My metal colander and one of its legs decided to part ways. It's probably quite cheap to replace it, but I feel like repairing it. So I turn to the many handy people on forum for help once again!

I'm thinking that maybe the easiest thing to do is to use epoxy, but I guess I'll have to make sure it's food safe. Welding is probably how they put the legs on in the first place, but I don't know how to do that, though I do have a butane torch at home. Is it worth trying to weld it at home? I think the material of the leg is steel.

Not my area of expertise, but be sure that soldering/welding materials (flux and solder) are safe to use on cooking materials, as well as working correctly with the stainless steel.

JB Weld:

https://www.amazon.com/J-B-Weld-8265S-Reinforced-Hardener/dp/B0006O1ICE

But unless you have some other use the the JB Weld after using only two drops of it to fix your old one, you can buy a new one for only a little more than the JB Weld:

https://www.amazon.com/ExcelSteel-242-5-...=metal+colander

Won't that colander work without legs? I don't think ours has any, and i was looking for it to check, but could not find it....

A bolt thru a corner hole (drill to enlarge if necessary) could serve as a functional leg without risking food contamination.

You'd never get your colander mixed up with the neighbor's ever again!

Best idea ever! Replace the legs with stainless steel Franken-bolts. So simple, elegant, and unique! People pay good money for "designer" collanders like this.

Interesting idea. My colander was designed with a round bottom and no legs. I could easily use three bolts/washers/nuts and add legs. Nice.

Be sure to use hi temperature ( * TEMPERATURE not 'strength') Loctite on the nuts as losing one in the dishwasher has the potential to destroy the dishwasher's water pump.

Or use really BIG nuts that can't be sucked in - have to try fitting them by hand to see what size goes in and what doesn't.


(I thank my father for hours of garage time when I was a teen. We had to 'invent' tools and stuff to get various car repair jobs done so creativity in solutions was part of my training.)

I expect you to pay me some royalties if you go and market the idea and make millions selling the hillbilly colander to Martha Stewart!

* EDIT- heat softens normal Loctite so a hot dishwasher cycle could negate the Loctite if you use the wrong stuff.

Nice to see that this thread has legs....

but it's still full of holes!

Both of you have valid points; we still have a handle on this.

Jeanette Isabelle

Wow, you all are really straining to find things to post.

Come on, guys! Let's focus on the nuts and bolts of the repair!

It's all there; you have to sift through it.

Jeanette Isabelle

But it's so draining with all these punny posts!

I'll have my bro Ken call Ender when he's done with his game, and see if Wiggin can make heads or tails of what's been said here.

Ow, Ow, Ow.
Holy rusted metal Batman!

Back on topic. You could also take off the other legs, and slightly flatten the bottom, or even bend in the middle so it is shaped like one of those old orange juicers...

See what you did Bingley! You went and said 'colander!'

This is your fault!

Survival tip- a string from one side of the top to the other makes a nice chinstrap thus creating a far more durable head covering than those other tinfoil models. Multifunctional item!

I love you guys! Needed a laugh.

My attempts at humor are so bad. I once sent ten puns to my friends hoping that at least one would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

With only two legs left, when I wear the colander in the fashion you recommend, I'll know which way is the front. Viking horns are still useful for today's survival situations!

Orient it so the bolt is in the back. That's the antenna. The remaining legs will serve for ears.


Next you'll need to bring us a shrubbery......

Laughing I needed this.... Thanks All.

Some fair repair ideas, but none of them really hold water...