Re: Help! My kitchen faucet handle is stripped.
Pamela G.
it.
Jeff Wisnia
> Please, someone has to have had this happen to them or knows how to fix
> it.
>
Be a little more specific please.
What is stripped, the flutes, a screw thread ow WHAT?
Jeff
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Pamela G.
>>Be a little more specific please.
>>What is stripped, the flutes, a screw thread
>>ow WHAT?
>>Jeff
original post with photo never appeared for this group. It shows up for
me on my webtv's browser but not for any of you. Not sure why you can
read my second post, but not my first?.....Anyway, below is my first
post with photo. Hope this shows up!
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Can someone please advise me on my problem?
My left faucet kitchen handle recently starting falling off. As you can
see in the photo I'm holding the piece in question. I looked at the
threading on both pieces and it appears that they are somewhat stripped,
and when I try to screw the handle back there's no threading to grip to!
The faucet was bought at Home Depot about 5 years ago. I've had no
problems until now.
Would it be alright if I used a product like Liquid Solder to
permanently attach the handle back on?
willshak
You can use a waterproof glue made for metal, but it would probably be
better to call the faucet manufacturer and let them know about it. There
may be others with the same problem and they might have a replacement
for it.
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Bill
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Jeff Wisnia
I'd suggest using a metal filled epoxy, "JB Weld" is a excellent pick.
Clean the surfaces of the male and female parts with a grease free
solvent like denatured alcohol or acetone on a Q-tip first, to get all
traces of soap and such off them.
JB Weld should work just fine, do it at a time when you won't have to
handle the handle for at least 12 hours.
HTH,
Jeff Wisnia
> Please, someone has to have had this happen to them or knows how to fix
> it.
>
Whadja wanna bet the country of manufacture was China? <G>
Big_Jake
The picture is a hand holding two types of "JB Weld".
I am guessing that the faucet is junk, like Home Depot's "Glacier Bay"
or some other no name brand. Replacing the handle might work, but
without a picture, it is hard to tell.
JK
Pamela G.
willshak wrote:
>>You can use a waterproof glue made for
>>metal, but it would probably be better to call
>>the faucet manufacturer and let them know
>>about it. There may be others with the same
>>problem and they might have a replacement
>>for it.
>>Bill
Thanks Bill! That's a great idea! I'll check that out next time I go to
Home Depot. I didn't keep the box and have no idea what brand faucet it
is, but maybe they still sell the same model/brand today. In the
meantime I'll glue the little sucker back on! Thanks again!
Pamela G.
>>I would try epoxy. If there are some limited
>>threads inside the handle (even not enough
>>to grip the handle) it should hold for awhile.
Thanks! Will give it a try! Yes, there are threads, a bit warn down and
kind of disintegrated :-)
Pamela G.
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
>>I'd suggest using a metal filled epoxy, "JB
>>Weld" is a excellent pick.
>>Clean the surfaces of the male and female
>>parts with a grease free solvent like
>>denatured alcohol or acetone on a Q-tip first,
>>to get all traces of soap and such off them.
>>JB Weld should work just fine, do it at a time
>>when you won't have to handle the handle for >>at least 12 hours.
>>HTH,
>>Jeff
Great! Thanks for the info! Will clean it and glue it tomorrow! Funny
thing is a month ago at Home Depot it's as if a ghost tapped on my head
and said, "Buy JB Weld"....so I did! Do you know which one would be
better to use? One is JB Weld and the other is JB Kwik Weld. Here is a
photo below:
Pamela G.
Big_Jake wrote:
>>The picture is a hand holding two types of
>>"JB Weld".
>>I am guessing that the faucet is junk, like
>>Home Depot's "Glacier Bay" or some other
>>no name brand. Replacing the handle might
>>work, but without a picture, it is hard to tell.
>>JK
Hi Jake, yes I see that. This just hasn't been my day. My pictures and
posts seem to appear then disappear. I think they're possessed!.....I'll
try to fix it. Yea, it probably was a Home Depot cheapie. I have a 50
year old house with the plumbing coming out from the wall. Home Depot
only sold three styles of Kitchen faucets that would work. A gawd-awful
cheap looking one for about $40, a medium priced one that I picked at
around $65, and an $80 one that looked terrible!!
Jeff Wisnia
I'd go with the regular JB Weld if you can avoid handling the handle for
at least 12 hours.
Regular setting epoxies have more holding strength that the quick
setting types, as tragically demonstrated by the clods who used the
quick setting stuff in place of the slower curing type to hold up
concrete ceiling panels in the "Big Dig" tunnels here in Red Sox Nation.
http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6361529.html
Jeff
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