eBay seller's item destroys £90 hoya filter.

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So I bought this ND400 filter here the other day, and it was great.
Untill now, when i gently screwed on a 77-67mm ring on it, so it could fit my kit lens. When trying to undo the ring it was stock, and there is no way in a million years i can get that damn ring off again without ruining the filter which already is stained to hell of me trying to get that ring off..

So never buy any item from "eefashionspark" :bang::bang:
 
I've always found that the trouble is when squeezing it to get a grip you squash the threads together because there isn't enough strength in the adapter. I tend to try and grip all the way round as gently as possible.

The other solution is to gently hacksaw off the adapter....
 
Rubber glove flat on table, filter/adapter flat on top of glove, rubber glove on top of adapter, flat piece of wood on top of glove, twist gently without too much downward pressure.

Job done. (usually). This has worked for me sooooo.....many times.

You can't really blame the seller as this happens to filters of all different qualities.

hth.
 
I can vouch for the gentle touch.
I used to use a cheap 67-77mm step up ring with my B&W 10 stopper.
To much pressure and it wouldn't budge. Turn it lightly and hey presto.

Fine threads and metal to metal without a decent hand grip will always be a bigger.

In the end I got wise and wouldn't screw the filter tight. I always left it an 1/8 or 1/4 turn from tight.
Not enough to get stuck but enough to keep attached.
 
Maybe it was made in China so yeah, tight grip and it says on, gentle and it comes off. CHINESE FILTER TRAP
 
I just bought a xxxx car the other day and I turned the steering wheel too hard and I crashed it! Never buy a xxxx!
 
I had a similar problem once, bought a set of filter wrenches from Amazon and got it off no problem.

Others had had luck with just a rubber band round the filter and light pressure. In my experience it is the slight deformation of the threads when you grip the thing with your hand that can cause jam.
 
One small drop of very fine gun oil on thread before screwing does the trick for me every time.
 
IGADIZ said:
One small drop of very fine gun oil on thread before screwing does the trick for me every time.
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Oh.... the double entendres you could get out of that sentence ;) :D
 
In a case like this where it's an adapter on a filter, it's also worth putting it in nearly boiling water and unscrewing it while still hot (rubber gloves are a double help here - both for grip and to avoid being burned!).

I've even been known to do it for a filter stuck on a lens. Old lenses tend to get interesting condensation patterns between (non-glued) elements for a couple of days until properly dried out :)
 
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