n8n
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Good morning,
I found an old pressure canner in the thrift store a few days ago, and I'd wanted one anyway. The metal looks fine and after replacing the gasket, regulator, and the little air vent I took it for a "dry" run (actually full of water and steam) and it works fine. However, the jar rack has some rusty spots on it, nothing bad just cosmetic. If I were to paint it with cold galvanizing would that be OK or since this is used with food would it be better to leave it alone? My **** retentiveness wants it to look nice and the canner will probably end up getting polished at some point. Can't buy a new rack like this, this is wire with handles, the ones sold today as replacement parts are more like trivets. Personally I would have made it out of stainless but then again I doubt anyone thought this would still be in service 70 or whatever years later (that's a guess, without going down a rabbit hole of research. It's a Presto model 7-B and apparently predates Presto using date codes. My housemate actually has an identical National model 7 with wood handles instead of Bakelite, which I guess means it's pre-1939 because of the name on the tag. Pretty cool, although at this point I don't trust the gauge on that one LOL.)
I found an old pressure canner in the thrift store a few days ago, and I'd wanted one anyway. The metal looks fine and after replacing the gasket, regulator, and the little air vent I took it for a "dry" run (actually full of water and steam) and it works fine. However, the jar rack has some rusty spots on it, nothing bad just cosmetic. If I were to paint it with cold galvanizing would that be OK or since this is used with food would it be better to leave it alone? My **** retentiveness wants it to look nice and the canner will probably end up getting polished at some point. Can't buy a new rack like this, this is wire with handles, the ones sold today as replacement parts are more like trivets. Personally I would have made it out of stainless but then again I doubt anyone thought this would still be in service 70 or whatever years later (that's a guess, without going down a rabbit hole of research. It's a Presto model 7-B and apparently predates Presto using date codes. My housemate actually has an identical National model 7 with wood handles instead of Bakelite, which I guess means it's pre-1939 because of the name on the tag. Pretty cool, although at this point I don't trust the gauge on that one LOL.)