On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:14:49 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
**the pans described themselves as dishwaher safe, but we've only
recently aquired one of these truely wonderful machines. I don't
believe the 60 degrees water and/or detergents have caused this
problem. Rather I blame the practice in previous years of leaving the
pans to soak in hot water.

CAR BODY FILLER.

Most normal epoxy based stuff won't cope with steam.

Cobblers.

Epoxy softens, but polyester based catalysed resins just set harder!

Cobblers

The Tg or glass transition temperature for polyester is around 75 deg
C, for epoxy it's around 150 deg C. A filled epoxy is a much more
appropriate material for repairing a pan lid knob.



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