On 2015-08-27 23:48:19 +0000, George Shirley said:

> On 8/27/2015 6:41 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:05:21 -0500, George Shirley >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Are these racks any good?
>>
>> 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.

Steel? You sue about that. I think they use aluminum for those racks.

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