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Where to find new face plate for dishwasher?
I want to change the look of my old dishwasher to match new stainless
steel appliances. It seems that the color of our dishwasher is determined by a very thin metal face plate and if I just buy some metal the right size and shape, I can change the color to SS by swapping them. Question is, what type of place would sell a piece of something like that? I'm calling around but someone may know of a web site that can handle this for a reasonable fee. Any ideas? Thanks! Barbie |
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Where to find new face plate for dishwasher?
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I want to change the look of my old dishwasher to match new stainless steel appliances. It seems that the color of our dishwasher is determined by a very thin metal face plate and if I just buy some metal the right size and shape, I can change the color to SS by swapping them. Question is, what type of place would sell a piece of something like that? I'm calling around but someone may know of a web site that can handle this for a reasonable fee. Any ideas? You can buy replacement panels, or, if you're reasonably handy, you could use some of the stainless steel self-stick film. Here's one such item on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/wa67y R |
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Where to find new face plate for dishwasher?
Yes, aftermarket panels are often available in stainless steel. I have
seen them available online. I can even buy one for mine if I want. |
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Where to find new face plate for dishwasher?
Try here. http://www.repairclinic.com/ They are good to deal
with and ship promptly. I have ordered from them several times. Frank wrote in message oups.com... I want to change the look of my old dishwasher to match new stainless steel appliances. It seems that the color of our dishwasher is determined by a very thin metal face plate and if I just buy some metal the right size and shape, I can change the color to SS by swapping them. Question is, what type of place would sell a piece of something like that? I'm calling around but someone may know of a web site that can handle this for a reasonable fee. Any ideas? Thanks! Barbie |
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Where to find new face plate for dishwasher?
On 6 Dec 2006 15:05:48 -0800, "terry"
wrote: wrote: Yes, aftermarket panels are often available in stainless steel. I have seen them available online. I can even buy one for mine if I want. . Even seen them wallpapered to 'match' the kitchen wall paper! Another where the panel had been covered over with imitation wood grain Hey, my great great grandparents had a wood dishwasher. This was before electricity so it was powered by a coal fire and steam. 'MacTac'! Both 'yuck'! Our old one reverting to white has now lost both of the two two-sided slide in panels that originally came with it. Gee never thought about but that means the d.washer must be at least 25 years old! IIRC the four alternative colour choices were, Harvest Gold, Avocado I've got harvest gold! I like it. I don't think the stove will ever break, but if the refrigerator breaks, I'll have to get a new stove, and change the color of the dishwasher. And I usually forget the range hood. Maybe I can just take that out and paint it. Heck, I'll paint the stove too. In Brooklyn NY, I found a clothes washer in the trash, and the white paint was chipped or rusty, and I used white epoxee spray paint**, and it was as if it had been painted at the factory. It was a beautiful matching finish, and it didn't wear or chip in the 5 years I had the thing. I really couldn't believe how nice it was. **It was only the top part. I must have removed it and taken it outside. Green, a sort of cream/off white and ???? . And of course the white of the underlying front panel of the door. Five colours in all? It would be very easy to obtain a thin stainless steel panel of the same size and slip it in! Not that I'll bother with a machine that age! It roars into life a couple of times a week and even minus the upper spray arm, removed to give more height clearance when we were running a small catering outfit, over ten years ago now, it washes fine. Only had to repair it two three times over the years. |
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Where to find new face plate for dishwasher?
neondanger had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...er-173038-.htm : I recently had a similar problem and after looking around the web I found a site called Appliance Art (http://www.applianceart.com). They have dishwasher covers that look like stainless but were cheaper than actual stainless. I'm happy with the result, it might be what you're looking for. wrote: I want to change the look of my old dishwasher to match new stainless steel appliances. It seems that the color of our dishwasher is determined by a very thin metal face plate and if I just buy some metal the right size and shape, I can change the color to SS by swapping them. Question is, what type of place would sell a piece of something like that? I'm calling around but someone may know of a web site that can handle this for a reasonable fee. Any ideas? Thanks! Barbie ------------------------------------- ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/ Building Construction and Maintenance Forum Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - alt.home.repair - 370074 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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