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How would you get a small cylinder (5.1in length, ~4.5in girth) unstuck from a mini M&Ms tube filled with butter and microwaved mashed banana?

Anonymous 9w

That’s no small cylinder it sounds like a perfectly adequate cylinder to me. Avg size you might say

Anonymous 9w

Smash the tube with a hammer, it should shatter and allow for removal of the cylinder

Anonymous 9w

Put the tube in a giant bowl of ice the warmth of the microwaved banana may have cause the cylinder to expand

Anonymous 9w

put it in rice

Anonymous 9w

Heat the outer cylinder to a safe heat, cool the inner cylinder so that it contracts in size, while making the outer cylinder also expand slightly. At this point you will have the best odds of yanking it out

Anonymous

#1 9w

Yes thank you but that might be part of the problem

Anonymous

#2 9w

It is imperative that the cylinder remain unharmed

Anonymous

OP 9w

You can use a blowtorch on the plastic, it should melt away and leave the cylinder intact

Anonymous

#2 9w

I can’t risk the melted plastic damaging the interior cylinder

Anonymous

OP 9w

Ah I see. If you put the tube in a vice and twist the cylinder with a pair of vice grips you should be able to twist it out if you use enough force

Anonymous

#2 9w

Due to another object attached at the cylinder's base it is difficult to have a range of motion large enough to twist it

Anonymous

OP 9w

Try putting the tube in a vice and simply suspending the cylinder below it. Pulling the cylinder might free it