High temp plastic feet

PTFE can be usefull up to 500F or so. Much hotter, and it starts to decompose. On the "you may already have it" front, silicone sealant may work for this, though it will go crumbly in a moderately short period.

Silicone rubber would probably be okay, assuming you're talking F type degrees, but I don't know where you'd find molded parts like that

Teflon has already been mentioned. Another machinable material that might work is polyimide (Vespel & Kapton are trade names). It's rated for continous service up to around 550°F.

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Silicone. Regular GE RTV caulk will tolerate surprisingly high temperatures. The repair to the silicone door gasket on our convection oven made with RTV has held for many years. I'd try a button of it as the foot.

Teflon will go higher, but is difficult to bond without nasty chemicals, so a mechanical means of fastening would be desirable.

Ned Simmons

Are you sure these feet are not there for shipping and were ment to be removed before actual use?

Paul

Go with the brass or a bit of Teflon.

Gunner

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Google on "high temperature silicone". There are silicones rated to

Unless I'm visualizing this wrong, who cares if parts under the cast iron get scratched up, they're covered up by what's scratching them. It's a stove, use it, don't stare at it all day. The scenario that these feet are for shipping purposes makes the most sense.

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I agree. I mean if you had some Glyptal or knew somebody with some, you could put up just enough in a screw on bottle cap to dip each foot and let dry pointing down, I think that might take the heat, but to actually make a foot, that's too much trouble for minor scratches in the stainless. Mom has a similar stainless top with cast iron feet and there are plenty of scratches from other sources.

Now, Glyptal is motor insulating varnish, and is used to seal in the smoke vector field inside the stator of an AC motor. (giggle) Overheat the stator, and the vector field dissipates, rendering the stator useless. :) I know they have to bake the stuff on to harden it. At what temperature does this transition occur?

--Doug