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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 8759659, member: 88"]The cap is the screw-on variety. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what you are dealing with. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/1126221727_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/1126221730_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/1126221739_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>You would be better off using Isopropyl alcohol as that will cut through the perfume sludge which is the reason the cap will not unscrew. It will also cut all the sludge in your bottle. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have it in a spray bottle. I would turn it upside down & try spraying it up into the cap. The bottle I would just fill it & swish it around. For really stubborn bottles I add some tiny BBs to the alcohol that act as an abrasive. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 8759659, member: 88"]The cap is the screw-on variety. Here is what you are dealing with. [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/1126221727_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/1126221730_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/1126221739_o.jpg[/IMG] You would be better off using Isopropyl alcohol as that will cut through the perfume sludge which is the reason the cap will not unscrew. It will also cut all the sludge in your bottle. :happy::happy: I have it in a spray bottle. I would turn it upside down & try spraying it up into the cap. The bottle I would just fill it & swish it around. For really stubborn bottles I add some tiny BBs to the alcohol that act as an abrasive. :)[/QUOTE]
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