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Thread Number: 64108
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
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| Post# 867017 2/13/2016 at 17:05 (2,987 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 867018 , Reply# 1 2/13/2016 at 17:06 (2,987 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 867019 , Reply# 2 2/13/2016 at 17:08 (2,987 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 867047 , Reply# 3 2/13/2016 at 19:26 (2,986 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 867064 , Reply# 4 2/13/2016 at 21:22 (2,986 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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TURQUOISE | ||
| Post# 867104 , Reply# 5 2/14/2016 at 02:33 (2,986 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest) | ||
GREAT FIND !!
Do you know what color it WAS?
And, do you know what it was painted with?
Sometimes people will take standard latex house paint....... Which is water-based and relatively easy to peel off.
If that is the case, the paint on there is basically a cover, preserving what ever is under there. You maybe able to take a hair dryer or heat gun, and carefully soften the latex and peel it off to discover...... a beautiful Torquise, pink, yellow, or dark blue base color.
WE NEED PICTURES of the discovery !! | ||
| Post# 867109 , Reply# 6 2/14/2016 at 05:39 (2,986 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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the frame of rest of the body is white and the edges and back side of the front panel from what I can see is white then you can see roller marks where the painted the front with white ( am getting tired of white ) so when I get there and it gets a tad warmer im gonna refinish the front into either a color a blue tone would be fun or down to bare metal and seal that for a stainless look that could be fun. I did get the racks out and cleaned them and whats nice is I don't see any rust in the drain well so that's off to a good start
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| Post# 867155 , Reply# 7 2/14/2016 at 13:25 (2,986 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest) | ||
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I noticed in the pics that the inner frame is white. It makes one wonder why they would paint the front a white if it was all white to begin with. It could be the parts that wouldn't be viewable were all painted the same color, to make it easy at the factory. It could possibly be the "drawer" is not original to the frame. Maybe at some point the original dw had a problem, maybe a relative with the same model was replacing it, so they happen to have a working dw in another color, and switched out the drawer. Or visa-versa. So the front could still be another color. Maybe removing a piece of chrome trim on front will reveal the original paint surface. | ||
| Post# 867168 , Reply# 8 2/14/2016 at 16:10 (2,986 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 867248 , Reply# 9 2/15/2016 at 08:12 (2,985 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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New colour You have to ask? Turquoise, of course.... LOL
Nice find, Chris! These are fun dishwashers and bonus they are pretty easy to work on. I know a lot of folks don't care much for impeller-wash dishwashers, but I just love my '56 model in the GE Kitchen Center.
If you can, please post a photo of the model number tag.
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| Post# 867299 , Reply# 10 2/15/2016 at 15:38 (2,985 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 867300 , Reply# 11 2/15/2016 at 15:49 (2,985 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Chris, the model tag should be on the tub part of the dishwasher. Pull the tub out and have a look on the left side - - the tag should be at the bottom part of the tub frame.
To run it, you do have to latch the door and also turn the timer dial to the left of the 'start' setting.
It does something unusual when it starts - the impeller and heater kick in right away. The idea, I guess, was that the incoming wash water would be warmed up by the hot calrod.
But I'll let you do the playing and discovering...
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