Tubing is stuck

[ch1719]

So my rubber tubing is stick onto my bottle-filling wand. Any tips on how to get it unstuck?

 

[Thanks_Yeasties]

May or may not help, but running it under some hot water could help get some expansion and wiggle room.

 

[twistr25]

Heat it gently, or use a star-san solution to see if you can loosen it up

 

[JSager89]

Warm it up with hot water. That's all I got.

 

[Rockn_M]

Hot water and pull. It may take some effort to get it off. I have had tubing get stuck on my immersion chiller and it took a bit of pulling to finally get it off.

 

[flars]

Hot water and twist back and forth gently. Take your stuff apart and rinse as soon as you are done using it will help also.

 

[BlackGoat]

Hot water and twist back and forth gently. Take your stuff apart and rinse as soon as you are done using it will help also.

This. twist back and forth until it loosens, don't just pull, which only stretches the tubing and constricts it more. I've had good luck with pushing a little while twisting just to loosen it up.

 

[RM-MN]

Slice it off with a knife and replace it or just shorten it. Tubing is too cheap to fight with it for long.

 

[whodat1]

I bottled my first batch this weekend and had the same problem. I ran hot tap water (as hot as I could get it) over it for about a minute and with a little twisting, it came right off.