Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx

"Bob" wrote in message

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE) and big
box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

A real electrical supply store.

On Dec 19, 7:07 am, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE) and big
box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

A real electrical supply store.

I'ev seen them in stores here, keep an eye open, only caution is that
most of them are plain white not almond or ivory.

cln

In article , "Bob" wrote:

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Instead of asking clerks who don't know what their departments have in stock,
just go to one of the stores and look. They have them.

Example:
http://www.lowes.
com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=26589-81227-64688-EA&lpage=none

or www.lowes.com, then search for item # 26589



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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:02:44 -0600, "Bob"
wrote:

Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx


I've seen them at Home Depot, at least the white ones...

-dickm

Bob wrote:
Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx



Dealers Electric (I don't know what part of TX you are in)
have them in Ivory, White, Black, Brown, Gray and Silver.

Nunn Electric has them. As does Summers, don't know about the
other stores.

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

In article
,
cln wrote:

On Dec 19, 7:07 am, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE) and big
box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

A real electrical supply store.

I'ev seen them in stores here, keep an eye open, only caution is that
most of them are plain white not almond or ivory.

cln

Fingernail polish can cure that

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plates are so cheap yoy can likely buy the plates with screws for just
a tiny amount over just screw price.

thats what i concluded and new plates looked good

save some old ones for spares

On Dec 19, 9:59 am, " wrote:
plates are so cheap yoy can likely buy the plates with screws for just
a tiny amount over just screw price.

thats what i concluded and new plates looked good

save some old ones for spares


I've seen the plate screws at HD, Lowes, etc. packaged in bags of 8
or so. Not sure what color though I would expect ivory to be common.
Or any electrical supply.

lowes and hd have them. and hell for a dime, you can buy a whole new plate.

s


"Bob" wrote in message
...
Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears off and
looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put their hands on
the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle part. I have exchanged
several with the screws with receptacle screws (which don't get the wear).
But, am out of receptacles to swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE) and big
box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:02:44 -0600, "Bob"
wrote:

Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx


Clean and dry the screws and stick them into a block of Styrofoam.
Spray paint (Rustoleum is a good paint). Allow 1 day to dry. Use
your thumbnail or a plastic screwdriver to replace them. An
electrical supply house should have them if you would rather purchase
them.

On Dec 19, 5:26 pm, Phisherman wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:02:44 -0600, "Bob"
wrote:





Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx

Clean and dry the screws and stick them into a block of Styrofoam.
Spray paint (Rustoleum is a good paint). Allow 1 day to dry. Use
your thumbnail or a plastic screwdriver to replace them. An
electrical supply house should have them if you would rather purchase
them.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I ust spray a spot of paint on a piece of cardboard in a silver dollar
sized puddle and dip the screw heads.

Bob wrote:

Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx




I have purchased screws, either at Lowes or HD. We had old ivory
receptacles and plates, made
uglier from 35 yrs aging. I went throught the paint thing just to
change the plates and have screws to match, with
the ugly receptacles remaining. Then I found the new screws at the
local box store. When we had a couple
of rooms painted, the painter suggested spray painting the receptacles,
which I did. Used my handy Preval sprayer,
as it doesn't have as much overspray as spray cans of Krylong. I made a
template from cardboard to shield the
wall, and stuck a short piece of folded paper into each slot of the plug
to keep paint out. Paper just long enough
I could get hold of it to pull it out and it didn't significantly block
the spray. Worked like a charm. Cheaper than
fooling around replacing the old plugs, and I'm careful when I plug
stuff in not to scratch the paint.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ng&N=0+5000559

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:39:52 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Dec 19, 9:59 am, " wrote:
plates are so cheap yoy can likely buy the plates with screws for just
a tiny amount over just screw price.

thats what i concluded and new plates looked good

save some old ones for spares


I've seen the plate screws at HD, Lowes, etc. packaged in bags of 8
or so. Not sure what color though I would expect ivory to be common.

White is getting common too.

BTW, I'd rather have white. Ivory looks too much like something that's
always dirty.

Or any electrical supply.
--
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin

Bob wrote:
Have ivory switch plates & receptacle plates throughout the house.
Over the years, the paint on the screws on the switch plates wears
off and looks bad. This is probably due to wear when people put
their hands on the whole switch plate instead of only the toggle
part. I have exchanged several with the screws with receptacle
screws (which don't get the wear). But, am out of receptacles to
swap screws with.

I'd like to buy some new screws; checked with hardware store (ACE)
and big box stores. They don't know of any individual screws for
sale.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Bob-tx


I've bought them at the borg -- no problem. I finally got tired of
messing around though and found that Lowe's (or was it HD?) sells a neat
little kit of assorted electrician's screws in a partitioned plastic
box. I'm really surprised that Ace didn't have them though.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...125 9276&sr=1

That probably wrapped ugly but you get the idea -- go to Ace's website
and look under electrical - wall plates.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com