wiggydiggy
Guru
Thats pretty much how my old drawers looked! I also broke one of the glass shelves into two pieces, that was fixed with some cardboard to support it and duct tape all round lol
Tape to repair freezer drawer?
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Thats pretty much how my old drawers looked! I also broke one of the glass shelves into two pieces, that was fixed with some cardboard to support it and duct tape all round lol
PaulSB
Squire
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- Chorley, Lancashire
It's either this or bin a perfectly good freezer for the sake of a cracked drawer. So many environmental and financial issues involved there.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Mine are made of polystyrene, the same stuff as Airfix kits, albeit clear like the cockpit parts for your model Spitfire, ergo araldite is the wrong glue. What you want is polystyrene cement - I favour the liquid version in a bottle rather than the sticky tubes. Tamyia, the model makers, are a good make of adhesive.
Strictly speaking it isn't an adhesive but a solvent which softens / disolves the polystyrene essentially welding it together rather than gluing it.
Fixed my Dad's and our own freezer compartments using Tamiya cement
Jasonbikenoob25
Active Member
Yeah, fiberglass repair tape sounds like what you're after. I had a similar issue with a cracked drawer and used some of that tape with epoxy resin. Just clean the area really well first, then apply the resin, lay down the tape, and cover it with more resin. It worked great for me, and the repair held up well.
matticus
Guru
Good point about solvents, but I'm disappointed that you think araldite is a glue
;-)
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Good point about solvents, but I'm disappointed that you think araldite is a glue
;-)
Ooh I love a bit of pedantry / precision. What's the difference between a glue and an adhesive then?
matticus
Guru
Well, as we're playing by "Google's for noodles" rules, IIRC:
glue is made from animal parts (like hair, bone, fat). Adhesives are a modernabomination improvement on the old ways.
glue is made from animal parts (like hair, bone, fat). Adhesives are a modern
Gwylan
Veteran
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- All at sea⛵
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Rivet a plate over it.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
matticus
Guru
Good luck!
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Wikipedia seems to thing "glue" is a catch all term rather than a sub-type
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_glues
Precision's the most important whassername after all
matticus
Guru
With the greatest respect, I don't think that's what they're saying at all!
(and even if t'were the case, it would be a case of meaning drift i.e. from the correct meaning, to a common, incorrect usage 😇 )
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Incidentally, I lived about 80% of my life thinking that glue meant exactly the same thing as adhesive! In fact, I thought "adhesive" was the fancier, possibly more scientific term :P
I was educated in these matters by engineer colleagues of more ... "advanced" years than myself.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Go on to Youtube and search "Repairing fridge/freezer drawers". There's a load of clips on the subject.
