Originally Posted by
nativetexan
they fit the fixture so well i can't even get my fingers around it to remove it.
We have several can lights in our house that are like that too, the flood light bulbs REALLY fill those sockets. I figured out that my Machingers qulting gloves really help grip lightbulbs too! With those, if I press my fingertips firmly against the face of the bulb, I can slowly rotate it and get it out (stiff fingers, rotate at the wrist). Jiggling the bulb up and down helps a little if it gets stuck and stops moving. It's a slow tedious process and honestly I'm tempted just to break it and use the old potato trick to get the base out, but so far it's worked on both the burnt bulbs I've tried it on without making me too crazy. I replaced those bulbs with LED lights rated to last 5 years so hopefully I won't be changing those particular bulbs anytime soon!