Thread Number: 57707
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Bakelite Roto-Swirl restoration |
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Post# 801248 , Reply# 1   12/28/2014 at 13:06 (3,378 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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I'd be afraid that if it's a varnish-like thing it may peel and chunk off to pieces and get in the clothes with the time...
Bumpers don't typically see mechanical action similar to an agitator, but sun and acid rain and temperature swings and these things are what fades them... agitators do see mechanical action, I'd not mind the water but just it's temperature whenever used very hot, and some chemicals, even true a bumper coating should be made to last to some extent these elements if meant to stay on a car bumper, sun/heat and rain but as said is clothes constantly swishing through it that would worry me more.. even more the buttons and so forth....a scratch and all the rest will come off as water finds it's way through it. I think only time will tell.... I've seen with my servis agitator that most of times it's not the bakelite that faded but it's a patina of limescale and precipitation detergents with much soda created, bakelite seems to be fertile soil to precipitations to bind with vs the "plastic". A run laid down in the dishwasher with plenty of vinegar is what worked for me, it wasn't like new but that helped removing good part of the gunk and patina and it was about as shiney as before, maybe it needed to stay more but I used the short warm cycle for crystals ,on the bottom it was so gunked up that had some lint stuck with limescale, most have gone. This post was last edited 12/28/2014 at 17:10 |
Post# 801255 , Reply# 2   12/28/2014 at 14:14 (3,378 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 801699 , Reply# 4   12/31/2014 at 11:15 (3,375 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 801708 , Reply# 5   12/31/2014 at 12:39 (3,375 days old) by g3bill ( San Fernando Valley, So. Cali.)   |   | |
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