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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
If you haven't removed your faucet aerators in a long time, good luck, especially if you have a plastic "hidden" recessed aerator. These come with a round plastic tool for removal, but I spent several days trying unsuccessfully to remove two aerators. I had a plumber at my house doing another project and I asked him to remove it. He couldn't and suggested that I buy a new kitchen faucet. Today, I received this Danco tool from Amazon, and the aerator came right off.
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Sometimes they can’t be removed due to galvanic corrosion? Most all of mine were pot metal, seems plastic has replaced them.
Pair of vise grips alway worked for me. Fine line from being too loose or too tight and sometimes requires little working back and forth?