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You can buy two part (catalyzed) silicone rubber for molding. That's looks like what he used. Google it you should get hits for it.

Ideally you'd make a mold the shape of the handle you want and that will fit around your pot handle.
 
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Self fusing silicone tape is one a viable option. If you want a simple one-part application, Sugru would be the easiest option.

But I'm not sure that you'll be happy with any of these. If this is on a gas stove, and the handle is getting hot because of how the heat rises from the flame, then the silicone will get just as hot. It might help a little with heat conducted through the pot, but not as much as you might like. Silicone is pretty heat conductive. That's why it makes a good baking mat.

You might be better served with a removable pot handle like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELCHET2/?tag=atomicindus08-20
 
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dogdog said:
what kind of silicon are these ?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DN9UKHC/?tag=atomicindus08-20
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Regular silicone. I have some silicone oven mitts. They work only because they are very thick, and the shape increases the distance that the heat has to travel through. Mine are mostly ribbed, but there's also waffle styles, etc.

With regular oven mitts, you cannot dunk your hand in boiling water to pull out an egg (for example). With my longer cuff silicone mitts, I can, since they're waterproof, but only for a second before they get too hot.

I have some slip on silicone pot handle covers too. Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MW6ZYN8/?tag=atomicindus08-20

They're ok, but mine still gets untouchably hot if I leave it on the handle on the stovetop.

Brian_WK said:
Your already on amazon just get these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZLUGXBE/?tag=atomicindus08-20

No need to reinvent the wheel.

Brian
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My problem with the slip on handles is that they can slip off, and they rotate. It takes a very firm grip to be able to pour boiling water out of a pot with one of these on the handle.
 
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following. This topic was on my mind yesterday as I was reading about plasti-dip. I had kinda hoped someone had something I could dunk my cast iron pan handles in so I could stop burning myself.
 
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48RON54 said:
following. This topic was on my mind yesterday as I was reading about plasti-dip. I had kinda hoped someone had something I could dunk my cast iron pan handles in so I could stop burning myself.
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Silicone is definitely the best material for this. Plasti-dip is a no go.

Here's a thought though. You could wrap the handle in high temperature fiberglass tape, and then encapsulate that in silicone. That would stop a lot of the heat transmission from the metal to the silicone. Or perhaps even use a few layers of drywall fiberglass mesh tape infused with the silicone.
 
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Whenever I melt lead in a cast iron pan I use old newspapers cut to 6"-8" and wrapped around the handle. Not a permanant solution, but cheap,

Next time I need to melt some lead, I'm going to try to see if I can make a handle out of moistened newspapers, kinda like Paper Mache. At least it would confirm to the handle on the cast iron pan since wrapping regular newspapers around the handle tends to be bit fiddley.

I have no clue if the Paper Mache method will work or not, or if would be permanant, so YMMV.

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dogdog said:
where do I find that... I looking to find a way of warping or casting it around a pot handle that is some how made of metal... it gets hot.

something like this ?
https://www.zoro.com/e-james-rubber-strip-silicone-116th-36x2-50a-2850-116xtape/i/G3018097/

or this? anyone know what kind of silicon he is using and if they are food safe and available in small batches.
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What you want is already made. There are silicon rubber pot sleeves. I just bought a couple of Lodge cast iron frying pans that came with easy slip on sleeves. A number of pot companies sell them as accessories. Should be easy to find. I got my pans in Costco but I saw them with and without sleeves on Amazon and the difference for the two sleeves was only an extra 3 or 4 bucks. They are too cheap to bother making them. I have had these cast Iron pans up to 500 degrees and felt no heat through the rubber sleeves.

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If I was in a pinch I would use shrink tubing.
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I don't think that will work. Handle temps can get above the shrink temp and it will just split. Also, to get any heat resistance you would need many layers, probably of more than one size. That gets expensive. Save the shrink for electrical insulation. I just googled "silicon rubber pot handle" They are all over the place for under a buck to a couple of bucks. What's wrong with just using an oven mitt? I grab that or bunch up a dish towel in a pinch.

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