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On 8/27/2015 6:41 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:05:21 -0500, George Shirley >
> wrote:
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>> On 8/27/2015 3:40 PM, gloria p wrote:
>>> On 8/27/2015 9:14 AM, George Shirley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Canner racks are my main problem. For the usual canner rack is made of
>>>> carbon steel and begins to rust almost immediately. A stainless steel
>>>> rack costs more than I want to spend.
>>>
>>>
>>> Could you take a new canner rack to a plating company and have it chrome
>>> plated?
>>>
>>> gloria p

>> Would cost ten times the cost of a stainless steel one. Chrome plating
>> is expensive nowadays. I even thought of putting a high temp plastic on
>> the racks but finally figured out that wouldn't work either. Definitely
>> don't want to paint them. I may just end up buying a single stainless
>> rack and use it where ever needed.
>>
>> The rack in our early sixties pressure canner is also rusty but I don't
>> worry so much about that.

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> Are these racks any good?
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> http://www.walmart.com/ip/16630625?reviews_limit=7&
>

Wouldn't have any idea, I use racks with side rails and handles to make
it easier to get jars out of the canner pot. That one looks to be common
steel and would rust.