carolinacat
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Anyone have a dead GE 1965-66 refrigerator that I can buy the lower glass shelf out of? Pretty please with a cherry on top.
Help wife just broke glass in 1965-66 ge refrigerator.
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Your other alternative is to go to a glass distributor. They can have a piece made in the size, thickness, and shape necessary. Won't be cheap as the glass has to be cut to size before tempering.
I was thinking the same thing Tom. Don’t glass shops have glass in stock thats already tempered? You could take out the original broken shelf, tape it together and place it on butcher paper and trace out a pattern to take to the glass shop for duplication.
It may not be a perfect match to the original shelf but at least it would be an unbroken shelf and unless you planned on selling the fridge for a premium price as a vintage appliance, no one would know but you that the shelf wasn’t original.
Eddie
It may not be a perfect match to the original shelf but at least it would be an unbroken shelf and unless you planned on selling the fridge for a premium price as a vintage appliance, no one would know but you that the shelf wasn’t original.
Eddie
As far as I know, you can't cut toughened glass, it will shatter. It has to be cut to size, and the edges ground before it is sent off to be tempered.
You can get some pretty good uv set glass glue, but I doubt that would survive the cold.
You can get some pretty good uv set glass glue, but I doubt that would survive the cold.
carolinacat
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It has done well for 60 some years. Nothing was dropped just sliding another glass bottle around in there where it broke. And I don't think the original was tempered as when it broke it didn't shatter it just broke.
Very nice fridge!
I also vote to take the broken shelf to the glass shop. Its hard to tell but it looks like the glass is set into some plastic trim pieces. If so I'd assume they are either clamped in with screws or glued to the glass. If that's the case the glass shop would likely be able to cut you some glass to re-set into those plastic parts.
Good luck let us know how it goes!
I also vote to take the broken shelf to the glass shop. Its hard to tell but it looks like the glass is set into some plastic trim pieces. If so I'd assume they are either clamped in with screws or glued to the glass. If that's the case the glass shop would likely be able to cut you some glass to re-set into those plastic parts.
Good luck let us know how it goes!
carolinacat
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Will do was just hoping to find something with the decorative engraving in it but like everyone has said new piece from glass shop gonna be the easiest.
1964 GE refrigerator glass crisper cover
I don’t think there’s any trim on the edge of the glass that doesn’t just lift off. I actually don’t think there’s any at all the best thing to do is to go and get a piece of plexiglass cut, but you could also get a piece of glass.
You didn’t list a model number I can’t tell is that the 30 inch wide or 34 inch wide model?
John
I don’t think there’s any trim on the edge of the glass that doesn’t just lift off. I actually don’t think there’s any at all the best thing to do is to go and get a piece of plexiglass cut, but you could also get a piece of glass.
You didn’t list a model number I can’t tell is that the 30 inch wide or 34 inch wide model?
John
carolinacat
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That’s the wider 34 inch refrigerator
Thanks, and why in the model number designates it as a 1964 model.
Thanks, and why in the model number designates it as a 1964 model.
carolinacat
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Thanks I Learned something new. I thought it was a 65. It's been good to me. I had to get creative on the defrost solenoid few years back. Then the thermostat was acting up making it cycle to fast. Robbed one out an old hot point fridge but it won't go low enough for the freezer to be cold when it goes thru a defrost cycle as I'd like. Now the glass.
