My teapot has silicone dipped handles that are losing their insulation. Anyone know a good product to restore the insulated properties? Gotta remember to rotate the handles away from the twig gap.
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I always have a glove to handle hot stuff when cooking on a fire. I wouldn't try to fix it if it were mine.
Silicone tape.
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I'm with Al. I burned the insulators off my folding handles and bought replacement silicone sleeves, which I promptly burnt off again. So now I just use insulated leather gloves when cooking and handling the pots, which I always brought along anyway.
Alan
Alan
Even with the insulated handle they may get hot directly from the fire and not from the hot contents of the pot.
That's been my general experience. Once removed from the fire I don't ever recall the folding handles getting hot from the contents of the pot/mug.
And even with the insulators they can still burn your hands when hot from the fire.
Alan
It's a dangerous world out there.
That stuff is vinyl, only good up to 200°F... not even boiling water temperature, not what you want for a cook pot.Plasti Dip Can & Spray Supplier - Peelable Rubber Coating
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If you can spread the wire handles to get them off the pot, you might be able to slip some silicone tubing over them, then reassemble. Or use some self fusing silicone "rescue tape" to wrap the handles.
the only thing I've got insulation on is my 10" cast iron pan, and it's just a slip-on silicone cover. The only reason I have that is it's easier to grip a greasy handle with because the inside of the cover is somewhat sticky. for everything else I've got various welding gloves, some with gauntlets for fire work, and some without for use on a stove.
3M makes a "firestop" silicone that's rated to 1100°f- it's bright orange and messy but you might be able to get a decent coating with a stiff brush, I use it to make stove jacks for my hot tents, a couple of which are 10-15 years old
3M makes a "firestop" silicone that's rated to 1100°f- it's bright orange and messy but you might be able to get a decent coating with a stiff brush, I use it to make stove jacks for my hot tents, a couple of which are 10-15 years old
A son says he and a friend are going on a weekender, can he borrow some gear? I tell him no problem, come get it. In the meantime I rummage thru the disorderly detritus I thought I'd neatly arranged and put away. I wonder how'd it get so messed up like this? Oh yeah, I'd tried multi-tasking one afternoon and it hadn't quite worked out. In any case I found and set aside the camp kitchen stuff. The all important pair of insulated work gloves live in our blue barrel along with the fire making stuff and pot set etc. Although the pots and pans have wire handles (which can stay cool if they're arranged over a fire carefully), I like having a dependable fail-safe; go anywhere gloves. I don't consider them merely an option.
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