"Alan Greenspam" wrote in message
news:Ptbme.7538$zb.4202@trndny01...
A small piece of plastic fell through the cracks in the dishwasher shelf and
melted on the heating coil at the bottom of the tub.

I broke off the large piece and am considering using a butane torch to heat up
the coil enough to melt the rest off and have it drip onto some aluminum foil
below.

Any reason why I shouldn't do this?

Any better method to remove the melted plastic?

Didn't want to risk running another cycle and having the plastic melt and
harden somewhere in the pump.

This is Turtle.

Alan , If you use the tourch , it will burn it off and not melt it off so plan
on a fire as it starts to melt off.

I would try turning the cycles to a dry cycle at that point and then put foil
under it and let it melt off. Of run it till it hit the dry cycle and then put
the foil under it to melt off.

TURTLE