On Apr 13, 5:07*am, PeterD wrote:
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:13:55 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"

wrote:
I would not rely on "safe at room temperature" as an
indication of "safe at elevated temperatures" and would
distrust any company that did so without extensive testing.

Then call GE ("We bring goo things to life") and ask.

(Forgive me for trying to be clever, but if you don't get /that/ one...)

I have some goo that I brougt to life once. Devoured an entire town of
200 people before I could get it stopped... bseg

I think the OP needs to realize that there is no solution to his
problem--he needs either to replace it or give up, there is likely no
suitable repair method that will make even a semi-pernament repair,
likely anything he does will fail in a few uses.

And as you say, something safe at room temperature sure as shooting is
likely to fail on all counts, including toxic byproducts, when heated!

I just don't belong to the the "throw away" philosophy group. Or, the
'if it doesn't work right, buy something different" group. What
amazes me is that last group never asks for a refund for the first
purchase, but is willing to just continually throw money at a problem.

You're talking to a guy that spent three hours to fix an $8 hair
dryer, which went on to work for longer than it did before the first
breakdown.

back to the coffe pot: no reason to trash all when a simple seal
around the bottom will suffice.

and Rich Webb's suggestion of using that Silicone Unlimited SU5005 RTV
adhesive, FDA approved, good to 200C, costs $4.25 a tube sounds like
it's worth trying. Thanks again, Rich.