

| Subject: | Re: Availability of replacement dish drainers? |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:44:01 -0700 |
Single edge razor blade followed by lacquer thinner - bye bye blobs...
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rather than purchase and experiment with various noxious solvents to
> remove the melted* undercounter bumpers from my 84 Westy's dish drainer
> (see "Goopy stuff on dish drainer" thread for background), it might be
> easier to simply replace the thing.
>
> Are the stainless steel dish drainers available, new or used?
>
>
> =======================
> * I don't know how to effectively describe the sticky, grippy, tenacious
> nature of this stuff. A wire brush would immediately gum up. A paint
> scraper would get globbed up in a second, with thick strands of this
> substance between the lifted scraper and the stuff remaining on the
> drainer, and it would never remove the stuff completely anyway: it's in
> the pores of the metal. Think honey on hardboard rather than paint on
> metal.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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