I have a slotted turner (cookery) with a thin stainless steel blade, which I really like, but the handle is made of a plastic that bubbles and swells if you rest it on the side of the pan (or get it too close to the flame or similar).
I?d like to replace the handle, but that requires a material that:
any suggestions?
Melamine cutting board, cut to shape, layered, layers epoxied together, then rasped, sanded & polished to shape.
"Micarta"
Google for ready made "silicone handles", and see if a cover fits as a protector.
Thomas Prufer
Yup. You probably want a cold cast resin of some sort.
Oven cured.
Being a bit of a hand worker I'd use car body filler to make a lumpenhandel and then file it down to whatever shape is acceptable. Then a pigmented coat of polyester over the to and polish to a nice finish.
Unfortunately the brief research I did suggest that temps over 100C might be the end of polyester resins so epoxy rears its ugly head.
Possibly your easiest route to one of those with a suitable pignented filler in might well be Milliput.
As with all epoxies, mix exatlyly identical quantities really throughly and stove the final thing in an oven at around the 100°C-120°C mark for much faster setting and much harder result.
Milliput can be sanded and polished once set for a pro finish.
Wood is a lot easier. You can dishwash it, though it won't last forever.
NT
Mahogany?
Brian
Tufnol, PTFE
Bamboo stands up well to the dishwasher.
Neither of these will withstand particularly high temperatures and when overheated produce some nasty fumes. 250degC is about the start of the degradation temperature pf PTFE, at 350degC it starts to decompose and releases fumes which cause polymer fume fever in humans and are lethal to birds.
Tufnol has a range of temperature maximums depending on the grade but most have an upper limit of 120 to 140 deg C.
Leaving the turner on the side of the pan on a gas cooker as the OP does will expose the handle to temperatures higher than 250deg.
I'm sort of assuming the OP is not deliberately putting it straight into the flame. Both of these materials will do better than typical thermoplastics and will tolerate dishwashers better than wood.
To meet your objections you could cast a handle using RTV silicone rubber, but that would be a bit more work.
PTFE + fire = HF, nasty stuff.
NT
I sometimes wonder that when watching youtube vids of folks that strip down fire damaged car engines with their bare hands when the screaming would start...
Erm... not a risk.
I was going to suggest, just buy another, but a look online suggests that the type with the riveted or welded on thin stainless blade seems to have disappeared. This is a shame as the blade is thinner and more flexible than on the newer ones.
Tim
No they havent, plenty on aliexpress and amazon and ebay.
This is a shame as the
Yes, I prefer them myself.
Well I *did* look in both those places before posting and I didn?t see anything similar to mine but I possibly used the wrong search term.
What did you search for? Seems like there are a lot of different terms for a ?fish slice?.
Tim
Wodney, do you use some sort of schedule to introduce a new nym or as when you feel like.
They always stick out a mile.
Insert one of your std prepared insults below this line.
GH
I doubt he searched for anything, it?s just Speed with a new nym being his usual contradicting self.
GH
slotted stainless turner
Works much better in ebay, amazon and aliexpress include come silicone ones, ebay doesn?t.
Seems like there are a lot of different terms for
Yeah, I have bought some relatively recently myself and had a considerable problem until I realised that the keyword turner works best. The others arent so unique and I had forgotten the term fish slice although I certainly recognise it.
I found this one (these people are good for kitchen stuff). Doesn't have the low conductivity though.
You can get them from Nisbets.co.uk, for prices ranging from cheap to ridiculous. Ours is one of the ridiculous price ones, but I?m sure it was much cheaper when we bought it (hence some reluctance to just replacing it).
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