# Pump Cap and skirt
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pump-cap-and-skirt/204
**Category:** Anova Support
**Created:** [December 18, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pump-cap-and-skirt/204 "2014-12-18T04:42:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@saluki](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/saluki)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pump-cap-and-skirt/204/1 "2014-12-18T04:42:43Z")
I can’t remove the pump cap no matter how hard I try… My sister tried to to no avail… Same with the skirt—turn it to the left with all my might-nothing budges it… Any suggestions would be welcome… what to do???
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Svajian](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Stephen_Svajian)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pump-cap-and-skirt/204/2 "2014-12-18T06:07:03Z")
@saluki Please submit a return request here: [Returns – Anova Culinary](http://anovaculinary.com/pages/returns)
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### Author:  [@saluki](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/saluki)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pump-cap-and-skirt/204/3 "2014-12-19T02:35:13Z")
Apparently the skirt and cap are really stiff…I took it over to my brother-in-law and he was able to remove it. ---- took allot of strength but all is good now…
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### Author:  [@tk1](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/tk1)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/pump-cap-and-skirt/204/4 "2014-12-30T00:57:09Z")
Mine was difficut to remove also. I used a silicone pot holder to securely grab the pump cap and that worked.