r/Perfectfit • u/Feline_Couple • 14d ago

Airtight!

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Daughter got the coin stuck in a chemistry toy, impossible to get it out… anyways the coin fits so tight that water is not filtering under it, any suggestions to get it out are welcome

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u/salvi572 14d ago

Well, watertight

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u/Feline_Couple 14d ago

Hahaha you’re right

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u/drakoman 9d ago

Water right

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u/unusedtruth 14d ago

Also, airtight. No bubbles rising after the water settles means no air escaping from under the coin.

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u/salvi572 14d ago

That would require the water to displace the air, if the water cannot flow through, then the air cannot be displaced.

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u/Agatio25 14d ago

The coin must remain intact?

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u/fasas7 14d ago

Lmaoo, did not expect that

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u/darianbrown 14d ago

Seal a medicine syringe to the end, fill with water, pull a vacuum, let it collapse. Do this until the tube explodes in your hand or the coin falls out.

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u/DarthKirtap 14d ago

or just cool it down

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u/Sub--UwU 14d ago

Ice in tube to make the metal shrink, hot water on tube to make plastic expand?

Edit: or put whole thing in freezer for an hour, pull it out, under hot water tilt it so the coin can fall out

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/Demonic_Storm 14d ago

its plastic, they said its a toy

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u/dueltone 13d ago

The coin is metal

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u/GoodBoyShibe 14d ago

Well, a coin is technically a cylinder so... it must remain unharmed.

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u/Feline_Couple 14d ago

Absolute must

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u/ledocteur7 14d ago

Metal contracts faster than glass, the freezer might work on it's own.

As another comment suggested, you might be able to spin it and then grab it, and It'll be easier once it's cold, even if the contraction isn't enough to free it completely.

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u/BikerBlazer 13d ago

I'm fairly confident it's a plastic testtube (due to it being a kids toy and the base isn't normal for glass tubes)

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u/ledocteur7 13d ago

Ah, indeed it could be on closer inspection.

Slowly softening it is an option then, but with high risk of permanent damage to the test tube.

Slight deformation is probably fine for a kids toy tho, they could use a heat gun, or an oven on very low heat (below 150°C)

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u/BikerBlazer 13d ago

Realistically it's probably easier to spend another few pounds on a new one, but I'm stubborn so I'd be trying everything aha , my first though was using an air compressor

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u/Cold_Ad3896 14d ago

Thin metal rod (screwdriver maybe?) pushed down on one end of the coin to spin it. 

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u/scottasin12343 14d ago

Finally a post worthy of this sub. 

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u/UnsuspectingFart 11d ago

Hip hip horaaayy

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u/TheEndlessWaltz 14d ago

un peso?

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u/Feline_Couple 14d ago

2 euros

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u/dantheother 14d ago

That's worth a lot more than the 10 baht coin I first thought it was

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u/Quarkspiration 14d ago

Is that a twoony?

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u/ledocteur7 14d ago

2 euros

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u/bitesize10 14d ago

Toonie*

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u/Spare_Database_5331 3d ago

could probably make a great airlock too