On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:03:04 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>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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I think it is aluminum, too, which means it'll get nice and gray-yuk
looking, but I take my jars out one at a time. I do not trust the
handles.