January 14, 2018 - 3:29pm
Input on repairing broken dough whisk
Our Danish whisk came apart (it's not very old!) and we're thinking of repairing it by putting epoxy in the handle's hole and sticking the whisk back in. Does anyone have any thoughts on this or other ideas?
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But I have found that using a silicone spatula works better for mixing. The one I have is from Pampered Chef and is quite old but it works better than the dough whisk.
I use a silicone spatula . Or I use a really old wide wooden spoon that was given to me by my Mom. I switch to my fingers in a deep bowl pretty shortly thereafter. I combine " picking up and pulling in from the edges" with pinch pinch pinch all along the length and then fold it all over. More and more I think I am just going to put everything in all at once and get it damp...levain, salt and all the ingredients. Then I am going to leave it for a couple hours. I did that with my pizza dough and boy was it lovely. Whatever works we all seem to get great results.
Interesting Danni. I have been through a lot of spatulas and other hand-mixing gear, like the dough whisk in the picture above. I finally settled on the Pampered Chef spatulas because they prove to work best and last the longest.
I have tried a multitude of other spatulas, both for home and commercial use, and I will always go back to the Pampered Chef products. And no, I don't sell Pampered Chef products!
I'd do it. I was looking at mine, trying to figure out how the stem was inserted into the handle in the first place. The holes seem to tightly conform to the separate wires, almost as if they were just jammed into the wood.
BTW, I stained my handle and put several coats of polyurethane on it...much more pleasant to use now. This tool works better than a spatula on stiffer doughs, IMO.
Sonia, Epoxy should work just fine. I probably was just a press fit when it was made, but I am sure it loosened over time, and epoxy should fix it. Make sure you stand it upside down while the epoxy cures so it does not drain out of the hole.
Suggest you clean the surfaces thoroughly with acetone (finger nail polish remover) before bonding with epoxy. JB Weld is a popular two part epoxy widely distributed in North America. Suggest using the long set version (4-6 hour set). Use masking tape to protect areas you don't want the epoxy on and use rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) for clean-up.
Wild-Yeast
Yes, I'd give epoxy a go. When I bought mine, I noticed that there was a big bug trap where the prongs fit into the wooden handle, so I filled it up with epoxy while keeping the whisk upside down vertical until it set. Rapid set was fine.
My whisk has a horizontal pin about 40mm up from the business end. I'm not sure how this interacts with the prongs I can see in yours.
Lance