[Arran]

Arran

I am not sure I understood the part with the socket.
Wish I knew before. I usually heat the body and simply pull a lead, and then pull another, and the guts just follow.
In any case, with cut off ends these caps look normally, same as the other ones without the rolled-up ends when potted with hot glue.

The only thing I should do probably is to buy the colored hot glue, this will look better.

Mike;
  A socket from a socket set, like a mechanic would use, a 1/4 or smaller one is what you might need for a paper cap, larger for an electrolytic. You place the socket on a table, then place the end of the capacitor on top, grab the body of the cardboard tube and pull it or push it down over the socket, the guts of the capacitor will pop out of the top end if everything is working right. Sometimes you will need to heat it up with a heat gun first though, in which case grab the cardboard tube with a rag so you don't burn yourself.
Regards