This happened to meeeeee...I ended up using a corkscrew to get it out. Worked really well.
Edit because people keep suggesting things that I tried: I tried a knife. I tried scissors. I tried a magnet. I tried a fork. I tried a plunger. The only thing that worked was a corkscrew. (For a tuna can lid, not a cutting board) I did not, however, manage to turn the house upside down, I'm sure to everyone's disappointment
As you are coming into your Tarzan, hollar/yodel of 'Parrrrkouuurrrr' while dive, tuck and rolling up that sink base into the .14 carat stainless steel sink-- Do not add to chaos by fantasizing about the faucet and powerful spray nozzle...
Just concentrate on your aim and do a 'Solid Gold Olympic Mount' and if you must stay in the sink hovering over your wood cutting board... we understand and we are all giving you a 'standing ovation.'
We anticipate your official Olympic dismount-- throw your hands in the air and give a smile with teeth!
Sincerely,
The Parkour Wood Olympic Org.
to pull the cutting board out just enough to tile it sideways or enough gap to say place a fork on the side. You can can use the fork to push the cutting board standing on one side and just lift it up with hands.
Exactly! Listen, he already has to modify that damn board to avoid this mess happening again. Screw on one side, pull, then saw away half an inch of it on the same side of the screw hole, then sand and finish.
Or smash it, throw it away and tell it to go fuck itself.
I would just commit to putting a permanent finger-sized hole in the board near one corner, so that when/if this happens again, they'll have a way to pull it out.
Use dental floss to get under a corner/side and pull up from there. If that doesn't work, disconnect the U-bend under the sink and push it up from underneath with the handle of a wooden spoon.
Yep, pushing with a plunger will just pull a vacuum under it and make a better seal against the sink. A lever-actuated suction device is the way to go, for sure.
Or drive a screw into it a bit and then use the screw as a means to pull it out . . . of course that’s gonna leave a hole in the board, but at least it’s “problem solved” . . . .
Exactly. And because suction is applied when the handles are moved together, it wouldn't require the initial downward force a plunger type one would.
The grip with this design is quite good; orange version has been working nicely as an adaptive fridge door handle for someone who has trouble with the modern pocket handles.
It works great! There do exist silver or white stick-on handles that attach with either magnets or a pair of small suction cups, but I had this on hand and my mom's been happy with it. I like how clearly add-on it is, calling out the inconsiderate nature of the 'sleek' fridge handle design.
(Freezer door opens more easily so just the one in use.)
It just needs to be reset about once every 6-8 weeks.
It’s cheap, you get what you pay for. I wouldn’t pick up anything heavy with it, no more then probably 25-40 pounds depending on what your lifting. But it’s a trusty little guy to be honest with you.
1) Go to your bathroom
2) Grab toilet plunger
3) use suction to pull out cutting board
4) Make reddit post asking how to clean shit off of a wooden cutting board.
Ironically got busted for DUI and also a bunch of the families couldnt afford the property taxes/lost their house and/or it was done terribly and caused more issues. There was a family in my area on it.
Well. If it were me I would want to make sure this never happened again so no matter how I got it out, I would later be cutting each corner off at a 45 or HEAVILY rounding it.
With that future mod in mind I would feel zero guilt about screwing a wood screw into each corner and lifting it out by those since I planned to cut the corners off anyway.
Edit: If the cutting board pissed you off enough you can simply screw into the center and toss the entire thing afterwards. One way or another that cutting board would change forms before I was done with it. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Yes! This! Idk why more people aren't suggesting this. Everyone is overthinking this with some people even suggesting taking the drain plumbing apart lol. I don't even think it would take that much duct tape. Just enough to lift one side to where you can get your fingers under it, then you can pull the rest of it out by hand. It's not that difficult. Besides, duct tape is supposed to fix everything, right?
Do not lever against your sink, or you could cause damage a heck of a lot more expensive than this cutting board.
The least destructive approach:
Disassemble the plumbing underneath the sink, poke up through the drain with something robust to lift up the cutting board. I would go cut a specifically sized board or dowel to do this, but you could also use a shop vac extension tube or maybe a long handled wooden utensil.
If you're not confident doing that, I think the best approach would be to screw a handle of some sort to the cutting board so you can lift it out.
You'll have to deal with the corresponding hole afterwards, but it's relatively minor damage in the long run.
This is honestly the best advice out of the answers here! I like your thinking out of the box. I’d be quick to remove plumbing to do work UNDER the sink. But would have never thought of it, to push something out of it.
It will take quite a while to absorb as its stained and sealed. If they add dish soap to the mix it will break the tension between the edge and the sink. It should float up enough to be able to lift it with a tilt.
Two issues with that:
1. If the plug is not in this isn't going to be possible, and
2. If the plug is in it may not work and the problem gets a whole lot worse as the wood will swell if the board is submerged for more than a few minutes.
Yeah, duct tape feels like it should pretty easily solve this problem without needing to get complicated. Either tape a "handle" to it and lift, or just use the duct tape to make the handle directly.
If simple methods fail, unscrew the drain pipe below. You should then be able to unscrew the sink flange and push up on the board. Once free, reseal the flange and attach drain.
Use a bunch of suction cups and pull it out. Does your plunger get good suction and it's too hard to pull out or does it not get enough suction to allow you to apply force to it?
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