I decided to try something that works on bottles used in the kitchen and found that it also works for juice bottles - even chubby gorillas!
Hold the bottle upside down under running hot water - as hot as you can handle. Keep turning the bottle slowly for a minute. The hot water will make the lid expand. Dry the bottle and open immediately before it cools down. I usually hold it in a kitchen towel while I'm opening it just in case it slips from my fingers.
	
		
			
		
		
	
				
			Hold the bottle upside down under running hot water - as hot as you can handle. Keep turning the bottle slowly for a minute. The hot water will make the lid expand. Dry the bottle and open immediately before it cools down. I usually hold it in a kitchen towel while I'm opening it just in case it slips from my fingers.
 
						 
					
				 
  
 
		




 
 
		 Yep, I know we've got water restrictions - I'm in Yzerfontein (West Coast).  I put a small tub underneath the tap while it's running and use that water for something else.
  Yep, I know we've got water restrictions - I'm in Yzerfontein (West Coast).  I put a small tub underneath the tap while it's running and use that water for something else. 
 
		 
 
		 
			 
  
 
		 
 
		