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From: Robert Macy on 13 Apr 2010 13:01
On Apr 13, 5:07 am, PeterD <pet...(a)hipson.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:13:55 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
>
> <grizzledgee...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> >> I would not rely on "safe at room temperature" as an
> >> indication of "safe at elevated temperatures" and would
> >> distrust any company that did so without extensive testing.
>
> >Then call GE ("We bring goo things to life") and ask.
>
> >(Forgive me for trying to be clever, but if you don't get /that/ one...)
>
> I have some goo that I brougt to life once. Devoured an entire town of
> 200 people before I could get it stopped... <bseg>
>
> I think the OP needs to realize that there is no solution to his
> problem--he needs either to replace it or give up, there is likely no
> suitable repair method that will make even a semi-pernament repair,
> likely anything he does will fail in a few uses.
>
> And as you say, something safe at room temperature sure as shooting is
> likely to fail on all counts, including toxic byproducts, when heated!

I just don't belong to the the "throw away" philosophy group. Or, the
'if it doesn't work right, buy something different" group. What
amazes me is that last group never asks for a refund for the first
purchase, but is willing to just continually throw money at a problem.

You're talking to a guy that spent three hours to fix an $8 hair
dryer, which went on to work for longer than it did before the first
breakdown.

back to the coffe pot: no reason to trash all when a simple seal
around the bottom will suffice.

and Rich Webb's suggestion of using that Silicone Unlimited SU5005 RTV
adhesive, FDA approved, good to 200C, costs $4.25 a tube sounds like
it's worth trying. Thanks again, Rich.

From: Rich Webb on 13 Apr 2010 13:14
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:01:50 -0700 (PDT), Robert Macy
<macy(a)california.com> wrote:

>On Apr 13, 5:07�am, PeterD <pet...(a)hipson.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:13:55 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
>>
>> <grizzledgee...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>> >> I would not rely on "safe at room temperature" as an
>> >> indication of "safe at elevated temperatures" and would
>> >> distrust any company that did so without extensive testing.
>>
>> >Then call GE ("We bring goo things to life") and ask.
>>
>> >(Forgive me for trying to be clever, but if you don't get /that/ one...)
>>
>> I have some goo that I brougt to life once. Devoured an entire town of
>> 200 people before I could get it stopped... <bseg>
>>
>> I think the OP needs to realize that there is no solution to his
>> problem--he needs either to replace it or give up, there is likely no
>> suitable repair method that will make even a semi-pernament repair,
>> likely anything he does will fail in a few uses.
>>
>> And as you say, something safe at room temperature sure as shooting is
>> likely to fail on all counts, including toxic byproducts, when heated!
>
>I just don't belong to the the "throw away" philosophy group. Or, the
>'if it doesn't work right, buy something different" group. What
>amazes me is that last group never asks for a refund for the first
>purchase, but is willing to just continually throw money at a problem.
>
>You're talking to a guy that spent three hours to fix an $8 hair
>dryer, which went on to work for longer than it did before the first
>breakdown.
>
>back to the coffe pot: no reason to trash all when a simple seal
>around the bottom will suffice.
>
>and Rich Webb's suggestion of using that Silicone Unlimited SU5005 RTV
>adhesive, FDA approved, good to 200C, costs $4.25 a tube sounds like
>it's worth trying. Thanks again, Rich.

Roger that. Their blurb makes it sound like it can glue air to water but
I suspect that you may need to roughen up or undercut the split gasket a
bit to give it something to bite on to.

I'm a fixer-upper also, but I will admit to a guilty pleasure if I can
strip something for (potentially, maybe, someday) useful parts...

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
From: PeterD on 13 Apr 2010 19:56
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:26:54 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote:

>> And as you say, something safe at room temperature
>> sure as shooting is likely to fail on all counts, including
>> toxic byproducts, when heated!
>
>I'm not sure about that. Silicones are highly stable, and the boiling point
>of water is hardly a high temperature. Many carbon-based organic compounds
>are stable at those temperatures. (Boiling pasta, for example, doesn't cause
>it to disintegrate.)
>

Even if it doesn't fail, I would not want to trust it to not off-gas
or release potentially toxic compounds.

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