Freezer drawer repair

[jkn]

Hi all
some of our freezer drawers are broken - either the front wall
where people have pulled at semi frozen-in drawers, or on some drawers
the clear insert which forms part of the handle has similarly broken. I
have no intention of paying the ridiculous prices for replacements, so
I'm looking to repair these in some way.

Any thoughts on the best type of adhesive & repair method to adopt?
It's a Whirlpool freezer FWIW. I'm not sure what plastic the drawers
are made of, and what would be appropriate, given the materials and
temperature.

Thanks
Jon N

[jkn]

Hi Huge
Thanks for the suggestion. Pretty is not of the essence here...

I wondered about reinforcing behind the crack with a sheet of thin Alu,
or even hardboard, and riveting the two together in multiple places.
It's the sort of 'guvvo' approach my dad, a 'Leyland Motors' employee
all his life, would be proud of ...

Jon N

[LSR]

We have a Whirlpool freezer too- 4 or 5 years old. The pull-out drawers are
OK but the hinge pins on the fold-down door broke within weeks; our fault
really trying to squeeze too much stuff in. I've used. I've used plywood to
fill/reinforce the hollow end sections, then drilled through for wooden
dowels in place of the broken plastic hinge pins, all held in place with
hot-melt glue.

--
LSR

[jkn]

Hmm ...
Whilst I'm on this thought path ... my dad used to make great use
of sheets of 'fibreboard', which I think would be better known as red
vulcanised fibre. It had very useful properties ... could be drilled,
sawn and filed, yet had some flexibility and resilience. Any ideas as
to where I could get hold of sheets of this stuff nowadays?

Thanks
J

[MikeH]

I've used a runny fibreglass mix (the red stuff that's used on boats
and car bodies) and fine matting very successfully. I used
cyanoacrylate (sp?) to initially repair the jigsaw of broken pieces
(the drawer had been pulled out fast and had fallen to the floor, fully
laden!), and then used fibreglass and matt on the rear face. OK, you
can see the joins, but it's still strong about five years after the
repair.

Mike

[Chris Hodges]

I would have thought hardboard would get soaked through when you defrost.

--
Spamtrap in use
To email replace 127.0.0.1 with btinternet dot com

[mike]

Chris Hodges <c.j.h...@127.0.0.1> wrote in
news:Q8mdncUx7M05jyTY...@bt.com:

>>
>> I wondered about reinforcing behind the crack with a sheet of thin Alu,
>> or even hardboard, and riveting the two together in multiple places.
>>

> I would have thought hardboard would get soaked through when you defrost.
>

As the OP is mending his drawers, I guess they'll be removed for defrosting
the equipment.

(This is getting altogether to Freudian for me, I think I'll have a lie
down)

mike

[jkn]

Hi Chris

>
> > I would have thought hardboard would get soaked through when you defrost.
>

Well yeah, that's why I started wondering about various forms of
fibreboard. Still haven't tracked down the stuff my dad used to use.
It's the same material as in the red 'fibre washers' you get for
insulation & vibration resistance, but in sheets ...

Jon N

[Tony Williams]

In article <1169728352.2...@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
jkn <jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk> wrote:

> Any thoughts on the best type of adhesive & repair method to
> adopt? It's a Whirlpool freezer FWIW. I'm not sure what plastic
> the drawers are made of, and what would be appropriate, given the
> materials and temperature.

Aluminium, (sheet or angle, as required), and *lots*
of pop rivets. Gives repairs that tasteful look.

--
Tony Williams.

[ciaran caughey]

replying to jkn, ciaran caughey wrote:
For cracks on freezer drawers the solution is very simple and cheap.Use
Unibond Duct Tape.Super job and waterproof to.

--
for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/freezer-drawer-repair-369931-.htm

[Bob Minchin]

ciaran caughey wrote:
> replying to jkn, ciaran caughey wrote:
> For cracks on freezer drawers the solution is very simple and cheap.Use
> Unibond Duct Tape.Super job and waterproof to.
>

I expect he has a new freezer by now. The OP was over 10 years ago!
PLONK!

[Brian Gaff]

You would have thought those runnin this portal might have fixed this
annoying regurgitating of old threads problem by now, would you not, at
least if they cared at all about their users and the wider Usenet system.
Brian

--
----- -
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
Blind user, so no pictures please!
"Bob Minchin" <bob.minc...@YOURHATntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:o8hljb$580$1...@dont-email.me...

[Graham.]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:30:42 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
<bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>You would have thought those runnin this portal might have fixed this
>annoying regurgitating of old threads problem by now, would you not, at
>least if they cared at all about their users and the wider Usenet system.
> Brian

They don't care a flying fuck Brian. As long as someone clicks on the
adverts while they're there.
--

Graham.
%Profound_observation%

[tim...]

"ciaran caughey" <caedfaa9ed1216d60ef...@example.com> wrote
in message news:_OYqA.328126$K03.2...@fx11.am4...

> replying to jkn, ciaran caughey wrote:
> For cracks on freezer drawers the solution is very simple and cheap.Use
> Unibond Duct Tape.Super job and waterproof to.

I fixed mine with bog-standard clear (wide) tape from the pound shop

a year later and it's still good

tim

[jkn]

Hi Bob

Ten Years?

A New Freezer??

Are you mad??? I haven't fixed the drawers on the old one yet?! ;-o

Still, plonk indeed

Cheers
Jon N (jkn)

[Fredxxx]

On 21/02/2017 15:14, ciaran caughey wrote:
> replying to jkn, ciaran caughey wrote:
> For cracks on freezer drawers the solution is very simple and cheap.Use
> Unibond Duct Tape.Super job and waterproof to.
>

This might assist you with posting to a newsgroup, albeit through a website:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855

- If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
enough text of the original to give a context.

[Liz]

replying to jkn, Liz wrote:
Hi, I've just repaired my freezer drawers with clear helicopter tape, I bought
it from eBay, it honestly works great.

[Brian Gaff]

The mind boggles as to what its got to do with helicopters though.

Brian

--
----- -
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
Blind user, so no pictures please!

"Liz" <caedfaa9ed1216d60ef...@example.com> wrote in message
news:_KgiC.87916$Z96....@fx28.am4...

[Andy Burns]

Liz wrote:

> Hi, I've just repaired my freezer drawers with clear helicopter tape

Presumably 3M 8561 tape is for indoor helicopters, and 3M 8671 tape is
for outdoor helicopters?

[Andy Burns]

Brian Gaff wrote:

> The mind boggles as to what its got to do with helicopters though.

It is actually specified for protecting the leading edge of helicopter
blades against foreign object damage. It does make you wonder why they
offer separate indoor and outdoor grades though.

[Davey]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:33:44 -0000
"Brian Gaff" <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The mind boggles as to what its got to do with helicopters though.
> Brian
>

I once had a helicopter lift postponed because there was a tiny piece
of the tape on the leading edge of the tail rotor come loose. Even
though we knew it was there, it was hard to find, but the pilot would
not fly until it had been fixed with the right tape. Which had to be
brought in from somewhere else, of course.

Since it was absolutely p.....g with rain, we weren't too upset at the
delay to a better day.

--
Davey.

[tabb...@gmail.com]

Years ago I saw a photo where a helicopter's blades (indoors) had collided with the wall & taken out a slice.


NT

[The Other John]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:33:44 +0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

> The mind boggles as to what its got to do with helicopters though.

My mind boggles as to why she's replying to an eleven year old post.
H O H, naturally!

--
TOJ.

[Cov]

Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has rendered obsolete.

--
For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/freezer-drawer-repair-369931-.htm

[chop]

On Mon, 02 Jan 2023 19:01:12 +1100, Cov
<d982f33199a871e7...@example.com> wrote:

> Why do people moan about old threads

We don't moan, we just rub your stupid nose
in the fact that the OP is very unlikely to still be
waiting for an answer to the original question.

> and want them closed?

No one has said that.

> This ancient thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than
> any others Google could find on the topic, none of which time has
> rendered obsolete.

But the OP is very unlikely to still be waiting for an answer to the
original question.

[Brian Gaff]

As a rule though, this is not the case when somebody gives a fix for
somebody elses problem from years ago. One of the other problems with Home
Owners club is that it allows pictures to be posted which cannot be seen
outside on Usenet, and of course, does not actually quote the original
message either.
Brian

--

--:

This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
Blind user, so no pictures please

Note this Signature is meaningless.!
"Cov" <d982f33199a871e7...@example.com> wrote in message
news:17366f1ad2e7d43a$2145$16855$c3d3...@news.newsgroupdirect.com...

[alan_m]

On 02/01/2023 08:01, Cov wrote:
> Why do people moan about old threads and want them closed? This ancient
> thread had more useful relevant info, ideas and banter than any others
> Google could find on the topic, none of which time has rendered obsolete.
>

It's because of what you have just posted to the Usenet (and not a web
site). Your post is completely meaningless because we don't know what
you are writing about. You haven't quoted anything that you are
referring to. The original posting to the Usenet disappearance 15 years ago!


--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

[Robin]

If the posts are no longer available on any Usenet server it is at least
arguable that homeownershub.com making a copy freely available is a
"good thing".




--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

[Fredxx]

It could be argued to be a good thing, but only if posters were
encouraged to quote the message they're replying to by default.

Also, not all posts are kept by homeownershub.com. And they
intentionally encourage visitors to reply to posts that are years old.

[Paul]

Mostly disappeared.

http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3C1169728352.280206.314640%40l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com%3E

But way too much work, to regenerate a complete thread that way.
By looking up the posts one at a time.

Paul

[alan_m]

On 02/01/2023 14:32, Robin wrote:

The problem with the web site the OP is using is that they drag up stuff
from 10 to 20 years ago and pretend that is was posted yesterday.

[Rod Speed]

Not when it is still available on groups google although admittedly
the UI is much easier to use than groups.google

[Peeler]

On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:38:31 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>

--
Website (from 2007) dedicated to the 88-year-old senile Australian
cretin's pathological trolling:
https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/rod-speed-faq.2973853/

[Rod Speed]

They don't pretend it was posted yesterday, each post is very clearly
dated.

[Peeler]

On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:53:52 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent

Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>

--

Marland answering senile Rodent's statement, "I don't leak":
"That’s because so much piss and shite emanates from your gob that there is
nothing left to exit normally, your arsehole has clammed shut through disuse
and the end of prick is only clear because you are such a Wanker."
Message-ID: <gm2h57...@mid.individual.net>

[alan_m]

On 02/01/2023 22:53, Rod Speed wrote:

> They don't pretend it was posted yesterday, each post is very clearly
> dated.

Not when they post it on their opening web pages and it says "Latest" or
"Featured"

They used to a have a "can you answer this" scrolling banner with random
posts picked from their archives but now they have a picture banner at
the top of their opening page with the original question from their
archives with an associated "read more" button. At the time of writing
one such featured question was asked 15 years ago but that information
is not presented with the question on their opening web page.

It's only when a user goes to the linked question/answer that they may
realise it's years old. Judging by the number of posts originating from
that web site it's obvious that the majority of their users don't see
the posting date/year.