When you break a Woman's Quisenart...

Ok....it was an Oster.

but anyway... I dropped Maggie's food processor bowl on the floor the other day (this is Clem code for last may). We (she) looked for replacements, but this stuff is just not available as repair parts.

So I'm like, "Yeah...maybe I can fix it with fiberglass or JBWeld or such."

And she held me to it (Good girl!)

Just so happens, today I decided to do a little FiberGlass work on the sunfish sailboat. She remembered and said, "Why don't you fix the foodprocessor while you're at it?"

So...here we go. Disclaimer...all fiberglass and resin work was done on the non-food-touching surfaces of the bowl.

The mixing zone (6" from the stovetop):

From the inside:

Outside side:

Outside bottom:

Side note: Broken miniblinds make donors for the best resin scoopers/spreaders I've ever used.

Am I awesome?

No

Does this fact keep me from thinking I am?

also no

Clem

Did it shatter or was it just cracked? I hate to be "that guy," but if it was just cracked, you could have tried Weld-On.

The problem with weld-on is that you only get one shot. As soon as it dried, it does not really adhere to itself. Best of luck with the fiberglass, though.

All I can think off is the reaction a health inspector would have upon seeing that in a restaurant.

How much does a food processor cost anyway?

Weld on is awesome stuff.

This would have been better fixed with dichloromethane.

I'm not sure that cup is food safe anymore.

Who didn't catch

non-food-touching surfaces

Oh wait...most of you!

Clem

Seriously?

If the crack goes through (which cracks tend to do) and the resin is on the outside, then it is in contact with the food.

This is Maggie.

It's not about the cost...it's the principle of the matter. Why can't we buy a new bowl? Instead of a whole new food processor?

The motor part is expensive, right?

In reply to FleaBag:

This is Grassroots!! JoeyM is making a car out of washing machines!!!!

Thrift stores normally have a small appliance section. Many a parts donor/working model to be found on the cheap.

My sister sold her real cuisinart to my wife fo $20 since she hated it. The real ones are expensive. It makes a sweet homemade salsa.

ClemSparks wrote: Who didn't catch non-food-touching surfaces Oh wait...most of you! Clem

I've fixed things for the sake of fixing them too, and I'm not telling you not to use it. Capillary action more or less completely prevents anything you used on the outside from being separate from the inside of the cracked bowl. I wouldn't put raw chicken on a wooden cutting board, but some people have accused me of being overly conscious of suck things.

That is all.

You are a kind of awesome guy though.

I'm not hitting on you.

ClemSparks wrote: Ok....it was an Oster.

berkeley you, I didn't break E36 M3.

Sweet work, though.

What we're saying is that next time, buy a cubic foot of solid plastic and 3D print a new mixing bowl. This will work for now.

When I read this I substitute the subject "How I accidentally poisoned my family".

Is there a non-toxic epoxy/filler/something you could coat the crack with on the inside to prevent contact with the resin?

Would the food even be in there long enough for the capillary action to take effect? I would imagine you wouldn't have a salsa or sauce sitting in there long enough to soak up the chemicals in the resin.

The level of cheap-osity on this forum never ceases to amaze me.

Good work chaps!

He's not cheap, he -bought- the repair materials.

If he were really grassroots, he'd have made his own glue with the products in the kitchen.

Trans_Maro wrote: If he were really grassroots, he'd have made his own glue with the products in the kitchen.

Or from the neighbors horse.

EvanB wrote: Is there a non-toxic epoxy/filler/something you could coat the crack with on the inside to prevent contact with the resin?

Google is an amazing thing...

http://www.masterbond.com/properties/food-safe-adhesives-sealants-coatings-encapsulation-compounds

Hey! The good news is...

I didn't get any on my hootus!

Clem

FleaBag wrote: This is Maggie. It's not about the cost...it's the principle of the matter. Why can't we buy a new bowl? Instead of a whole new food processor? The motor part is expensive, right?

You CAN buy just a new bowl.

But it's gonna be expensive.

Oh, wait... I guess it wasn't about the principle of the matter, now was it?

Clem./ livinn the dreaam. Fleabag? make model and serial number. I may have one in the basement.

I'm going to go with "bad idea." It's not as bad as the guys on here that like breathing chemical fumes, though.

First off, I admire the resourcefulness of the fix.

That said, I personally would be concerned about any kind of capillary action, resin leak through, ect. with a non food safe adhesive. At the very least I would let it fully cure and then some before using it again.

Maybe a coating of the food safe stuff on the inside? I would look into that if only so the inside of the crack doesn't soak up whatever you are mixing in it, and be impossible to clean out.