I sincerely thank you. Several of the ideas worked great. Polly

"dsi1" <wrote>
> Hold on to the stack near the edge and bend the other side back to make
> the filters slide on each other. Grab the other side and straighten the
> stack out which causes air to go between each filter. Flex a few times
> to loosen up the stack and then release the first side and flex a few
> times. The filters should separate easily.