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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 285803, member: 51&quot;]Wanted to follow-up on my Isle of Wight perfume stuck stopper.</p><p><br /></p><p>First I tried tapping lightly while turning it with a wooden spoon, with the important suggestion to hold it <i>over a folded towel or some kind of cushioning.&nbsp; </i>Thanks for that IMPORTANT suggestion from</p><p>[USER=924]@rhiwfield[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>No luck.&nbsp; Got the rubbing alcohol out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Put some around the rim and waited.&nbsp; I had the whole thing in a ceramic bowl so the rubbing alcohol spilled a bit, it wouldn&#039;t get on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left it sit for a few minutes and DH says, &quot;Try tapping it with the wooden spoon now that you have the rubbing alcohol on it.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m tapping away, turning it upside down, I now notice that the rubbing alcohol has dissolved the Isle of Wight sticker surface, paint pouring off the bottom from the sticker from the lettering apparently.&nbsp; (My fault for sitting the whole thing in a bowl!)</p><p><br /></p><p>As I&#039;m looking at the damaged sticker I happen to look down at the cushioned towel.&nbsp; There is the stopper sitting there, I didn&#039;t even hear it fall out.&nbsp; Thank goodness I had that towel there!</p><p><br /></p><p>Not terribly worried about the sticker, the piece is signed as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the suggestions, and if you are every trying this at home, make sure you have a towel underneath!</p><p><br /></p><p>One final question...</p><p><br /></p><p>Perfume was like this when I purchased it, there is sort of a spot where there seems to be a &quot;lack of finish&quot; on the stopper.&nbsp; (See 3rd photo).&nbsp; It is even more pronounced than my photo shows.&nbsp; Since I am not the original owner of this, I don&#039;t know if it was always like that, or if something like that could have worn off (possibly from a former owner trying to get the stopper out?)&nbsp; I guess the question would be, is the iridescent surface on glass like this glazed on?&nbsp; If it a surface not easily rubbed off, was probably always like this I&#039;m guessing. What do you think?&nbsp; Thanks for taking a look.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]91986[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]91987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]91988[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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