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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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wrote in message 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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wrote in message ups.com... 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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Freezer has crack
replying to TURTLE, Bill wrote:
this does not work. my freezer still ices up -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...ack-13188-.htm |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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