re-coating handles on Evernew pot

You're thinking of "tool dip" – you can get it at Amazon, among lots of other places. Maybe even WalMart. Plastidip/Performix is the one I've used (http://www.plastidip.com/). They list a 200F max working temperature though, which I suspect isn't going to work for your cookpot.

Yeah, I was researching it just now and saw the 200-degree thing too:

"Plasti Dip® can resist up to 200°F, and has been known to handle the heat and abuse produced at racing or rally car events. However, heat resistance really depends on how long Plasti Dip is exposed to that heat, and how you expect the coating to perform in that heat. In general, if the coating will not be subject to impacts, nor is it expected to resist abrasion or chemicals, and if it's just for a short amount of time, most Plasti Dip surfaces would be able to handle temperatures outside the listed range. Always test first."

Well, it's less than $6 at Amazon (Prime), so maybe I'll just try it:

I added silicone tubing that I got at a pet store (aquarium pump tubing I believe), that was by the foot and stupid cheap, to a snow peak 900 that I used to have. Worked great.

To get it on, I first used soap/water mixture..but didn't work great. I then switched to silicone spray and it worked great.

Oh, looked it up in my history…here is some pics/description ->

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/93016/index.html?mb_sort=desc

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That looks like just the ticket. Thanks.

Funny, the comments on those Amazon links mostly talk about people using it for just this purpose. Small world.

I wonder if it'd be better to go for the 3/32" or 1/8" I.D. ? My cruddy calipers show the diameter of the pot handles as somewhere in the 0.100-0110" range. Thoughts on how close I can get the fit, from those who've tried it ?

https://sugru.com/about
good to +356F

Oh yeah, I've heard of Sugru – sounds cool. I'll try the tubing first though – $5 versus $20+.

Small quantity, relatively cheap:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LXD727&P=8

Just realized I solved the same problem in a completely different way. When the coating started wearing off my pot handles, I put them in the fire and burned the rest off to tidy it up. I'm usually carrying a bandanna anyhow; works perfectly well as a potholder. Multi-use, zero extra weight, zero cost.

Well, zero cost until a trip when I'm out without a bandanna and burn holes in my shirt using it as a potholder.

Small quantity, relatively cheap: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LXD727&P=8

Careful … that is 1/16" ID, 3/23 and 1/8 available from same seller though. But don't forget to include shipping $ in your cost comparison

Oh yeah, I've heard of Sugru – sounds cool. I'll try the tubing first though – $5 versus $20+.

Or $12 plus shipping in smaller quantity directly from sugru.com

Sugru IS very cool stuff, used it with very good success to soften the handle edges of a Big Dig potty trowel. But I'm likely to take the handles from my pot to Petco to try the tubing there.

Jim, thanks for pointing that out.

Also available at your nearest radio-control hobby shop. I used to have many feet of the stuff but went all-electric a few years ago… no more methanol engines…

Maybe one of those silicone liquid gasket products that they sell at automotive supplies.

Some of that stuff is supposed to be good up to 500 deg Fahrenheit.

or just smear on silicone caulk, especially if you have some already

maybe not quite as good at resisting heat, but it's pretty good

>> Careful … that is 1/16" ID, 3/23 and 1/8 available from same seller though. But don't forget to include shipping $ in your cost comparison

A lot of it is available on Amazon Prime, for +/- $5, including shipping. I'm just not sure whether to go for 3/32" or 1/8" I.D.

I like multi-use, but don't mind adding less than an oz to my pot to avoid having to worry about burning myself.

John, just to throw another idea out there…

Something your inquiry made me think about is the MSR LiteLifter, one of the pliers-type pot lifters. I got it to use with a SP 800ml tea kettle that I pair with an Emberlit Mini twig stove when I opt to take a wood burner. I haven't properly weighed it with my own scales, but MSR claims 28g. It has a vinyl coating on the handles that could be removed to make it a bit lighter… perhaps 22g or so? Certainly within a few grams weight-wise compared to the stock Evernew 1.3L handles, and never a problem with the burning of coatings, etc.

Thanks, Bob. Think I'm going to try the Si tubing for now though. Built-in handles seem more secure, and pot lifter is one more thing to pack and to forget.

I ordered some silicone tubing and haven't gotten it yet, but I realize that, even with lubrication, it's going to be tricky sliding it over the ends of the pot handles, since they're bent into a sharp "L" shape. I wonder if it's ok to bend that out so that it's straight, to facilitate getting the tubing over it, and then bend it back to the "L". I'd worry maybe the metal would break from the bending; as strong as titanium is, I'd reckon not, but I really don't know how it handles fatigue.

How sharp the curves? I didn't have any problem with my snow peak handles ->

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=93016

John, the titanium handles would be very hard to "unbend," and you'd never get them back the way they were. To say nothing of them possibly breaking. Just get some WD-40, spray a wee bit inside the tubing so that the entire inside is pretty much coated (do this outside, because it's messy). Then just go to work sliding the tubing over the handle. This will likely be a rather slow and tedious job, depending upon how much bigger the ID of the tubing is than the handles. Make sure you have a long enough piece of tubing, because you won't want to have to do it twice if it was too short. You can always cut off any excess once the tubing is on the handle.

HERE is what his pot handles look like

Yeah, that's exactly my pot. It's a pretty sharp bend (where the handle inserts into the sleeve on the pot body). Sounds like I don't want to try to "un-bend" it, and lots of people seem to have been able to get the silicone tubing on there with no mention of bending.

Good thread. I’ll be interested in hearing which inside diameter you went with and how it went. I have an Evernew 1.3 L pot whose handles are looking a wee bit shabby.

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Having a Deuce Scoop in need of softer handle edges I checked for a local brick & motor source of sugru … lo & behold, the big red bulls eye carries it (the mother ship of which is walking distance).