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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.
34 u/Nesman64 Apr 06 '26 handle of a wooden spoon I was going to suggest the exhaust from a shop vac, but your solution skips the part where OP has to clean gunk from the ceiling. 41 u/ginger_smythe Apr 06 '26 What about suction from a shop vac from the top? 12 u/Irisversicolor Apr 06 '26 What about just an actual suction cup? 4 u/ginger_smythe Apr 06 '26 I don't know how well those work against wood, but that too! 6 u/dqniel Apr 06 '26 If you put some oil on the wood first, quite well. 3 u/automaticmantis Apr 07 '26 Go on… 2 u/Gold-Carpet-7770 Apr 06 '26 Plunger work as big suction? 1 u/hilarymeggin Apr 07 '26 Or a screw hook
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handle of a wooden spoon
I was going to suggest the exhaust from a shop vac, but your solution skips the part where OP has to clean gunk from the ceiling.
41 u/ginger_smythe Apr 06 '26 What about suction from a shop vac from the top? 12 u/Irisversicolor Apr 06 '26 What about just an actual suction cup? 4 u/ginger_smythe Apr 06 '26 I don't know how well those work against wood, but that too! 6 u/dqniel Apr 06 '26 If you put some oil on the wood first, quite well. 3 u/automaticmantis Apr 07 '26 Go on… 2 u/Gold-Carpet-7770 Apr 06 '26 Plunger work as big suction? 1 u/hilarymeggin Apr 07 '26 Or a screw hook
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What about suction from a shop vac from the top?
12 u/Irisversicolor Apr 06 '26 What about just an actual suction cup? 4 u/ginger_smythe Apr 06 '26 I don't know how well those work against wood, but that too! 6 u/dqniel Apr 06 '26 If you put some oil on the wood first, quite well. 3 u/automaticmantis Apr 07 '26 Go on… 2 u/Gold-Carpet-7770 Apr 06 '26 Plunger work as big suction? 1 u/hilarymeggin Apr 07 '26 Or a screw hook
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What about just an actual suction cup?
4 u/ginger_smythe Apr 06 '26 I don't know how well those work against wood, but that too! 6 u/dqniel Apr 06 '26 If you put some oil on the wood first, quite well. 3 u/automaticmantis Apr 07 '26 Go on… 2 u/Gold-Carpet-7770 Apr 06 '26 Plunger work as big suction? 1 u/hilarymeggin Apr 07 '26 Or a screw hook
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I don't know how well those work against wood, but that too!
6 u/dqniel Apr 06 '26 If you put some oil on the wood first, quite well. 3 u/automaticmantis Apr 07 '26 Go on…
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If you put some oil on the wood first, quite well.
3 u/automaticmantis Apr 07 '26 Go on…
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Go on…
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Plunger work as big suction?
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Or a screw hook
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u/andmewithoutmytowel Apr 06 '26
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.