Heat proof glue

[Lord Flashheart]

Someone broke the handle off a Le Creuset pan lid, but it fits back in place perfectly. So rather than throw it away, I thought I'd just glue it back on. So the question is 'which glue is going to be oven and wash proof?

[Lord Flashheart]

normalbloke said:

There probably isn’t. Maybe look at working the jagged top on the lid, drill and put a non offensive ceramic or stainless knob on with a through stainless bolt.

Interestingly, when I look up Le Creuset, most of the lids are screwed on. I guess there's a good reason for it, so I think you're right. I'll get the angle grinder on it and see how it goes. Seems ridiculous to spend £60 on a new pan!

[Lord Flashheart]

normalbloke said:

Lord Flashheart said:

normalbloke said:

There probably isn’t. Maybe look at working the jagged top on the lid, drill and put a non offensive ceramic or stainless knob on with a through stainless bolt.

Interestingly, when I look up Le Creuset, most of the lids are screwed on. I guess there's a good reason for it, so I think you're right. I'll get the angle grinder on it and see how it goes. Seems ridiculous to spend £60 on a new pan!

Grinder might be too fast, and lob too much heat in. I’d use a powerfile. Now is your chance to buy one (man maths), they’re blimming handy.

I have one already. Vicious little bugger!

[Lord Flashheart]

dhutch said:

As the owner of a large Le Creuset cast iron casserole dish which we dropped and cracked the lid of, I can confirm a few things about this which will not help directly but might share the pain.

- Le Creuset are, imho, total cockwombles for not selling the lids of these these things separately.
- The pans/dishes are probably not even that overpriced for what they are, but are also not part of the disposable economy!
- You can get the glass lids for the frying pans super easy off ebay, but otherwise almost nothing of use comes up.
- After a years 'saved search' in place eventually we found a lid of the right size and colour from someone who had dropped the dish no the lid!

Their frying pans are also quite nice, reasonable hard wearing non-stick, but also will dent if the fall of the (cheap chinese, gas through glass) hob onto the (still seriously non-forgiving) terrazzo floor. Once refitted the kitchen will have a hob which can support a pan properly, a stainless steel sink, but tiled floor. Which will reduce the incidents of broken pans, crockery, etc, but I am not sure many tiles could take a 28cm casserole lid to the face without a scratch!!

Rant over

Daniel

I'm feeling your pain Daniel! Make sure your wearing your steel toecaps too when cooking with Le Creuset!