Several of our pan lids are now decidedly unstable and fall apart at the slightest opportunity - potentiall dangerous when hot. And very annoying. The pans themselves are of "lifetime" quality, metal with copper bottoms - I don't want to replace them.
The majority of these problematic pan lids have wooden knobs, attached via a metal bolt. The thread on the inside of the pan lid has essentially worn down over the years, and now doesn't allow the bolt an adequate "foothold".
I'm wondering as to potential soltions. I confess I tend to take the "bodge first, fix later approach". Some aluminium foil wrapped around the screw thread - effectively widening it - has worked for a year or two, but is no longer passing muster. Could I use liquid wood to pack the hole, then re-thread? Or simply to glue the thread in place? I'm looking for a solution that doesn't poison the family (!), and can sustain the rigours of a dishwasher**.
Alternatively, if anyone knows of where I can get replacement knobs I'd be grateful. I've had a fruitless time searching on-line.
I also have a plastic pan lid know exhibiting the same problem. Do the same suggestions apply?
Many thanks in advance for any response. SHMBO cannot live with the status quo any longer!
Regards to all Mike
**the pans described themselves as dishwaher safe, but we've only recently aquired one of these truely wonderful machines. I don't believe the