Coffee Pot - Glass is Cracked

Hi Maggie,

Sorry to hear about your coffee pot.

I don't think it is worth your time to try and repair this. There are stresses involved due to thermal cycling - heating/cooling and it is my opinion that any repair would not last.

If the pot is Pyrex which I suspect it may be and it is cracked, it is finished

Is the machine very old? If not, maybe you can contact the manufacturer.

If the machine is old, do you have any antique shops near you that you could try and find a similar pot?

Have you tried looking on e-bay for something similar?

Or as a last resort, replace the whole coffee machine.

Good Luck!

KJK/USA is right. I know of no practical way to repair a glass coffee pot.

There's no way to fix it, however, if you post your location in the world and the details of the coffee machine...............make, model, etc., we may be able to help you find a replacement.

And possibly a picture?

I'm going to make a jab... beware...

"I have a very beautiful coffee machine in good condition."

-directly contradicts-

"the glass pot into which the coffee is brewed is cracked"

Anyway...

They are all right...

It's thin tempered glass which is subject to cyclic thermal loading, which will only cause the crack to grow with each thermal cycle. As suggested, let us know of the make/model, and show us a picture, and we might surprise you with our cleverness, and find you a replacement.

My favorite Coffee maker is a good ol' fashion French Press.

Anonymous Hero's 1,2, & 3, make a LOT of sense,-obviously a good answer, as was yours, but I think we may have given-up too soon. Where was the crack? towards the bottom, of course, toss, but if its on the rim, maybe not. Even though thru cycling of heating & cooling, won't one of these windshield-glass-chip repair patches "work" if its a crack on a rim (because windshields can get very hot and then cool...)? What sort of propane/other torches could duplicate a glass-blowing kiln such that a bit of molten-glass could patch(fuse-with) the carafe? Of course, to re-fuse, you'd HAVE(?) to remove the handle? I obviously have too much time on my hands, but I ask to have an idea if I ever blunder into an heirloom, can't find/afford a replacement, and my partner's estimation of me MUST be raised. Who doesn't LOVE a "French-press"? They can be used for coffee/tea, and a paper filter is un-necessary.

Find someone with a very beautiful coffee machine with an intact pot, but the machine is kaput. Decide between yourselves who gets the machine, who gets the pot, and who gets the money!

I have at least polished glass edges with an oxyacetylene torch tuned to medium-low flame, and I think (too long ago to be sure) that I once rejoined a broken tube this way. This idea is too iffy to be reliable, but as a last-ditch effort, it might go.

Or get Dale Chihuly on the case....

That glass pot is a ticking time bomb.

It will come apart catastrophically and it will do it when there is scalding hot coffee in it.

If the pot cracked when you poured boiling water on it, I would not trust any repair. Fracture mechanics in glass indicate that if there is stress, the crack will grow. If there is normally a compressive load at the location, you might not be able to see the extension of the crack. Since coffee pots have varying thermal and weight loads on them, almost every spot will have tensile loads at some point or another. The danger is that at some point after enough growth, with a small shock, such as tapping another dish or cup while full of hot coffee, the glass will go into rapid crack growth mode and the bottom of the coffee pot wiil fall off and the coffee will scald somebody. Of course some people have used cracked pots fpr years without them failing. Statistics indicate some people will be lucky. How much do you trust your luck?

Thank you! I didn't imagine a catastrophic failure where the bottom drops out. Would there be a sudden extension of the fault, even if one's examining the carafe, daily, with someone getting burned/scalded? Of course, one might be "in a hurry" some morning, and Not examine the carafe closely enough.

In all likelihood you wouldn't be able to see the fault growing. Most of the coffee pots I have known to fail showed no visible crack before they failed. most of them had a known history of being burnt, which generate stress points similar to cracks. The fact that you can see a crack really indicates that there are inconsistant stresses through the carafe.

If the carafe is made of Pyrex glass, then it is not possible to mend it with adhesives in any way shape or form. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

After experiencing too many DEAD drip coffee makers (incl. the renown MR. COFFEE) in the past decade, I went back to a simple stainless steel Percolating coffee maker. Yes, you can even by them at Wally's World, K-Ranch and Ebay, usually for less Mula than a Mr. Coffee. Heck, even Paula Dean sells an enamel-coated one (my wife bought it even though we had the other one...beats me why! It'll be perfect for using at a campfire). I still think the coffee tastes better that that made by a drip coffee maker, and as an aside note the darn thing won't clog-up or break, unless you drive over it with 18-wheeler! Call me old fashion! LOL

Perhaps i could fix that.Where are you from?What's your second name?Are you married?

fill it with sand, if the crack is at the bottom, sprinkle boric acid, heat gently (be patient) with a propane torch , if crack is sealed, you are lucky..if not , you can contact a glass blower..