The plating on my Moulineaux plate has peeled off leaving bare metal which immediately rusts.
While I can sterilize it before each use but I wonder if I shouldn't chuck it. It's a #5 but it has the tenons attached unlike most plates that have the notches matching with the tenons built into the housing.
Grinder Plate
After each use, I wash my grinder plate(s) with soap and hot water, with a brush (or chopstick or toothpick) that will fit through the holes. Each hole needs to be cleared carefully.
Somewhere here on WD, I read that somebody (Ross, seems like) dries the plates in a warm oven for a bit. (I use a toaster oven.) This has cured my rust problem. After I pull 'em out (Yeow! Hot! Let 'em cool before handling), I then lightly coat each with mineral oil, working it into each hole with a toothpick etc.
You can by inexpensive pharmaceutical grade mineral oil (used as a laxative) at any pharmacy. I wrap and store each plate in a mineral-oil-soaked paper towel, and put all of 'em in a zip-loc bag so the oil doesn't get all over everything.
Somewhere here on WD, I read that somebody (Ross, seems like) dries the plates in a warm oven for a bit. (I use a toaster oven.) This has cured my rust problem. After I pull 'em out (Yeow! Hot! Let 'em cool before handling), I then lightly coat each with mineral oil, working it into each hole with a toothpick etc.
You can by inexpensive pharmaceutical grade mineral oil (used as a laxative) at any pharmacy. I wrap and store each plate in a mineral-oil-soaked paper towel, and put all of 'em in a zip-loc bag so the oil doesn't get all over everything.
Experience - the ability to instantly recognize a mistake when you make it again.
That's a plan - thanx for the tip.el Ducko wrote:After each use, I wash my grinder plate(s) with soap and hot water, with a brush (or chopstick or toothpick) that will fit through the holes. Each hole needs to be cleared carefully.
Somewhere here on WD, I read that somebody (Ross, seems like) dries the plates in a warm oven for a bit. (I use a toaster oven.) This has cured my rust problem. After I pull 'em out (Yeow! Hot! Let 'em cool before handling), I then lightly coat each with mineral oil, working it into each hole with a toothpick etc.
You can by inexpensive pharmaceutical grade mineral oil (used as a laxative) at any pharmacy. I wrap and store each plate in a mineral-oil-soaked paper towel, and put all of 'em in a zip-loc bag so the oil doesn't get all over everything.