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How to Separate Two Glasses that Are Stuck Together. You nested two glasses when you
put them away – and now they’re stuck! Gently pry them apart with this system. You
will need A sink Ice water and hot water. Step 1. Fill the top glass with ice water;
the cold will make the glass molecules contract. Add salt to the ice water to chill it faster.
Step 2. With the top glass still full of ice water, run hot water over the bottom glass,
or place it in a few inches of hot water. The heat makes the bottom glass expand. Step
3. Gently twist the two glasses; they should come apart easily. Step 4. Still stuck? Try
colder water, or keep the bottom glass submerged in the hot water a little longer. Unsticking
them can take anywhere from one to 10 minutes, depending on the glasses. Did you know One
ton of glass consists of 1,300 pounds of sand and 380 pounds of limestone.