In message , The Reid
writes
Following up to June Hughes

I once used a cook's blow-torch to de-frost my freezer.

blimey, you like your fridge live dangerously, didnt you have a
flamethrower, handy? :-)
It worked quite well but then there was a great deal of ice. Came off
in great chunks. I don't have that fridge any more but it didn't suffer
in the process and lasted another couple of years after being 'done'.
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June Hughes