Thread Number: 17788
I Don't Understand This, Any Theories???? |
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Post# 290157   7/12/2008 at 10:14 (5,737 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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OK so I want to refinish my new window-door 1957 KitchenAid dishwasher. I notice that flakes of paint were pealing off the machine and below it was shiny metal. So I figured that maybe the machine was originally stainless steel or brush chrome below the paint and the owners had painted the machine to match the kitchen in the 60's. So I got some paint stripper and took it to the frame around the door. The paint bubbled up and came right off without any trouble. An original factory baked-on finish would have been a nitemare to try and strip off. But to my surprise it appears to be just plain old metal below, it scratches easily and there are a few rust spots below the paint. So my question is, what happened to the original finish???? Did KA offer this machine in an "unfinished" state so you could match it to your kitchen??? What do you guys think??, I'm totally stumped!! |
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Post# 290160 , Reply# 1   7/12/2008 at 10:24 (5,737 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 290220 , Reply# 2   7/12/2008 at 15:29 (5,737 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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One of my sisters has the KDI 16 that my aunt had fitted with the custom wooden cabinet panels. Underneath the panels, the metal is painted a kind of a beige, which feels like auto primer. Maybe you have the same thing, the primer that is underneath the paint, but your machine dosen't look like it accepts custom panels. Perhaps the paint on yours became worn or yellowed at one time and the owners spray-painted it.
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Post# 290222 , Reply# 3   7/12/2008 at 16:05 (5,737 days old) by jeffg ()   |   | |
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Robert, two guesses: 1. At some point the frame was repainted to match the front panel. 2. KA originally used a different (inferior) finish on the frame. |
Post# 290232 , Reply# 4   7/12/2008 at 17:30 (5,737 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 290237 , Reply# 5   7/12/2008 at 19:10 (5,737 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Now that you mention it, one of the options on the KDS-17 series(if you remember, there were zillions of options for those front panels) was a primed panel without a frame, I think they called it the "Vari-front". Maybe back in the fifties it was offered as well. I also remember that the GE pull-outs seemed to come with way more optional front panels than they did even in the late seventies. I remember they even gave you a choice between "Brushed Chrome" and Stainless Steel. I think they were all trying hard to convince Mrs. Draper and her girlfriends to invest in a dishwasher that would "go" with the kitchen decor of the day.
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Post# 290240 , Reply# 7   7/12/2008 at 19:29 (5,737 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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As I recall, KitchenAid offered a SS front panel or Brushed Chrome. That was on the later machines. Around the time of your KDI .As before once mentioned, Maybe it was an option to order the Front in Brushed Chrome to be "Primer Ready". I'm ferklempt that you are stumped. The original finish was baked on correct ????? Check with stevet. He's the Hobart Guru. You're still the best Robert. Eddie |
Post# 290241 , Reply# 8   7/12/2008 at 19:31 (5,737 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 290278 , Reply# 10   7/12/2008 at 21:47 (5,737 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Robert I think you should use the blues and the greens like the one on this ride for your KitchenAid:
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Post# 290338 , Reply# 11   7/13/2008 at 10:32 (5,736 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Well guys the thing is these panels are not stainless because there is a small amount of rust forming in almost all the places where the paint had chipped away long ago. It is just plain metal. Greg says in the brochures for the 15 series he has, you could get the machine in just a primed only state so you could paint the panels what ever color you choose. I assume that is what is going on here, the original KitchenAid paint would have been way too durable to come right off with paint stripper. So now what color to paint????? I'll have to visit a paint store and see if they can color match a certain color and put that into spray cans. |
Post# 290344 , Reply# 12   7/13/2008 at 11:03 (5,736 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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