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"Power coating is only good for about 250F" Thanks for your professional insights, John.

Well, thanks for that prompt answer. Glad to know my Mom wasn't dreaming it.

My mom had a thing about cutting the eyes out of potatoes, saying they were poisonous. Is that correct? For all varieties of potatoes? Are they toxic from first development (dimple in the skin), or do they become toxic once they sprout and start to form vines? I know I could look this up on...

Warmest congratulations for a MIB purchase. And at the right price too... so happy this didn't get scooped up by the scrap vultures.

I only just found this post.... So many have already written on this excellent and interesting project. I can only say that I will be thinking about it all week...

A few minutes ago, a long dead memory surfaced... delicious cookies my Mom used to buy in the 1970s, mostly around Christmas. Being a teenager, all I wanted was something to stuff in my maw, but these were a cut above the gooey American stuff - they were a set of Italian cookies made by Stella...

John, Did Sears offer a matching washer? I don't remember seeing this style of console before.

If you're stumped what to by this Xmas, look no further... This agitator has been retrofitted to serve as a pendant light. Show me another! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1909899312363800

Here's a Facebook ad for an electrical dryer in Decatur, AL. At only $45, somebody should save it from the scrappers or the hillfolk. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/419780868522715

Thanks for your input Paul - I don't know why this post didn't get any attention, Usually Mobile Maid questions get lots of replies.

Does your NX have the original impeller or has it been retrofitted with an agitator?

Back around 1969 my family did a major upgrade to our kitchen with new cabinets and a few "new" appliances. All though we were doing well, my Mom (a depression child) was always super frugal with cash and when a neighbor was going to get rid of a perfectly good Mobile Maid dishwasher, my Mom...

Mike asked for an update... First, thanks to everybody who contributed input on this restoration. Mike asked how the wallet turned out. The wallet is now serviceable, but it didn't come out as well as I'd like (but probably as good as it could.) First, I washed it by mistake again. I went to...

Thanks for posting that Maytag ad for the bluebell wringers Post 1005139 has an assortment of "end of year" models at "prices too low to publish" including the infamous NX wringer, lovingly nicknamed the Bluebell. If you're new to Maytags, this model was a loss-leader, bottom of the barrel...

"Does anyone ever wash walls anymore? No one I know, I do occasionally wash my kitchen" I do, but it's a once a year thing spread over a month's time. My house has painted walls, and I try to do them in the spring.

Thanks. I have a trip to Walmart coming up on Monday, I'll get some Lexol then and let you know how it turned out.

I have an ordinary brown leather cow-hide wallet that's gone through the laundry and dryer. It's in OK condition, but now looks rather "parched". Is there a specific leather care product that I can use to restore it? The only product I can think of is neatsfoot oil, but I remember from my...

Thanks for the memories.... A beautiful kitchen from yesteryear. You made me very happy that it's not being "modernized".

Ok, you got me... So now that I'm hooked, what's the story with these guys and do the run?

It still happens, but it's getting rare. I got interested in vintage washers in the 1980s. I was getting unhappy with the current crop of kitchen appliances, and discovered that a buddy of mine had been acquiring period-correct kitchen appliances for his 1940s home and doing ground-up...