An Unusual Find...Vintage Kenmore Range Hood

[ken]

Louie

You can do the lettering with an ink roller (brayer). They are available in varying widths. I use them to restore vintage license plates. Even though the lettering you need to do is much smaller the principle would be the same. You don't want the paint too thin or too thick. Don't use too much pressure. I don't imagine it would be necessary to make more than one pass to do those letters but if it were let the first coat dry before doing the second.

 

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Thanks Phil! The hood measures 41 3/4" wide. The width of the space above the hood is 44". The range is 36". I could have had a 40" range and still have space left over. Unfortunately, the kitchen is too narrow for me to take a full front on picture. I am hoping to finish the hood tonight.

 

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Wow Ken, thanks! I should had thought of that. Even though the tag looks OK as is, I would had preferred for it to be painted. Now here's the rub. It's been lacquered. Would the ink still adhere to it?

 

[ken]

Well the clear lacquer is nothing but a clear paint so I don't see why the paint you would use for the lettering wouldn't stick. To be sure though you could very carefully roughen the surface of the letters with a fine sandpaper.

 

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Thanks again Ken, I will definitely try this!

 

[ovrphil]

Scan the lettering. Cut out around the letters. Attach with museum clay(it comes off easily) or use a rubber glue that will come off by rolling your fingers around it. But you could make this mask, use that roller(good idea Ken) and prevent any over-paint around the lettering. It might be more work or difficult in concept, but the idea of making a mask would keep the paint on the letters. Maybe someone else can clarify this idea or come up with another similar. It might be easy to just roll it on, lightly, and remove anything with an artist charcoal paper stumps. Just some ideas. I'm sure you'll get it to work, Louie - and you can always sandpaper the lettering or rough it up with a fine nail file(cheap-o paper ones).

Phil

http://www.dickblick.com/products/gray-paper-stumps/

 

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Gulp! That's sounds a bit too complicated for me Phil. I will try the brayer method, if that doesn't pan out, it stays as a clear tag. Thanks anyway Phil!

 

[ovrphil]

Understand, Louie…but cheering you on.

 

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Testing dual, squirrel cage fans. Runs well, 2 speeds. Next will be installing the filters and the cover.

 



 

 

 

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Installed the charcoal and mesh filters. Eventually they will be replaced with new ones. Painted and installed the filter/motor cap. One thing left to do, paint the letters and it's done.

 



 



 



 

 

[combo52]

Charcoal Filters For An Old Restored Range-Hood

Hi Louie, these may be impossible to find for an older hood, but you can usually open up one end and just replace the charcoal granules and they will be as good as new, to really keep these filters effective you need to do this at least once a year and maybe every 3 months.

 

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I thought of refilling the charcoal eventually. The aluminum filters are a bit beat up but serviceable for now.  See you next Saturday John!

 

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I give up. No technique I have tried gave me satisfactory results. The problem is those damn letters are so slightly embossed on that aluminum tag, it's virtually impossible to do a neat job. I tried the brayer, a small stamp and a paint pen.  I used different consistencies of ink. I used the lightest touch. Nope. So, that's it, it stays as is.

 

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It's finished...finally

 

 

After almost two years, It's been totally disassembled, cleaned, painted, polished and put back into service.  One less hood that had to be manufactured.

 















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[ken]

Very Nice Louie

Sorry to hear the brayer didn't work but I can see how the letters would be difficult. Not only one less hood that had to be made but one saved from the scrap heap too.

 

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Thanks Ken!

 

[ken]

Use it in good health!

 

[ovrphil]

Very very nice, Louie(applause)

 

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Thanks again Ken, and thank you Phil!

 

Now it's Ultramatic time!

 

[stricklybojack]

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it looks better without painted lettering..great work. I wish our apartment, and even more so the guy below us, had a hood for the stove. Thank god he doesn't smoke. Apparently there are no laws regarding this in NYC. In a gut rehab it would be high on the list of to do's around here.
Getting grease out of that mesh is murder. I second the charcoal refill idea. Also perhaps the mesh can be bought and cut to fit. I think buying replacements gets pricey if i recall correctly.