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Cleaning suggestions for vintage vinyl countertops |
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Post# 1041463   8/11/2019 at 21:48 (1,691 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast)   |   | |
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So, I picked up some American Kitchen Steel Cabinets from an estate sale this weekend. Per the booklet I downloaded from here, it says the countertops are "plastic bonded to steel". Is that the same thing as linoleum or something different?
The original maple cutting board top was painted twice at one point and then had fake wood contact paper added. I pulled off the contact paper and some of the paint came off and you can see the original maple butcher block underneath. The countertops are a dark teal in color, but there's another piece that's more blue. You can see a little of the blue top to the right of the fake woodgrain to see the difference. So, I'm not sure if the teal was a later color, or they're nicotine stained "Baltic Blue" or "Greenwich Green. You can see how much nicotine came off one of the bottom cabinets with just a quick spray with "Awesome" cleaner. Anyway, I'd like to clean the countertops, but want to make sure I don't damage them. What's best to clean these with? The first couple of pictures are from the estate sale, and the others are after they were pulled out. |
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Post# 1041476 , Reply# 1   8/12/2019 at 01:52 (1,691 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 1041494 , Reply# 3   8/12/2019 at 09:40 (1,690 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Using paste car wax is a great tip for polishing counters and cabinets. I’ve also used spray car (like Quick Detail by Meguiers) wax with great success on my formica counters and also on the refrigerator, makes them shine like new and smells nice too!
Eddie This post was last edited 08/12/2019 at 10:42 |
Post# 1041496 , Reply# 4   8/12/2019 at 10:12 (1,690 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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These were sheet vinyl, Those cabinets had originally round lucite handles which more often than not got broken, I wish I could find a set this nice they would be in my kitchen!!! |
Post# 1041521 , Reply# 6   8/12/2019 at 16:50 (1,690 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast)   |   | |
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Thanks for the replies. My aunt works for an estate sale company in Louisiana and she was the one who gave me a head's up about these. She didn't think they were in good shape, but when I saw that the countertops, I decided to purchase them, even with the poor photos. They were original to the kitchen, but moved into a laundry room when the house was remodeled. Unfortunately, there was no sink base. We did take some of the upper cabinets as well, but left some behind as we were exhausted from the trip and the heat. The family will let me go back and pick up the others, so I'll probably arrange and do that. Other than being dirty, the uppers are in good shape, and several have the attached lights underneath, similar to GE cabinettes.
Eddie and Jon: thanks for the car wax recommendations. The brochure said they "never need waxing", so I wasn't sure if it was safe to do so. I have a bunch of different types of cleaner waxes and polishing waxes that I've used on the fridges, so I'll look and see what I have. Hans: I didn't even catch that those were not the original handles, so poo on that. I'll have to keep my eyes open for some, or at least find some new handles that are more similar. I have no idea what I am going to do with these, as I still have a pile of GE and Geneva cabinets that I'm not using. I didn't want these to get tossed so I decided to get them anyway. If I can't find a use for them, perhaps I can bring them to you when I visit Salisbury next summer--lol. Jeannine |