Cool handles.

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Having just read the thread about stoves and MTB'S comment about the Boatman stove door handle getting too hot I have a solution to make any hot handle cool to handle whether it be a stove door handle, kettle handle, poker handle, even steam or hot water gate valve hand wheels.

All you need is glue and a ball of ordinary thin white string.

Paint the handle to be transformed into a cool handle by first painting it with slow drying glue, epoxy is best and then similar to whipping a rope's end, but no need to use the same technique as glue will hold the string in place much better on irregular and weird shaped handles. So, wind on a few turns of string and to hold them in place a turn or two of sticky tape, then carry on winding the string tightly and closely around and around the handle until it's covered completely and finish off the end with a bit more sticky tape to hold the string in place until the glue cures. Remove sticky tapes and voila a cool handle and no more burnt fingers.

[mattlad]

Cool handles. Not to be confused with four candles. As in 'andles for forks!

 

COAT!!!

[Bazza954]

Cool handles. Not to be confused with four candles. As in 'andles for forks!

 

COAT!!!

[bizzard]

Talking of candles I did once explain how to make them using cardboard toilet roll tubes as molds, string for the wick imbedded in old bacon or roasting fat dripping. They give off a nice mouth watering aroma.