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Thread Number: 71458
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Need advice on vintage fridge purchase |
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Post# 945602 , Reply# 1 6/27/2017 at 16:39 (2,491 days old) by wiskybill  (Canton, Ohio) |
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This a Hotpoint... but it looks like you are missing a thermometer. 
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Post# 945609 , Reply# 2 6/27/2017 at 17:37 (2,491 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 945618 , Reply# 3 6/27/2017 at 19:47 (2,491 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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1951? I wouldn't let the lack of a thermometer stop you from buying this fridge if it's in proper operating condition. Just cover up the thermometer holes with tape until you're able to find an original replacement. It's in beautiful shape and will clean up nicely, it has a butter conditioner, its freezer will maintain a true zero degrees, and it's easily defrosted (particularly if you have an electric heater designed for that purpose), thanks to a convenient drain hole that routes the defrost water down to a pan underneath the fridge.
The fresh food section door gasket looks sketchy, but the gasket on the freezer door is the one you want to be sure makes a good seal so you're not having to defrost more than a couple of times per year.
GE's from this period seem to run forever -- and quietly.
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| Post# 945645 , Reply# 4 6/28/2017 at 01:02 (2,491 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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And it will Keep frozen food hard as a brick with no freezer burning and the fresh food section is miles ahead of anything built today, vegetables and fruits will keep fresh much longer than a frost free because air is not blowing over them!!And then too, it will run QUIET and use VERY LITTLE current! | ||
| Post# 945648 , Reply# 5 6/28/2017 at 01:21 (2,491 days old) by Stan (Napa CA) | ||
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Post# 945649 , Reply# 6 6/28/2017 at 01:29 (2,491 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 945733 , Reply# 8 6/28/2017 at 13:44 (2,490 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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As others have said, that is for a thermometer is what is missing from the freezer door. Won't hurt anything not to have it, just looks. Hotpoint also used the same one, so you might be able to find one to fill it in. As far as painting one, we had our 49 Hotpoint painted. We took it to an automotive painter. They did a great job and one wouldn't be able to tell that it isn't original. Some auto painters won't paint appliances, but some will. Just have to ask around. Good luck!
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Post# 946121 , Reply# 10 6/30/2017 at 21:28 (2,488 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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If the insulation is dry, don't mess with it.
Don't make any decisions about painting until you've taken a pass on the exterior with car cleaner/wax. The finish in the interior liner is porcelain, but the exterior is enamel.
Here are some before and after shots of my '57 Combination. As stated above, this was all accomplished with Meguiar's Car Cleaner-Wax and judiciously applied appliance touch-up on nicks and scratches.
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Post# 946133 , Reply# 11 6/30/2017 at 22:32 (2,488 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Unless you have very good reason to do so Never, ever take a door apart. They invariably bow and warp - they are held straight and true by that dratted liner. Some Frigidaire (our '67 for one) have tension rods in the door - they can be successfully taken apart and put back together, but even that is a pain beyond words.
While some refrigerators in the pre-war era had porcelain outside, nearly all were some sort of heavy-duty enamel finish outside. The inner porcelain era drew to a close in the 1970s, sadly.
I'd try cleaning really, really well and some judicious use of mixed finger-nail colors to cover any deep scratches. If things really have to be repainted, the Rustoleum appliance epoxy series works well - I've done two refrigerators with it that still look great many years later. You MUST, absolutely MUST follow the directions exactly an I strongly, strongly, STRONGLY recommend a NIOSH resperator. Super strongly. | ||
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