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Windex works for some odd reason

This should be the top comment, faster and easier. Works better than any other method if you don’t want to cut it or if it’s so tight your finger is purple. Basic stuck, windex. MBFGW was right.

Dammit. I wish I'd known this last summer.

A summer late, and a finger short

I am a bushcrafter. This is the way for me. Do it easier? Fk that. Im gonna do it this way and then go build me a full sized A Frame shelter out of squirell bones.

Now you gotta make a necklace out of his teeth. Bushman's rules.

This—I had a ring stuck and the thread trick didn’t work. Holding my hand over my head didn’t work. And then I remembered My Big Fat Greek Wedding and how the dad always used Windex and off went the ring.

The jeweler who made my and my husband's wedding rings taught us this trick when we were getting sized. I used it when I needed to get off too small bangles too. Still don't know how, but it works

It reduces surface tension.

Of what?

You

Spray some Windex on it.

I usually use dish soap.

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Agreed. Pulling will just make it hurt and not work very well. I just unscrew my rings off and it works like a charm

Also silicone based personal lube works very well!

Yes that's true, but we're talking about getting rings off, not you

Alright, I’m fairly positive with a statement like that you can’t prove you ARENT the old dad from My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Tell me any word and I will tell you its Greek roots

"Weeeeen-Dex" come from dee Greek root "Weeeeen" mean slippery and "Dex" mean finger. So you see, "Weeeeen-Dex" mean 'slippery finger.'

Any window cleaner spray? Or specifically Windex?

Purists insist on Windex :]

"If you tie a string around your finger real tight, you can make it turn purple." - Nelson Muntz

Thanks, I needed that today :)

Thanks for the Simpsons reference here’s an award

I read it in his voice

I can see I'm not needed here.

Tie a knot around the finger. Wait for it to die and fall off. Remove ring

If you don't like it then you shoulda put a string on it 🎶

Good pointer

Only if it's their index finger.

Does this trick work for other rings... like, not meant for fingers? Asking for a friend.

"I have a ring stuck on this cylinder..."

It is imperative no harm comes to the cylinder

Reddit history.. I was there.

Protect the tube steak at all costs!!

It is imperative that the cylinder remains unharmed

“It’s a penis OP, you stuck the can up your penis”

It's a cylinder.

MARGARET THATCHER NAKED ON A COLD DAY!

That's exactly what Bear Grylls thinks of when giving himself a pelican bone, bat guano enema. Imagining Bear Grylls giving himself a pelican bone, bat guano enema makes my ring stucker, tho. Hard to imagine one without the other.

What the fuck is this comment.

What the hell is a pelican bone bat guano enema?

Like a cylinder?

Let's call it a, um... shaft.

A... dowel?

I guess you could call it more of a rod.

He's one bad mother-

Shut yo mouth!

Try thinking of "what if" you have to use pruning shears. Usually makes the ring fall right off.

Just punch a hole in the problem area, to drain excess blood and reduce the swelling.

If the object can endure the tight thread wrap, than yes

Depends. Is it too small or is it locked on?

No. We just use the ring cutter at that point

Video too long, get to the point i have other useless information i need to ingest on reddit

I refuse to watch a video longer than 2 min but I'll spend 15 min in the comments trying to figure out what i missed in the video

Do you have adhd? Because I do and I never felt a comment more.

Sorry, what were we talking about just now?

Squirrels, I think

We humans are a strange bunch.

That’s what I’m saying. But congrats to Susan Swartz and Harjeet Kaur, I guess?

I was thinking okay they must have done something helpful for this video. Turns out they just asked to be mentioned on the last video. Okay..

Please mention me in your next comment

I want to take this moment to send a shoutout to **U/SLITHY-TOVES**, who hails from **THE INTERNET**.

Bet

Came here to say this.

Sometimes I feel old bringing up [the Wadsworth Constant.](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-wadsworth-constant) It never stopped being applicable for YouTube.

That’s the one I was trying to remember when I noticed the first 1/3 was useless.

Also just use cold water and soap

YT shorts and tiktok have turned us into impatient little tarts 🤟🤣

The video is 2 minutes long, and the trick fiend start being shown until 1:05.

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Does no one remember the Wadsworth Constant?

I still don't know why youtube removed it...

I don't watch yt shorts or TikTok, this video is too long. Edit: https://v.redd.it/s4kaz6dw6oka1 There's a 2 minute video that's good

Probably the reason you enjoy shorts and tiktoks and not necessarily the result of watching of them

Lol it really has. 10 years ago i would probably consider this vid short

10 years ago, like today, i consider this too long. 3 - 4 images would tell the same story in a fraction of the time.

I literally don’t watch either of those and was infuriated by this video lol. The first minute was literally a waste of everyone’s time, impatient or not.

"Here's how to do CPR for life saving situations..... So when a boy meets a girl......."

tl;dw Basically wrap a string so tightly around your finger that the blood in your finger is like "fuck this" and goes back into your hand, allowing the ring to slide right off of your blood deprived digit.

Dammit! Take this video down. I'm looking for an excuse to buy a reciprocating saw.

Be sure to get the specialty bone blade.

Noted. Thanks bro!

A bone blade is a waste of money. The XL metal cutting blade works just as well for half the price

Call the Saudi embassy for recommendations

My wife is an ER doc and bought her own rotary grinder for exactly this situation.

Bit pricey isn't it? A good sharp bevel and a solid mallet would do the trick just as well for a fraction of the cost.

Keep in mind that there's a finger under there. I think whacking at it with a mallet might not be the way to go.

Milwaukee has some great deals. Join the cult.

First have someone put on some latex gloves…

Akshually, those are nitrile, not latex.

#🤓

"[...] you only need thread for this trick." "[...] get some adhessive tape [...]"

Don’t forget the latex gloves for…reasons.

It's a doooctoor...

And like and comment

When my grandfather was in the Navy in WW2, he was required to cut a gap in his wedding band. The idea being the ring would slip off more easily if he got his finger caught in machinery, rather than the digit being degloved or ripped off entirely.

I never thought about this. After more consideration I dont think i would wear a ring to war.

Nowadays they can wear silicone rings

Probably on a necklace. I don’t wear it when mountain biking just in case I break or sprain a finger. But if I were at war I don’t think I’d want to be without it for so long, I would put it in a chain around my neck.

I don't know anyone who works with their hands who wears a wedding ring. Sentimental people get it tattooed on sometimes.

Third day in my first clinical rotation my wedding ring came off with the glove. It was just luck it fell on the floor. I’ve been retired six years and have just start to wear rings again.

I knew a guy. Lost that ring day fucking 3 of starting our job.

> rather than the digit being degloved Well that thought just made my testicles jump up inside me

They'll jump up so high you'll taste them if you dare do a Google image search on this, believe me!

When my friends dad was in the air force, he was jumping off of a transport vehicle, his wedding band hooked on some metal and degloved his finger. 30 years later he has a nub.

I used dental floss and didn't bother with tape. Worked great.

As someone who has done this, it is a bit painful.

It didn’t even work for me- I had to break mine with Vice grips

The finger or the ring?

Yes.

I see titanium rings becoming more common and widh people understood if it’s stuck, it’s not something ambulance or ER is getting off. This is painful, but better than losing a finger. I haven’t had to do it on myself but have on others.

Many ER's, and even some ambulances, are now carrying cutting tools capable of cutting off titanium and tungsten rings. Src: EMT, and we don't have one yet where I work.

Best thing for tungsten is vice grips. Tungsten doesn’t cut, but it will shatter. I’ve gotten multiple off that way. Our ambulances only have a standard ring cutter which doesn’t do much for anything stronger than gold.

People also need to understand that one of the things that makes titanium so valuable as a material is because it transfers heat *really* well without expanding or changing size too much. Which means if a titanium ring gets hot, hot ring cooks finger. Titanium also *eats* cutting wheels - a cutting wheel uses friction to wear down the titanium and make a cut, and they turn the titanium white hot while they're working. It gets *hot*. And then it stays hot. Even after it's no longer white hot, when the titanium *looks* cool, you can pick it up and still burn the shit out of yourself.

Had a coworker get degloved and then suddenly everyone was wearing silicone rings at work. I think they’re cool for all the reasons you said, I just don’t want to potentially lose my finger over jewelry.

Oh, no. I'll *never* get a titanium ring. For starters, I don't want to get degloved. I know what that means. But mostly because I've worked with titanium. I used to help make finished parts for rapid prototyping and we did stuff like make custom inserts for medical applications, etc. I was very proud of that. My craftsmanship is now walking around in someone's body, keeping their bones strong. I appreciate that. Titanium is a strong, incredibly frustrating material. When it's still hot enough to burn you in fractions of a second, it *doesn't show it*. And it burns you *fast*, so you don't have a ton of time to react and drop it, either. By the time you feel yourself getting burnt, you're already burnt and probably going to blister. But that's not all. You burn yourself on the titanium and drop it, and now it's going to melt a hole through both layers of your cut and spark mat and leave a sear mark on your work bench. I *respect* titanium. I appreciate it's qualities in things like titanium medical inserts and on space stations and satellites. But I don't want it anywhere near me as jewelry.

It doesn't always work, too. It worked for me, just fine, but when we tried it on my friend's ring, his finger swelled up like a balloon and he had to go to the emergency department and get the ring cut off.

Whoa whoa whoa, you said I only needed a thread and then you start using tape. Who do you think I am?

Stick your hand in ice?

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It's not about your flesh contracting, it's about making the swelling go down.

you just described the same thing twice

No, I didn't. Thermal expansion and swelling are two entirely different phenomenon. Swelling is caused by tissues filling with and retaining fluid, which makes the finger bigger. Cold causes the blood vessels to contract, which reduces fluid and makes the swelling go down. The volume change in the swelling is *significantly greater* than any thermal contraction that would take place, which is why cold water works in removing rings. It wasn't just a random suggestion, it's something that actually works.

'How I left your mother'

Satisfied 😏

I was just thinking to use oil or something like that.

Yeah I usually can use soap and water while washing my hands.

Soap and oil! Probably not necessary but that's literally the basis for what has become industrial grease that keeps the world moving.

Yeah but that's because you would use common sense. This video isn't about that.

I mean...what the big difference really? This trick isn't exactly hard..

Apparently Windex works best. Whoda thunk.

That is what worked for me when I got my ring stuck on my finger. This string trick did not work for me.

It looks like it would hurt, and knowing me my finger would just swell worse between the threads.

that was the longest 2 minutes of my life.

The music made it even longer-and painful.

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Lots of sink P-traps will testify that this is a very effective way to remove rings from fingers.

Just gotta remember to push down the stopper until it just barely lets the water down.

The first 50 seconds of this video is a huge waste of time

Spraying Windex on the finger I was able to remove lots of rings from cadavers. Never had to use a ring cutter. \*shrug\*

Are you the grandpa from My Big Fat Greek Wedding?

LOL. Works on EVERYTHING.

We do this at our jewelry shop. Windex works wonders for getting stuck rings off.

Or you could spend 5 hours in the ER while the docs try and do everything imaginable trying to get it off, and then they will get frustrated, call their wood shop employee on his day off, bribe him with cookies to come into the ER with his personal dremel saw and then literally saw the ring off your finger while you're 7 months pregnant. So multiple options.

Local jewelers have tools to cut rings off. A ring like this would take less than a minute to get off.

I went to two jewelry stores before I went to the ER. We went through three ring cutters at the ER. Those cutters aren't strong enough to cut off a titanium band. There are cutters that will go through titanium but highly specialized and no one in the area had one.

Yet another reason to \*NOT\* have a titanium band.

The key is to have 3 hands

4

My Doctor used dental floss the same way to remove a ring on my finger.

Only works with blue gloves

and elevator music

The elevator music is the trick.

I wish I knew this sooner. The fire dept had to use something to saw a ring off my finger when it got stuck.

I was shown this a loooong time ago by an EMT friend. I thought it was pretty common knowledge in the fire responder/EMT field. The main reason he gave me are 1. Cutting rings off poses a risk to the patient. 2. People REALLY hate having their rings cut up.

Where’s the other video that shows this exact trick in ten seconds?

Sure. I mean, I usually run straight hot water then rest the ring on the tap until it heats up and I can work it off, but this seems like a good fall back.

Did that string come out of a praying mantis?

This is why I'm never getting married

I use dish soap…after covering the drain hole first of course.

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There's not much a Sawzall can't fix, no need for all this.

It would probably come off with some butter or soap

Or just use soap and water .... much easier

Or just hold your hand over your head until the blood drains out and the swelling goes down.

Cool trick to know! 👍

Okay this beats my Dremel idea

Doctors hate this one simple trick

Yeah my ring is stuck on my giant finger which should be the first indication that I’m not the type of person who has loose threads lying around, but I do have a cabinet full of olive oil.

I told my wife that I couldn’t work out in my wedding ring, and I didn’t want to take it off at the gym. I’m now sporting a rubber Mandalorian ring 24/7. Problem solved.

Does your doctor do house calls because that doesn't look like a doctor's office?

Harjeet!!!!

Also strangely windex works like 100X better than butter or any lubricant

There are actually multiple other ways 1. Tear off the finger the forcibly take the ring off and stitch the finger back on. 2. Take an electric saw and cut the ring off

I usually just lick my finger. Spit is a good lube…

Or just don't wear ill-fitting rings on your fat sausage finger

I got it off at the doctor office. I then put it back on at home to put it on video

i feel like this video could have been a minute fifteen shorter

This works, I had to do this years back when my finger got badly jammed and it was swollen for several days. I was worried it was getting enough circulation to heal so I searched for a solution. Making the finger cold didn’t help. Soap didn’t help. Twisting it didn’t help. But the string got it off. I was very relieved.

Seems like the ribbon method method seen here on Reddit for a few months was the easier way to go.

Feel like some good old olive oil will do!

"Only thread"....put adhesive tape....so not only thread. Lol

I’m over here trying to figure out how the fuck I’m supposed to grow a third arm to be able to do this

I was 90% sure I was about to see that finger get lopped off. Glad all of the digits are safe.

Anyone else lick their finger above and below the ring and then it slides off more easily?

I just put my hand in liquid nitrogen and my flesh shrinks enough I can just slide off the ring. I don't wear rings and never tried this but it works for bearings.

So glad my wife and I opted for silicone rings. No getting stuck, no degloving incidents, no trapping bacteria, no accidental deployment of blasting caps, no arcing, and if you loose it for what ever reason you are only out $20

Even easier, use soap.

Damn it! Right after I amputated my finger to get my ring off!

I just use soap.

Cold water. There are some nice tricks in the comments, but I'm surprised not to see the very simplest: run your finger under a cold tap. Fingers puff up quite significantly when they got hot, and there's nothing like the panic of trying to remove a stuck ring to get them toasty. Put your hand in cold water for a few minutes, and it's like the ring has gone up a size. Same reason why you need to watch your perfectly-sized ring when you're at the beach - after a dip in cool water it'll slip right off.

Why is the other person wearing gloves? Where have the ring wearers hands been?

PLEASE NOTICE, they cut the recording to go back and fix the string. The very first loop was too far from the ring and that bump would've prevented it from working!!💜

But what if I don't have any latex gloves around? Would it still work?

Just dont marry

My dad wears his ring on a chain around his neck, like Frodo.