A simple way of getting stuck buckets apart is to take a compressor and an air hose with a blowgun nozzle on it, and direct the air stream between the buckets. The air will work its way down the sides and into the horizontal space between the two buckets. The air pressure likely will force the top bucket out of the bottom bucket.
—Barry Dee, Sedgwick, CO
Edited by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #258
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Just another great tip of American Ingenuity and the gentleman was kind enough to pass on to others. Thanks for a great tip.
TN_P_ELM
I have also used water sprayed from a hose - basically the same principle but I'm less likely to have a compressor handy.