How do I fix this dutch oven top?
June 4, 2017 4:44 PM Subscribe
How do I fix the top to this Dutch oven?
As you see in the pic, half the plastic molding broke off. So when you screw it in, it feels secure but when you pick it up, the very heavy top falls off. Is there any molding material or super powerful adhesive that might fix it?
As you see in the pic, half the plastic molding broke off. So when you screw it in, it feels secure but when you pick it up, the very heavy top falls off. Is there any molding material or super powerful adhesive that might fix it?
When I bought a cheapish Dutch oven I took out the stock plastic knob and replaced it with a metal drawer/cabinet knob from the hardware store (so I could use it for bread baking). I can't remember if I cut the screw or replaced it with a shorter one.
If this is a Le Creuset I'd just get a proper replacement knob.
posted by O9scar at 5:02 PM on June 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
If this is a Le Creuset I'd just get a proper replacement knob.
posted by O9scar at 5:02 PM on June 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
It looks like the threaded sleeve broke, too, so you'll want to take some pliers and twist that off so you can screw a new knob on.
posted by rhizome at 5:26 PM on June 4, 2017
posted by rhizome at 5:26 PM on June 4, 2017
Take it to a hardware store and get a replacement knob. I find it easiest to have the part with me.
posted by theora55 at 5:36 PM on June 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by theora55 at 5:36 PM on June 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
I think Rhizome is on the right track, but I believe that threaded sleeve is actually welded to the lid, and that the knob was molded around a stainless screw, half of which is now broken off inside the threaded sleeve welded to the lid.
Which would mean the broken off screw stub has to be unscrewed out of the sleeve before a new knob can do any good.
That will be hard, but there's hope, since a tiny bit of the screw stub seems to extend beyond the sleeve, and you may be able to grip that with very good pliers and back it out.
If you have a handy IRL friend with a lot of tools, I would ask for their help.
posted by jamjam at 6:14 PM on June 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
Which would mean the broken off screw stub has to be unscrewed out of the sleeve before a new knob can do any good.
That will be hard, but there's hope, since a tiny bit of the screw stub seems to extend beyond the sleeve, and you may be able to grip that with very good pliers and back it out.
If you have a handy IRL friend with a lot of tools, I would ask for their help.
posted by jamjam at 6:14 PM on June 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
I broke a Le Creuset knob a while back, and ordering and installing a new knob was cheap and painless. Just put a new one on, I don't think there is a reasonable way to repair the old one.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:19 PM on June 4, 2017
posted by Dip Flash at 6:19 PM on June 4, 2017
This is notorious for Le Creuset. Do what I and many others have done: Get a metal cabinet knob in an appropriate metal with a stem that fits the hole, and use that. I did that years ago and have never looked back.
posted by slkinsey at 6:29 PM on June 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by slkinsey at 6:29 PM on June 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
Le Creuset stainless steel knob. Almost certainly available for less elsewhere. I should eat one for my Dutch oven.
posted by TedW at 7:19 PM on June 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by TedW at 7:19 PM on June 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
(One advantage of the Le Creuset metal knob: it's oven-safe to 450°F, as required for no-knead bread. The standard-issue phenolic knob is only rated to 375°F.)
posted by mumkin at 1:03 AM on June 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mumkin at 1:03 AM on June 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
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