Thoughts on painting Maytag 806

[oliger]

My Maytag washer and dryer set is harvest gold. All of my other appliances are coppertone. I actually repainted a porcelain coated stove coppertone, and it looks like it came that way from the factory, and it has held up perfect over the last year.
I am not at all concerned with my ability to paint the set. I am concerned with the top of the dryer. This set is in my kitchen and function as additional counter space too. Do you think that there is high risk of the paint wearing off of the top?
When I painted my stove (With sanding and a high quality primer) The paint was scrapeable with a fingernail for the first few weeks, and now is strong and not easily scratched.

 

[lowefficiency]

Instead of repainting, how about picking up this coppertone dryer in Chicago and swapping the cabinet with yours?

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/app/d/glenview-nas-maytag-electric-dryer-74/7001225746.html

//edit: Whoops, I see you said 806. So this is too new for your purpose. Nevermind!

 

[oliger]

I would be painting both washer and dryer. I'm only worried about durability on top - The exact reason why its porcelain in the first place.

 

[rickr]

I have had some appliances professionally painted with great success. Also have changed colours on a few. In those cases, I had the porcelain sand blasted off first. Never had any problems, however I am not using the tops of my machines as a work surface. A painted surface, no matter how well it is done, will not be as durable as porcelain. That is why the appliance makers chose to make the cabinet painted (in most cases) and the tops porcelain. If you want to know how a painted surface will hold up, picture using the hood of your car, as a work surface.

 

[sfh074]

Etch .....

the existing porcelain with muretic acid to degloss (mix 20:1 with water). Simply keep wet till porcelain becomes dull, then use Rustoleum self etching primer in the rattle can. Then top coat with a single stage polyurethane automotive paint color matched to your other coppertone appliances. Any Sherwin Williams that also sells auto paint can do this. It will hold up quite well if you don't drag heavy objects across it. I doubt a gallon bottle of bleach in a plastic bottle would mark the finish if slid across this paint, since the plastic bottle is softer than this kind of paint. Just be cognitive of what you set on the finish (and sliding stuff on it) and a person can maintain it so it will looks great for years of service.