How to Separate Stacked Buckets
- 1). Fill a large tub, such as a bath tub or an oversized bowl, with hot tap water.
- 2). Place the stacked buckets into the tub.
- 3). Fill the top bucket in the stack half way with ice cubes.
- 4). Allow the buckets to remain for five to 10 minutes. The cold ice cubes will cause the plastic in the top bucket to contract. The heat from the water will cause the bottom bucket to expand, thus allow the buckets to be pulled apart.
- 5). Remove the buckets from the water and dump out the ice. Holding onto the top bucket, quickly pull it up and out of the remaining bucket.