Removing Screws

[jennyjoan]

I have 4 screws on my splash back at cooker. I want to remove them but they are covered - how can I move the covers. Do I prise them off. thanks. They are stainless steel covers.

[albaqwerty]

little dome heads that fit over the screws?

a very thin screwdriver or knife to pop them off.

[vulcan42]

they sound like these, you unscrew the cover, they should be very tight.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PEUAAOxyYSdTDeez/s-l300.jpg

[vulcan42]

sorry, shouldn't be tight.

[jennyjoan]

Thanks Albs - yes Vulcan - they're the ones. your link looks like the cover has been screwed in - if so how do I get them off since there is no "grip" etc.

[gingejbee]

I've come across covers that prise off.....and others that unscrew.....

[vulcan42]

They would have been screwed on by hand so not very tight, try wearing a rubber glove and unscrew anti clockwise.

[jennyjoan]

will give that a go - thanks all.

[albaqwerty]

as an aside, lefty - loosey, righty -tighty.

Hand-screwed tho, depends on strength of person who tightened them!

Hope you get the brutes off JJ xx

[Old_Geezer]

From the title I though you'd been watching porridge !

[Khandro]

If they are screw in domes, sometimes called 'mirror screws' - that is a chrome dome with a small thin bolt attached which is threaded into a hole in the screw head, you just need to hold them and unscrew them. If you can't get a grip, clean any grease of the surface and when dry try unscrewing them wearing dry rubber washing up gloves.

[-Talbot-]

albaqwerty
as an aside, lefty - loosey, righty -tighty.


http://chorleybottlegas.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cylinder_propane_13kg.jpg


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[albaqwerty]

I preferred the wee ones in blue :-D

[Old_Geezer]

Smurfs ?

[albaqwerty]

you spying on my stickeez on top of my pc OG :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Blue & green should never be seen.

[Eleena]

Laughing like Mutley here at lefty loosey righty tighty.

[jennyjoan]

Update - got them off - yes they were screws - however the glass that I wanted to get off was extremely heavy but managed to get it off and washed and shone it up - so now the splash back looks very clean. Thanks all again.