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On Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:03:14 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote

Fridge door plastic liner has 2 little moulded in rectangular
blocks that support the milk shelf. One has sheared off, leaving
a flat surface with foam exposed. The plastic is very thin, I'm
surprised it didn't snap off the first time it was loaded.
What if anything could I do about it?


I'd try Sugru.


that might even work, if I undercut the foam insulation. Corn starch in a
fridge is a bad idea though, what else could I fill the silicone with?


If its possible to get at the back of the inner wall,
no reason why you can't have a blob of Sugru there.

Might even be viable to use a hole saw on the outside
wall so you can have a hole to put the Sugru in behind
the wall and then just have a plate to cover the hole later.

On mine the milk tray is inside the door and the blobs
that the tray engage with are on the 40mm deep frame
of the door so you can just cut a hole in the outer of
that to put a sugru blob inside that 15mm deep frame
to have a big blob of Sugru replace the whole blob
that the milk tray slides onto.