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Posted by Appliance Repair Aid on July 15, 2005, 5:14 am
timbirr@mailcity.com wrote:
> I have a standard upright freezer, opened it and realized that the kids
> must of let one of their "blender creations" fall and smash to the
> bottom, where there was sticky mess of honey and raspberry.
>
> In the fall, the blender must have struck the bottom at an angle,
> because now there is a 3/4" crack in the plastic at the bottom of the
> freezer. This isn't actually the freezer bottom, but part of the
> outside plastic that comes up and over the bottom of the freezer and
> overlaps maybe 4-6" inside the the freezer.
>
> I'm thinking it probably does not require anything. But maybe I am
> wrong? If it does need patching, a glob of marine expoxy to basically
> seal it?
>
> At least the marine epoxy heats up pretty good as it sets and I imagine
> anything else would have a hard time setting up, unless I turn off the
> freezer for a couple of days and I'd rather avoid that....
Hi,
There is some plastic liner repair taps that work well, but they are
not cheap.
Covering it with some silicone or epoxy works well. We usually drill a
small hole at each end of the crack so the crack can not keep on
moving/cracking further.
http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=737538
Epoxy patch kit.
jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/
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