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The great fridge defrost debate I had with myself today
Woke up this morning and found my freezer iced over from a stuck door seal. First I tried the hairdryer method for 20 minutes but that made a mess, then switched to waiting it out with towels for 45 minutes while the ice melted naturally. Ended up replacing the rubber seal for $12 at Ace Hardware, but I'm curious if anyone else deals with this differently when it happens.
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parker_palmer441mo ago
Hairdryer works better with a putty knife to pry the ice loose.
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the_jana1mo ago
Take it from someone who's cracked a freezer panel before, slow melting is way safer for your appliance.
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Hairdryer and putty knife sounds like a good way to scratch the hell out of your freezer lining though, doesn't it? I just let the ice melt on its own while I watched TV, took forever but zero risk of damaging anything. Guess @parker_palmer44 likes living on the edge with that approach lol.
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