How to redo PTFE (teflon)

Bread maker paddle is getting too chewed up for use anymore. It's coated in ptfe and we need the no-stick and the food-grade qualities. How do I do this the GRM way (instead of shelling out $30 for a replacement)

What the berkeley are you putting in your bread? Gravel?

Lots and lots of bread! Plus it clanks around and stuff.

I'd just knock off the loose stuff and leave it alone. There are teflon (PTFE) sprays used in the gunsmithing world that would probably work for you, but a can of the stuff will set you back as much as just buying the paddle.

Best thing to do is hit all the local thrift shops and just buy another one. I do this and keep one in stock, as my breadmakers always seem to crater the week after Christmas, and try to find a bread machine the week after Christmas sometime. The last one I bought was $6 and looked like it was used once.

Bread makers are one of those things that people see on sale and have to have, thinking they'll use the hell outta them but then if their lucky they might use it once. I'd love to have a bread maker just havent gotten around to finding one I like.

I found one for $20, may just do that.

We use the crap out of this thing. It's five years old now.

I used the heck out of mine, but when it tanked, I didn't buy a new one. I just make bread the old fashioned way, and to me, it tastes better. Prolly takes a bit more time, though.

I've owned maybe 5 different kinds, at least. The Toshiba was a good one. Didn't matter how much water you put in (within reason,) bread came out perfect. Most of the rest are sensitive to water, even to the moisture content of the flour, and 1 tablespoon more or less will make a big difference, so you have to measure exactly. Now I just get whichever one is almost free at the thrift shops.

I think people don't use them because they don't know how to make bread. And a box of bread mix at wally world costs as much as a loaf.