aemeijers wrote:
Frank wrote:
David Combs wrote:
Someone a few years (10) ago gave us an old refrig that
we use as 2nd refrig.
That bottom drawer -- slides out -- stationary shelf that
it slides in and out under is clear plastic (other shelves
are made of matrix of metal rods) are of course strong,
not likely to ever break or even bend.

But this bottom (cheap) plastic shelf is cracked and
bending down in the middle.

What can I do to fix it before it completely fails?

What, try to find another piece of hard plastic to
bond to it? Where would I find that?


Of course I could google for replacement, but
it's so old, etc, not really worth too much.

Nice cheap fix would be really great!

Any ideas?


Thanks

David


I patch things occasionally with a piece of glass fabric impregnated
with epoxy. Mesh tape used for drywall cracks could work. Plain glue
would be no good as you need to beef up the old plastic's structure.
Won't be pretty but will be functional.

Nobody else said it, so I will- if this is a garage or basement fridge
that doesn't need to be pretty, just cut a wide 1x board or two to
replace the shelf. Rub in food-grade mineral oil (like on a
butcher-block counter) to give it some moisture resistance. You can
probably figure some way to reattach the drawer slides, or McGyver
something out of the junk box that will do the same thing.

If the thought of wood in the fridge horrifies you, just buy a
suitably-sized plastic cutting board to gusset the shelf with, and
fasten it to the existing shelf with stainless steel pop rivets and
washers. The others are right- trying to glue greasy old plastic like
that falls into the 'life is too short' category.

I'm with you on this. I am surprised that there's a need for the question. A
bit of marine plywood shaped to fit seems to be the way to go.