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Posted by on October 7, 2006, 3:14 pm
It was harvest gold but I painted it white hahahah
I was thinking a bike tire patch with cement glue.
I am hanging on to the bitter end.
Mrs. Clean
mm wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2006 16:59:11 -0700, goldenmike4393@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >The nylon rollers have worn a hole in the inside of my dishwasher.
> >
> >It's 30 years old but the new ones only go 7 years, so I want to keep
> >it. It's sound mechanically.
> >
> >How or what should I use to patch the inside of the door?
>
> If it is all the way through, I think auto body putty would do it. I
> think they have a couple general kinds, for small dents and for larger
> that is sometimes supported by a piece of fiberglass mesh.
>
> I can't imagine the hole is bigger than a dime, so I think you can use
> the small dent stuff and just leave the door open, (the hole is in the
> door, right?) and push enough through so that it lands on the far
> side (now the bottom side) and keep applying it until the pile reaches
> up to the level where you are. You can onoy apply it a half inch deep
> at one time, or something like that. Read the label. So do it in
> stages. When it reaches the hole smooth it out. You may want to paint
> it with the little bottles of white porcelain paint they sell for
> kitchen appliances (only in colors that appliances come in.)
>
> I live alone and only wash full loads, so Idon'pt use my dishwasher
> very often, but it's 27 years old, and works and looks fine, and has
> only broken once when a tiny half inch long very thin chicken bone got
> caught in the anti-siphon thing on the sink. And t hat wouldn't have
> happened if I cleaned my dishes better.
>
> I wouldn't care about style, but afaict mine is still stylish.
>
> It's a sears, probably whirlppol and has 3 sheets of metal stored in
> the front, representing 6 colors**, if I wanted it to be adifferent
> color. So far everything is harvest gold. Now that IS out of style,
> but I don't care.
>
> White, harvest gold, ovacado?, and I forget the other three. I've
> only seen them once 15 years ago, because I have to take out two
> screws and remove a strip to look at them.
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