A scrap piece of wood grained Formica would be your best option, I think wood veneer with some poly on it will hold up better than contact paper.
Looking good!
Looking good!
An Unusual Find...Vintage Kenmore Range Hood
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Formica and wood veneer are great options, but where could I find scrap Formica? Now the veneer is doable. That I am going to look into.
Thanks Matt!
Gotta' be contact paper. Formica or wood veneer would be too thick. The center tag would be recessed.
ovrphil
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I haven't forgotten this. I am currently reinforcing the upper cabinets. I noticed there was a 1/4 inch gap between the ceiling and the front of the cabinets. The rear is fine though. So some heavy duty "L" brackets and concrete screws is taking care of the problem. Once this is done, it's full steam ahead with the hood, then stove and finally the fridge.
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ovrphil
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Just curious….
Where are you in these projects, now? Any finished enough for photos to show off your handiwork?
Where are you in these projects, now? Any finished enough for photos to show off your handiwork?
Not yet. I'm still catching up with other stuff. BUT this week I finally start again. Stay tuned!
searsbest
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kenmore range hood
My parents had one of these growing up it was coppertone, always thought the illuminated front was cool its demise was the fluorescent ballast failing
My parents had one of these growing up it was coppertone, always thought the illuminated front was cool its demise was the fluorescent ballast failing
ovrphil
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Louie -
Ok, standing by! Never a shortage of projects, is there?
Ok, standing by! Never a shortage of projects, is there?
Well I am done with the upper cabinets. Just painted the underside of the hood with high temperature paint. Pictures to follow.
Good hood! (Probably just need a few coats of VARNISH!)
-- Dave
-- Dave
Test fit.
Only the shell of the hood is being used to locate bore holes correctly. When it was removed or should I say, yanked from it's former home, some of the panels are a bit off. Easy fix.
I'm only using 2 screws to hold up the front, hence the gap. That will be corrected with a couple of screws.
Only the shell of the hood is being used to locate bore holes correctly. When it was removed or should I say, yanked from it's former home, some of the panels are a bit off. Easy fix.
I'm only using 2 screws to hold up the front, hence the gap. That will be corrected with a couple of screws.
Getting ready for the final install. I removed the mosaic tile from behind where the hood will be. I will use the salvaged tiles in other areas. The tiles where installed back in 1967.
Junction box, blowers and vent installed. The vent and blowers were not painted since they will be hidden. But they were certainly cleaned. New foam was also installed from blowers to vent surround.
I just noticed I installed the blower motor backwards. DOH!
Blower Installed Backwards
Louie that reminded me of when we were having Sears install a complete new kitchen in our house in 1966. The hood was very similar to the one you are restoring except it was vented up through the cabinet, the installer commented that we finally got a quite one. After they left for the day one of my brothers noticed that the blower assembly was installed blowing to the rear, so we turned it around and pointed out to the installer the next day that the fan was not all that quite LOL.
After a few years of constantly replacing the two incandescent light bulbs every few months I modified the hood to hold a 24" florescent light bulb and never replaced the bulb again till I redid the kitchen in 1988 [ I also cut the power consumption down to 1/4 the former usage ].
Louie that reminded me of when we were having Sears install a complete new kitchen in our house in 1966. The hood was very similar to the one you are restoring except it was vented up through the cabinet, the installer commented that we finally got a quite one. After they left for the day one of my brothers noticed that the blower assembly was installed blowing to the rear, so we turned it around and pointed out to the installer the next day that the fan was not all that quite LOL.
After a few years of constantly replacing the two incandescent light bulbs every few months I modified the hood to hold a 24" florescent light bulb and never replaced the bulb again till I redid the kitchen in 1988 [ I also cut the power consumption down to 1/4 the former usage ].
Well I reinstalled the motor, so now it will suck correctly. I finished putting the new contact paper on the hood. I still need to paint the raised lettering. After that is done, I'll spray clear lacquer on it for protection.
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After:
ovrphil
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Good job Louie, so far…even if you reversed that motor(have done worse, in my experiences, lol). Did you remove contact paper to the left of the wood grain contact-vinyl/paper? Is that white with star pattern available for replacement or is that a metal panel you'll be reapplying?
JohnL- funny story about the reversed motor. %^p
JohnL- funny story about the reversed motor. %^p
Thanks Phil. That wasn't contact paper to the left of the wood grain. It was a plastic diffuser for the work light. It's in great shape. I will be reinstalling it tonight. Getting close to the finish line.
Closer and closer...
First power up, everything is working as it should. I tried to paint the raised lettering but it was next to impossible to do a neat job. So I left it as is. I sprayed clear lacquer over the contact paper though.
First power up, everything is working as it should. I tried to paint the raised lettering but it was next to impossible to do a neat job. So I left it as is. I sprayed clear lacquer over the contact paper though.
