Thread Number: 80939
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Post# 1049366   10/30/2019 at 07:28 (1,637 days old) by Vintage1963 (Ohio)   |   | |
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Hi friends...
I recently acquired this percolator from Ebay. As you can see it is in good shape. However, I am puzzled by something. The stem inside the percolator does not come out. It seems to be immovable. Could this be caused by corrosion, or could this percolator have been made with a stem that is not meant to be removed? I have never encountered this before. None of the other percolators I have are like this, no matter how old they are. Thoughts? |
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Post# 1049386 , Reply# 1   10/30/2019 at 09:43 (1,637 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1049465 , Reply# 2   10/30/2019 at 19:09 (1,637 days old) by Vintage1963 (Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 1049483 , Reply# 3   10/30/2019 at 21:01 (1,637 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1049484 , Reply# 4   10/30/2019 at 21:01 (1,637 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 1049609 , Reply# 5   11/1/2019 at 09:18 (1,635 days old) by Vintage1963 (Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 1049638 , Reply# 6   11/1/2019 at 16:33 (1,635 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Mirro-Matic and West Bend used to recommend using Cream of Tartar to clean aluminum percolators. Try filling the pot to the max fill and add 2 tbls.of Cream of Tartar and run it thru a brew cycle, then unplug the pot and let the solution of water and Cream of Tartar sit in the pot until it has cooled off, or a few hours. Then GENTLY try to move the stem from side to side in all four directions, just a little bit and see if that doesn’t loosen it up. I’m pretty sure that this stem wasn’t meant to be permanently fixed to the heating well. If this doesn’t work, try to GENTLY pry it by placing a long, thin bladed knife point between the base of the stem and the heating well. I think with patience and perseverance you will finally be able to free the stem base from the heating well.
BTW, Cream of Tartar is an acid that is derived from the production of wine, It is best to cleaning aluminum percolators because it won’t blacken the aluminum like dishwasher detergent will. Good luck and HTH. Eddie |
Post# 1050818 , Reply# 7   11/12/2019 at 11:53 (1,624 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 1050881 , Reply# 8   11/13/2019 at 11:02 (1,623 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa)   |   | |
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Here are some photos from an eBay auction if it helps. It looks like the stem should be removable...
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Post# 1050882 , Reply# 9   11/13/2019 at 11:06 (1,623 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa)   |   | |
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One more, not very good quality though.
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