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How to remove melted plastic from dishwasher?

bigpandabigpanda Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So I had a plastic tupperware top fall on the heating element at the bottom of my dishwasher. It's melted onto the metal element and also onto part of the wire that supports it. I was able to remove most of the plastic from it, but there's maybe 1.5 inches of melted plastic that's adhered to the element. Has anyone had this happen and if so what did you do?

I've got a load of dishes I need to wash tonight and I'm worried to use the washer again in it's current state.

Thanks,

BP

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  • DjeetDjeet Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I've removed melted plastic with a razor blade. It was just a single metal heating element, about a centimeter thick, bent into a large "C" shape.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Razor blade and I've had limited success heating it back up for removal with both a hair drier and soldering iron too. Razor blade worked best by far.

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  • bigpandabigpanda Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Thanks guys, I'll give that a shot when I get home tonight.

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  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    A hot razor knife works well, too. I had to make use of a heated razor to get some epoxy off of plastic. Epoxy is hard as fuck.

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