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Thread Number: 86844
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Porcelain |
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| Post# 1114089 4/8/2021 at 22:05 (1,110 days old) by arris (Rochester New York) | ||
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Post# 1114090 , Reply# 1 4/8/2021 at 22:16 (1,110 days old) by LowEfficiency  (Iowa) |
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Jim, if I recall correctly, that company was being discussed because they had stopped responding to phone calls and emails - not just not taking any new orders, but also not returning parts others had sent in for the service... So once someone does remind us of the post, do some further research to make sure you are satisfied that the work will actually get done!
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Post# 1114095 , Reply# 2 4/9/2021 at 01:08 (1,110 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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FWIW you can read about such things here: retrorenovation.com/2011/09/06/r...
Keep in mind while many companies offer to reapply porcelain coating not everyone does so for both cast iron and steel base metals. Then you have fact some have size restrictions meaning something like a pump bowl would be fine, but not a sink, bathtub or maybe even washing machine tub. Custom Ceramic Coatings in Illinois once was highly rated, but now not so much... www.yelp.com/biz/custom-c... Also see: thehistoricdistrict.org/viewtopi... This article mentions CCC and goes into some details. www.washingtonpost.com/li... Leaving aside original porcelain coating is likely lead based (which will cause issues when it's being sand blasted off I shouldn't wonder), you have fact people are trying to apply a new coating to an old item using modern products that are often thinner. Seem to recall reading somewhere that one huge reason makers of washing machines, dishwashers and other appliances switched to plastic, stainless steel or other things from porcelain was that the process for applying latter wasn't exactly environmentally friendly. Our own Ganksy speaks to this: "Porcelain is far and away more expensive to manufacture than plastic, the environmental regulations are mind boggling which drives the price through the roof. Porcelain was long thought to be the superior material to others because it was very smooth, relatively tough and long-wearing and, once upon a time, cheaper than stainless steel. I am opposed to anything with a plastic tub on moral grounds - they have no place in any self-respecting washing machine :0 The honeycomb strengthing pattern on the outside of GE washer baskets seems like a microbe habitat experiment rather than a washer basket. I can't imagine what those must look like after a few year's hard use -especially with that neutral drain leaving behind all the critters floating between the outer tub and the basket. Yuk. I saw the sAdmiral Whirlpool direct drive washers the other day at HDepot, I wonder what the outside of their tubs look like." www.automaticwasher.org/c... | ||
| Post# 1114111 , Reply# 3 4/9/2021 at 07:36 (1,110 days old) by sfh074 ( ) | ||
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Too bad we can't pin old posts that have great info ....
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| Post# 1114155 , Reply# 4 4/9/2021 at 21:36 (1,109 days old) by arris (Rochester New York) | ||
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Post# 1114295 , Reply# 5 4/11/2021 at 13:20 (1,107 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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