Freezer has crack
 

I have a standard upright freezer, opened it and realized that the kids
must of let one of their "blender creations" fall and smash to the
bottom, where there was sticky mess of honey and raspberry.

In the fall, the blender must have struck the bottom at an angle,
because now there is a 3/4" crack in the plastic at the bottom of the
freezer. This isn't actually the freezer bottom, but part of the
outside plastic that comes up and over the bottom of the freezer and
overlaps maybe 4-6" inside the the freezer.

I'm thinking it probably does not require anything. But maybe I am
wrong? If it does need patching, a glob of marine expoxy to basically
seal it?

At least the marine epoxy heats up pretty good as it sets and I imagine
anything else would have a hard time setting up, unless I turn off the
freezer for a couple of days and I'd rather avoid that....

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I'm thinking it probably does not require anything. But maybe I am
wrong? If it does need patching, a glob of marine expoxy to basically
seal it?

At least the marine epoxy heats up pretty good as it sets and I imagine
anything else would have a hard time setting up, unless I turn off the
freezer for a couple of days and I'd rather avoid that....

It can leak some air but it is not a major disaster. Problem is, most
adhesives do not still well to that type of plastic. I'd try the epoxy
since it is not a structural problem, just a matter of sealing it.

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I have a standard upright freezer, opened it and realized that the kids
must of let one of their "blender creations" fall and smash to the
bottom, where there was sticky mess of honey and raspberry.

In the fall, the blender must have struck the bottom at an angle,
because now there is a 3/4" crack in the plastic at the bottom of the
freezer. This isn't actually the freezer bottom, but part of the
outside plastic that comes up and over the bottom of the freezer and
overlaps maybe 4-6" inside the the freezer.

I'm thinking it probably does not require anything. But maybe I am
wrong? If it does need patching, a glob of marine expoxy to basically
seal it?

At least the marine epoxy heats up pretty good as it sets and I imagine
anything else would have a hard time setting up, unless I turn off the
freezer for a couple of days and I'd rather avoid that....

This is Turtle.

They have Gray Epoxie by J.B. Weld which cures in 15 minutes.

the only reason you would do anything about this thing is sealing to hold the
air or cool air in.

TURTLE

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I have a standard upright freezer, opened it and realized that the kids
must of let one of their "blender creations" fall and smash to the
bottom, where there was sticky mess of honey and raspberry.

In the fall, the blender must have struck the bottom at an angle,
because now there is a 3/4" crack in the plastic at the bottom of the
freezer. This isn't actually the freezer bottom, but part of the
outside plastic that comes up and over the bottom of the freezer and
overlaps maybe 4-6" inside the the freezer.

I'm thinking it probably does not require anything. But maybe I am
wrong? If it does need patching, a glob of marine expoxy to basically
seal it?

At least the marine epoxy heats up pretty good as it sets and I imagine
anything else would have a hard time setting up, unless I turn off the
freezer for a couple of days and I'd rather avoid that....

Hi,

There is some plastic liner repair taps that work well, but they are
not cheap.
Covering it with some silicone or epoxy works well. We usually drill a
small hole at each end of the crack so the crack can not keep on
moving/cracking further.

http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=737538
Epoxy patch kit.

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

Thanks for the help, folks. Sounds like an epoxy fix is the way to go!

Freezer has crack
 

replying to TURTLE, Bill wrote:
this does not work. my freezer still ices up


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Freezer has crack
 

On 9/24/2019 10:14 PM, Bill wrote:
replying to TURTLE, Bill wrote:
this does not work. my freezer still ices up



Well after 14 years from the original post, Turtle is going to be sad
his idea did not work.

Freezer has crack
 

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 25 Sep 2019 02:14:01 +0000, Bill
m wrote:

replying to TURTLE, Bill wrote:
this does not work. my freezer still ices up

You shoudn't freeze crack. It dries it out.

And definitely don't re-freeze it.

Freezer has crack
 

On 9/25/2019 4:26 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 25 Sep 2019 02:14:01 +0000, Bill
m wrote:

replying to TURTLE, Bill wrote:
this does not work. my freezer still ices up

You shoudn't freeze crack. It dries it out.

And definitely don't re-freeze it.


I thought that to and had to read the old post.