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Cleaning stoppers

Want to get that stuck stopper (or hex or tri-cam) out fast? Rather than beating on your cleaning tool with the heel of your hand, try this: Take a biner and pinch one end with your thumb and forefinger with the biner’s spine facing away from you. Align the pick end of your cleaning tool on the uncooperative stopper, and tap sharply on the other end of the tool by “flicking” the biner against it, sort of like using a fly swatter. This “flicking” with a biner can extricate the most loaded stopper.