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I buy silicon skirt tabs in bulk from one of the big skirt manufacturers. Occasionally I'll receive an order where the strands of the tabs are stuck together. See below for a pretty extreme example of stuck strands. Sometimes it might just be a strand or 2 that are stuck. 90+% of the time the tabs are just fine, usually requiring no, or very little, separating. Has anyone developed a time-efficient process for separating the strands? I've tried separating by hand which is pretty slow. I've also tried using a comb, which has had some success, but can easily pull the strands from the ends if not careful. My guess is this is caused by how they were stored at the factory/warehouse. Thanks in advanced and happy Friday!