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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2006How to open different kinds of blister packs
What are the best techniques to open different kinds of blister packs?... for example but not limited to the Sylvania Soft White mini Compact Fluorescent light bulb Find a friend! That's my advice. I can only cut it open with scissors, in a pinch. Good luck! Vickie B. > What are the best techniques to open > different kinds of blister packs?... for example > but not limited to the Sylvania Soft White mini > Compact Fluorescent light bulb Hhhhm, I guess my answer is very carefully because I use my sharpest knife and/or a really good pair of heavy duty scissors. Harv Some kinds of blister packs may need to be scored with a very sharp blade on 3 sides. After careful scoring, gently pull the back and front apart but not all the way, reach and remove the contents, mounting cardboard and papers. The pack holds together by the 4th side so that everything can be placed back again for return if unsatisfactory. Opening the blister pack is a bit of a project that can be taken in hand with a greater degree of focus than the usual ripping open of packaging. The right preparation. The right tool or tools. A good well lit space. The most careful study of the pack before beginning. > What are the best techniques to open > different kinds of blister packs?... for example > but not limited to the Sylvania Soft White mini > Compact Fluorescent light bulb scissors....utility knife....... box cutter..... in desperation ask the kid next door :-) I saw a utility knife with a retractable safety cover in some catalog last week. It looked like it would be great for such issues but I didn't want to pay s/h fees for just that. Been thinking I need to look in the local WM and/or home improvement stores to see if they have it. A utility knife that I can't easily cut myself with would be just the ticket!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann: I have a utility knife (that retracts into the handle) that I love. I can throw it in my junk drawer in the kitchen and not worry about cutting myself when I reach in to get it. I bought it at a Home Depot store and it was under $5.00 and came with an extra blade that I haven't had to use yet. I also have a pair of scissors in that drawer that I use for opening lots of packages. Ann > What are the best techniques to open > different kinds of blister packs?... for example > but not limited to the Sylvania Soft White mini > Compact Fluorescent light bulb Sometimes I use a pair of heavy-duty sissors to cut the plastic off. Other times I use a box cutter to open up the back -- like battery packs which are scored for opening. ... 128,000 bytes found in 32 lost chains. Convert to siglines (Y/n) the VERY best technique, i've found for opening blister packs, is to ask the sales clerk to do it for me while i'm paying for it. that way i don't cut my hands with the plastic. kate What are the best techniques to open different kinds of blister packs?... for example but not limited to the Sylvania Soft White mini Compact Fluorescent light bulb I do the same thing, Kate, but with pickle jars. I can never get them open so I always go to the same cashier and he loosens them for me :) He's a real sweetie :) Carole > the VERY best technique, i've found for opening blister packs, is to ask the > sales clerk to do it for me while i'm paying for it. that way i don't cut [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > but not limited to the Sylvania Soft White mini > Compact Fluorescent light bulb > I do the same thing, Kate, but with pickle jars. I can never get them > open so I always go to the same cashier and he loosens them for me :) > He's a real sweetie :) > > Carole do you have one of those Jar-Pop thingees? They loosen the vacuum on such bottles and make them fairly easy to open. I love mine, though they only work for shallower lids. For deeper lids, I've figure out you can turn around a church key can opener and use it under the rim to release the vacuum. As we tend to stockpile foods on sale, or at Big Lots, or when we get to certain specialty stores far away, we can't use the open in store option. The above works well for me when the jar opener in the family isn't home. ;) SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare A buttter knife under the rim of a jar lid works well to break the vacuum. A nutcracker works well for smaller bottles. A lot of other devices that are designed to make opening jars and bottles easier do not do as well as some of the improvised solutions. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. > A buttter knife under the rim of a jar lid works well to break the > vacuum. A nutcracker works well for smaller bottles. A lot of other > devices that are designed to make opening jars and bottles easier do > not do as well as some of the improvised solutions. I remember my mother whacking jar lids with a knife, and I've done so on occassions when the "aides" wouldn't work. Just before we left on the vacation, I observed Mary doing the same after failing to open a jar with the "aides." Gotta do it in a counter-clockwise direction. ... A dog is a dog, but a cat is a purrrrson. > A buttter knife under the rim of a jar lid works well to break the > vacuum. A nutcracker works well for smaller bottles. A lot of other > devices that are designed to make opening jars and bottles easier do > not do as well as some of the improvised solutions. I remember my mother whacking jar lids with a knife, and I've done so on occassions when the "aides" wouldn't work. Just before we left on the vacation, I observed Mary doing the same after failing to open a jar with the "aides." Gotta do it in a counter-clockwise direction. ... A dog is a dog, but a cat is a purrrrson. > do you have one of those Jar-Pop thingees? What is a Jar-Pop thingee and where do I get one? I just don't have the hand strength anymore for jars :(( Carole > > do you have one of those Jar-Pop thingees? > > What is a Jar-Pop thingee and where do I get one? I just don't have the > hand strength anymore for jars :(( This is the first google hit <http://www.dynamic-living.com/littleopeners.htm>. I forget where I got mine, but it's black, and it wasn't from here. Signature"and the snark alert level has reached "fuschia"" ---zig zigalo homes in on the meat of the matter >>> do you have one of those Jar-Pop thingees? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > <http://www.dynamic-living.com/littleopeners.htm>. I forget where I got > mine, but it's black, and it wasn't from here. mine's orange and was in my stocking one Christmas ;) I think I've seen them at the kitchen gadget store at our outlet mall downstate. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare In article <4qcdkdFmddheU1@individual.net>, Carole <SeattleCarole@hotmail.com> wrote: > Nann Bell wrote: > > > do you have one of those Jar-Pop thingees? > > What is a Jar-Pop thingee and where do I get one? I just don't have the > hand strength anymore for jars :(( This is the first google hit <http://www.dynamic-living.com/littleopeners.htm>. I forget where I got mine, but it's black, and it wasn't from here. a sweet friend sent me one of those, in yellow, a couple of years back. it works great! i'd reccommend it. kate Signature"and the snark alert level has reached "fuschia"" ---zig zigalo homes in on the meat of the matter > This is the first google hit > <http://www.dynamic-living.com/littleopeners.htm>. I forget where I got [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > kate Ooo, I just got my SSDI check so I'm treating myself to one of those! Thanks, Kate! Hugs, Carole :) One trick that works best on metal lids on glass jars is to run the hottest water you can on JUST the metal part, NOT on the glass. The heat will make the metal expand, so it fits a bit looser on the glass. My mom used to swear it also "softened" whatever was sticking the lid to the jar. ;-) Ginnie >^..^< ___________________________ >> I do the same thing, Kate, but with pickle jars. I can never get them >> open so I always go to the same cashier and he loosens them for me :) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > certain specialty stores far away, we can't use the open in store option. > The above works well for me when the jar opener in the family isn't home. ;) >One trick that works best on metal lids on glass jars is to >run the hottest water you can on JUST the metal part, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Ginnie >^..^< Ever stack glasses one inside the other to save space? And you can't get them apart? My grandmother taught me to put ice water in the top glass and put the bottom glass in a pan of hot water. Top glass contracts and the bottom glass expands and they come apart (usually). <g> -- BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:06:22 GMT, Ginnie <ginnies@earthlink.net> wrote: >One trick that works best on metal lids on glass jars is to >run the hottest water you can on JUST the metal part, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Ginnie >^..^< Ever stack glasses one inside the other to save space? And you can't get them apart? My grandmother taught me to put ice water in the top glass and put the bottom glass in a pan of hot water. Top glass contracts and the bottom glass expands and they come apart (usually). <g> hmmmmmmmm . . . i wonder if that will work with sauce pans, too. i've gotta try that! thanx. kate -- BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking >On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:06:22 GMT, Ginnie <ginnies@earthlink.net> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >kate I know it works with glass and should work even better with metal. -- BettyB -- www.flamingo-code.com "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking
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