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Fixing Pin Hole In Cake Pan?

I've got an aluminum cake pan with a pin hole on the bottom. Any suggestions as to how to fix it?

Gloria from Saskatchewan

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By joan (Guest Post)
May 29, 20080 found this helpful

Throw it out and buy a new one.

 
January 31, 20220 found this helpful

Sometimes you can't get them just by buying them off the shelf at a store. I have a very cool set that stacks inside of each other for camping, similar to Russian nesting dolls. Very small footprint and I cannot find them since they are from the 1930s.

Some things, some pans are worth investing time and money to fix. We've become a throwaway society, it's not a good look.

 

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May 29, 20080 found this helpful

It would probably be better to purchase a new one instead of fixing it.

 
February 17, 20190 found this helpful

But it is a old pan they dont make pans like this anymore

 
By angelhon (Guest Post)
May 29, 20080 found this helpful

To fix the hole, put a small screw from the bottom of
pan then put the washer on, the small screw will be inside
of cake pan. Won't hurt the cake.

 
May 29, 20082 found this helpful

Use a piece of parchment paper on the bottom when you bake and it shouldn't leak. Keep it from slipping by dabbing butter or shortening between the pan and the paper.

 
By (Guest Post)
May 30, 20080 found this helpful

Just throw it away and get you another one.

 
By (Guest Post)
May 30, 20080 found this helpful

You could always put a blob of solder over the hole or line it with parchment as already suggested.

As for buying a new one, surely that's a waste of money & resources.

 
May 30, 20081 found this helpful

My hubby came up with this one. If the pin hole is small enough, you can probably turn the pan upside down, make sure the inside of the pan is against a flat surface, then take a hammer to tap the edges of the hole back into place to seal it. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!

 
By siris (Guest Post)
May 30, 20080 found this helpful

I've seen my grandmother put a dome fastener through the hole from the bottom and hammer it flat on the upside. I'm in my 70's so you can imagine how long ago that was.

 
February 13, 20181 found this helpful

I cant find them. She used Something called Mendets. I want to keep my pot becsuse it belonged to my mother.

 
October 10, 20210 found this helpful

I used to work at a grocery/hardware store and we sold pot menders. They were a bolt with 2 cork washers and a nut. You can easily find the separate components and make your own kit, make sure to use stainless bolt.

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Put 1 washer on bolt and then put bolt through the hole in the pan put 2nd washer on then tighten nut on bolt until seal is made. Hope this helps

 
May 30, 20080 found this helpful

1. put a small piece of aluminum foil over the hole when you use it to bake a cake
2. solder the hole
3. use parchment paper to cover the hole

Susan in Omaha

 

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May 30, 20080 found this helpful

Don't throw it away! If you can't solder, take it to a place that does welding. They will make it turn out beautiful!

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and they probably won't charge you. My pan had the handle break off, and the welder who repaired it didn't charge me.

 
By Karen (Guest Post)
May 30, 20080 found this helpful

I would suggest you try putting a dab of finger nail poiish on the pin hole outside of pan (perhaps putting a second dab on after first has dried). I personally haven't tried this on a cake pan, but it works for many other small hole mishaps. Good luck.

 
October 5, 20190 found this helpful

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May 31, 20080 found this helpful

Isn't solder lead? You shouldn't use lead for food. Of course, my grandpa used to make cups out of baking powder tins for his kids to use at school, with nice soldered rims, but still, now we know about lead poisoning. Same guy also did the washer thing. That works.

Aluminum is difficult to weld. Not worth the effort for a pinhole. My ex husband was a welder. I have a pan with a pinhole that I have used for years as a broiler. Doesn't matter that it has the pinhole for that.

 
April 5, 20210 found this helpful

Solder USED to be lead we have pretty much gotten away from that now. We use mostly silver solder now.

 
May 31, 20080 found this helpful

Use it as a short planter or to start seedlings and get a different one at a garage sale or thrift store for 50 cents.

 
By AuntyC (Guest Post)
May 31, 20080 found this helpful

I've had a lot of luck using plain clear tape. Make sure the pan is dry and tape a small piece on the outside of the hole.

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This will last through the baking process. It doesn't work too well with really juicy items, though.

 
November 24, 20190 found this helpful

Masking tape works very well if put on the outside of the pan. Will last on the pan for many uses .

 
By Carol (Guest Post)
July 29, 20080 found this helpful

Years ago I repaired an old canning pot with liquid solder and it worked beautifully. I am searching for that item to make another repair. No store here handles it but I've found it on the internet/

 
July 10, 20140 found this helpful

Don't know if you can buy the little packet of pot menders. Mom bought them and repaired small holes in her pots and they did a good job. This would be in the 40's and 50's.

 
January 23, 20150 found this helpful

The little "fix-it" package was called Mend-its. I would love to buy some if they are still available. Does anyone know?

 
January 19, 20170 found this helpful

The spelling is Mendets, saw some on EBay

 
November 28, 20190 found this helpful

I just repaired 3 pin holes in one of my roasters. I used silver solder and a heavy duty solder iron. I soldered on the outside of pan. The solder is lead free.

 
April 13, 20150 found this helpful

Don't know if anyone has thought of this...but my husband thought it is aluminum let's try aluminum duct tape. We had 3 pinholes covered them up and baked a cake and it worked... Voila!

 
October 8, 20190 found this helpful

Go to the hardware store and buy some hi-temp, self-adhesive aluminum tape. Clean really well on the bottom around the hole and stick a small piece over it. This even work for pans over flame.

 
August 5, 20200 found this helpful

I know how hard it is to throw away old pans.
I had a small aluminium milk pan with a pin hole.
I threw it into a car crusher and the problem was solved.

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It came out flat.

 

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