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A shelf in our fridge has gone for a burton. The plastic trim, which sits in these slots:
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has perished as per below:
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It's a fourteen-odd year old fridge so we're struggling to find anyone that supplies spares for it. Would sugru fix this or is it a bit too flexible when cured? I was thinking of roughly replicating the shape of the trim on the other side, but is there too much of an overhang of material and would it bend and collapse?
I think it probably would unless you move the shelf about alot. Its pretty hard wearing stuff.
I've heard it goes quite hard
[Sid James laugh]
[/Sid James laugh]I've heard it goes quite hard
I think it would be stiff enough, not sure re strength.
I've got some spare in the shed DD - you can have it for free to try out because its past its sell by date and may not cure.
At the very least you can mould it and try it, then if it looks as though it works but doesn't cure, buy some. If it cure's - huzzah!
Send me your address and I'll post it.
It quite impressive stuff, i used some on my tape measure locking tab and it stuck on without any cleaning and remains there to this day, it sets pretty hard and structurally is pretty solid. however for that job id use some polymorph as when it sets (ie cool) it is more ridged (maplin stock it or ebay), the best thing about it is that it can be reheated and reset as much as you like.
I've got a blob holding up the top rack in my dishwasher, I didn't try to replicate the original form of the broken bit, but just piled a load in and around the crucial area. It's holding well and dealing with the high temp (60 or 70C washes) well, so should cope with the cold in your fridge fine too.
Ahh...polymorph?
*checks maplin website*
That looks quite handy. Cheaper than sugru too. Only thing is getting it to stick to the glass. 😕
Stick some sugru to the glass then stick the polymorph to that?
In my experience yes sugru will fix that if you leave it to cure at room temperature for 12 hours
I reckon sugru would work fine
Don't see why it needs to stick on though - it'll be held in place by the shelf/slot anyway and might be good to take it off & wash it now & then
That flooring looks like a properly amateur job!
I've used sugru to fix the runners on my fridge draws, one sachet for each runner to basically glue them to the fridge sides as the fixing tabs had snapped off. It worked perfectly and is holding a fair weight especially when the draw is slid out and fully loaded so it'll fix that shelf no worries. It actually goes pretty hard when its cured. I've also used it to fix cracks in the fridge door shelves. The lesson is don't let toddlers use fridge draws as steps to the chocolate shelves!
The fridge shelf fix is already published on the Sugru site so it should be fine 🙂 I've used a couple of blobs and its not as rubbery/soft as I expected.
Don't know about sugru, but epoxy putty would do it, and if it doesn't stick, just add use proper epoxy to stick the moulded part to the shelf
[quote=marcus7 ]however for that job id use some polymorph as when it sets (ie cool) it is more ridged (maplin stock it or ebay), the best thing about it is that it can be reheated and reset as much as you like.
Ah - I've got a broken bit on one of the door shelves in our fridge (it's missing a bit, the rest of the cracks I've fixed with epoxy) which that should work well for - double win as I've been looking for something good to do with polymorph. Bought mine on ebay, which I'd expect is a huge amount cheaper than Maplin.
Try this: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Sugru-Substitute/#step0
Silicon caulk and corn starch, basically.
Thanks all for the help. I'll take a punt on some sugru - it's not that expensive anyway. And cheers aracer for eBay polymorph nudge. It's way cheaper there than from Maplin. Have a few other small fixes lined up for the polymorph now I've seen a video on YouTube.