You Chip A Dinner Plate

[Lee]

What do you do with it, do you just throw it out or keep it for another use, or a spare.

If it's a teeny tiny chip I keep it just in case. Or use it as a catch basin under a plant.

 

[hollydolly]

I throw anything that has a chip or crack regardless of how small... zillions of bacteria accumulate in the slightest damage

 

[oldaunt]

Its just a chip, why clutter the landfill? I know how to scrub it too.

 

[Alligatorob]

What do you do with it, do you just throw it out or keep it

Throw it out, for the same reason as @hollydolly , its very hard to sanitize cracked things.

 

[JustBonee]

I would trash it too.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

I use those type of chipped plates for under plants...make good use of it..

 

[StarSong]

What do you do with it, do you just throw it out or keep it for another use, or a spare.

If it's a teeny tiny chip I keep it just in case. Or use it as a catch basin under a plant.

Depends on my situation. Right now I've got plenty of plates and am getting tired of the set, so I'd probably trash it.

When it comes to clear glass storage bowls with slight chips, if I can file down any sharp edges, I keep them. Otherwise, out they go.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

It depends on where the chip is, and how big. If there's a small chip on the underside of the plate, or if the chip was small. I'd keep it as the last plate in the pile, so it would be my plate. A cracked plate is structurally weak, and would probably break at the wrong time, so I'd toss it.

 

[Myrtle]

Time to buy Corelle or something else that doesn't chip. China is gone, stoneware will be next.

 

[oldaunt]

Time to buy Corelle or something else that doesn't chip. China is gone, stoneware will be next.

Corelle chips. I have a plate with a chip on the edge. It also breaks.

 

[Myrtle]

Corelle chips. I have a plate with a chip on the edge. It also breaks.

Oldaunt, thanks for saying so.

I have some really old Corelle that has been the everyday standby and survived unharmed for many years, but I wouldn't want anyone to buy it if it's no longer a good product.

 

[debodun]

I put it out at my garage sale. A woman stopped by once and bought all I had at the time. She said she made wind chimes out of them.

 

[Rossana]

I have Corelle and it chips. The advantage is that I can replace the pieces very easily. Publix (my supermarket) and Amazon carry it. I believe the quality has not changed and it is relatively inexpensive.

 

[Ruthanne]

I'd keep something with a small chip.

 

[Remy]

I'd go for the plant saucer option.

 

[oldaunt]

Oldaunt, thanks for saying so.

I have some really old Corelle that has been the everyday standby and survived unharmed for many years, but I wouldn't want anyone to buy it if it's no longer a good product.

Mine is 23 years old

 

[Disgustedman]

We'd keep it as a food dish for the pets.

 

[Lee]

You could break the chipped plate up more to use as drainage chards for houseplants.

 

[NorthernLight]

I wouldn't eat off it. If I couldn't find another use for it, I'd put it in the garbage. I don't think a plate causes much havoc in the landfill.

 

[Flarbalard]

Time to buy Corelle or something else that doesn't chip. China is gone, stoneware will be next.

It may not chip easily, but does EXPLODE. I know from first hand experience.

 

[debodun]

It may not chip easily, but does EXPLODE. I know from first hand experience.

Must have had an air bubble inclusion.

 

[Myrtle]

It's funny how a casual mention of something (by me in this case) can set me off. My Corelle still looks as good as ever and it's never chipped, not at all. Then old aunt said how old her Corelle is and I know mine is old but not how old, so I'm off on an Internet search. Turns out mine is from the 80s, according to Pinterest, the pattern is called Angles and it's considered vintage. It was made by Corning. Strangely enough this old stuff is being sold by the piece on websites that cater to that kind of thing. It doesn't bring enough to bother selling mine and I don't need more.

Lee, if you want to replace your chipped dinner plate you probably can find it on the Internet no matter what brand or pattern it is.

It may not chip easily, but does EXPLODE. I know from first hand experience.

Was it in the microwave when it exploded?

Does anyone remember Melmac?

 

[Lee]

Does anyone remember Melmac?

Yes I remember Melmac, didn't they give it away in laundry soap boxes at the time. It scratched badly and when it fell it did not break but made sort of a ringing sound.

 

[Myrtle]

Yes I remember Melmac, didn't they give it away in laundry soap boxes at the time. It scratched badly and when it fell it did not break but made sort of a ringing sound.

Yes, they did give it away in detergent boxes. I had forgotten that. The dishes were shiny and pretty colors but that didn't stay that way. They were easily scratched and got before long. I think the last one we had was used as a pet dish.

We used to get glasses and all sorts of things as incentives at the gas stations too.

 

[Teacher Terry]

I either use it under a plant or throw it away.