ThinkandDrive
New in Town
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- Baltimore, MD
Hiding in the corner. I'll look for more pics later. All the purple, blue and orange are gone. I'm going to go for a more British Gentleman's den or library look soon. (Full gallery of the house remodel here)
Anyhow, does anyone have any resources or experience in restoring old fridges?
I have my wife's grandfather's 1952 Coldspot fridge. Whe we cleared out his house, he said I could haul it away. I had alays admired it. He had it in the basement with what I could only assume was decades old veggies in the bottom bin and at least that much ice buildup. He'd painted it with house paint multiple times, but it still ran! They even found the original sales slip and warranty card in some papers. The coldspot company was eventually bought by Sunbeam, who was later bought by Kenmore. I wonder if the Warranty is still good and if they'll fix it.
It does needs LOTS of TLC, however. The wire shelved are missing and there are rust holes on the bottom and outside of the body. But it still runs. Or at least did. When I unplugged it, the insulation on the cord disintegrated in my hand. It's a good thing it didn't do that while it was still plugged in.
We hauled it home and I attempted (poorly) to clean it up and paint it with some Rustoleum to stem the rusting problem. I've never worked with metal before. So I got a little hand sander/grinder and tried to get all the paint off down to bare metal. I then masked what I could and sprayed it with rustoleum professional primer. In a fit of stupidity, I then painted it with that hammered metal look, thinking that would cover up the pitting.
Now I think it's time to really restore it. Or at least, this spring. I'll probably have to resand it and get it professionally dealt with. Has anyone done this before?
