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Post# 596234 5/13/2012 at 18:17 (4,364 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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vintage caloric wall oven, cooktop, and dishwasher........worth a shot for someone wanting harvest gold
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK on Philadelphia Craigslist | ||
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Post# 596238 , Reply# 1 5/13/2012 at 18:52 (4,364 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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I think that's yellow from the early to mid '60s, not harverst gold. Much prettier IMO and none of that off-color shading so typical of harvest gold applicances. | ||
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Post# 596261 , Reply# 2 5/13/2012 at 19:59 (4,364 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Another Waste King | ||
| Post# 596272 , Reply# 3 5/13/2012 at 21:28 (4,363 days old) by dogboy44 (Los Angeles) | ||
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Dick Van Dyke! That is the oven from the Petrie's kitchen | ||
| Post# 596280 , Reply# 4 5/13/2012 at 22:02 (4,363 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 596314 , Reply# 5 5/13/2012 at 22:47 (4,363 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 596336 , Reply# 6 5/14/2012 at 01:16 (4,363 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
I really like the look of these old Waste King dishwashers. And even newer ones. Every time I see one, that reminds me when the repairman came to repair my parent's Inglis dishwasher telling me how Waste King dishwashers were expensive and bad. He said they had bad pumps and I remember that the racks on a newer one (a harvest gold MOL model from the mid-seventies with a SS tub) that my neighbor had were in really bad shape.
Were these older model porcelain coated or did they have Plastisol tubs? | ||
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Post# 596340 , Reply# 7 5/14/2012 at 01:44 (4,363 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Waste King Dishwashers I'm betting the older ones were stainless steel inside. That's a key design component of their drying system, which caused moisture to migrate from contents onto the metal tub surfaces and run down into the sump.
As many here are aware, I spent all of 2010 living with a 1985 Thermador THD3600, a re-badged Waste King. It used the same drying strategy and I have to say that although the machine couldn't wash to save its life -- literally -- it dried like nobody's business, and without any forced air. | ||
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Post# 596357 , Reply# 8 5/14/2012 at 05:39 (4,363 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 596369 , Reply# 9 5/14/2012 at 07:47 (4,363 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WK DWs Had plastisol tanks till the early 1970s when they switched to a POOR quality SS tank that would actually rust under certain use conditions. WK differently had some interesting features and neat looking machines but from what I can tell they never produced a really good cleaning or durable machine, I would rank them about a notch below D&M built DWs and everyone here knows how much I like those LOL. | ||
| Post# 596408 , Reply# 10 5/14/2012 at 10:55 (4,363 days old) by westingman123 () | ||
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Must...control....fingers.... | ||
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Post# 596414 , Reply# 11 5/14/2012 at 11:24 (4,363 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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John, I remember Nate echoed your sentiments about WK dishwashers in his "Machines of Ill Repute" series a while back, where he shared his brief experience with the THD 3600 after taking it off my hands. I believe the terms "worse" and "worst" were applied, and deservedly so. That machine was pretty to look at but ugly to deal with. No bitch is worth that, and she ultimately got kicked to the curb where she belonged. | ||
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Post# 596517 , Reply# 12 5/14/2012 at 16:59 (4,363 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Didn't you tell me once, John, that the Thermador - Waste King machines used cheaper welds around the panels of the SS tank and that's where they would deteriorate and rust? Seem to remember that caveat quite some time ago. I found one behind Lowes one night and grabbed it. It was pretty rough but I wanted to explore the design a bit. I recall never even putting water in it but I can't remember what it's fatal flaw was. It was a steam machine - fins on the element. I've only ever heard one running, a steam model back in the late 90's. Making the steam was a great sound, but it was unearthly loud during normal circulation.
They sure were pretty, though. | ||
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