick, but it could have easily pushed it into the bottle, where I’d really never get it out.


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I've had some buck with a pipe cleaner. I know eBay you can put whatever you want on there price wise, why would a newer O-Cedar bottle be going for $38 I believe they're fairly common

I've had some buck with a pipe cleaner. I know eBay you can put whatever you want on there price wise, why would a newer O-Cedar bottle be going for $38 I believe they're fairly common

I got 1 out, like that, floating in water by using a thin knife& a thing to hold it... wire or something? it took a bit, but I cut it in pieces and got it out. What about a fishhook and line? Or a curved or hooked dental tool? Or a long skewer and empty the water- skewer it carefully against the bottom? Believe it, I would get that out of there....


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I use hemostats to remove any roots or cork that is left. Here are two that i use all the time.. the one will fit in the tiniest of medicine bottles. I usually leave corks or pieces inside. Just my preference.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

Those are cool! Where did u find those? Perfect for bottles. I take a small razor blade and lock it in hemostats & cab get int inside the real narrow necks to scrape crud off the inside of the bottle? Yours would work even better for that.


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I got 1 out, like that, floating in water by using a thin knife& a thing to hold it... wire or something? it took a bit, but I cut it in pieces and got it out. What about a fishhook and line? Or a curved or hooked dental tool? Or a long skewer and empty the water- skewer it carefully against the bottom? Believe it, I would get that out of there....


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Don’t they use hemostats that also cut & grab, during surgery? Hmmmm... time to call my nurse sis and call in a favor-


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Livin on the edge! Not much scares me... but the potential of what could go wrong with a drill and a bottle on the line? Scares me.... Lol! Your gutsy..... I guess it would depend on the size of the cork and the size of the drill bit. I got a tiny cork out, last night, using a curved dental pick, but it could have easily pushed it into the bottle, where I’d really never get it out.


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a drill is a little extreme it is only a cork
 

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