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Hello again all,
When I wrote my introductory post a little over a month ago I related the tale of my venerable Whirlpool belt drive. (I've included a link to that thread if you want to revisit the whole thing (and see more pics), but in a nutshell: my 1970 WP BD finally gave up the ghost and I ordered a new Whirlpool front-loader as a replacement, but thanks to the inspiration of AW I decided to also keep and eventually restore my trusty old friend.)
Well, some changes have come to my laundry room since I wrote that first post. The new Duet has arrived (look for a review of it coming soon in the Deluxe forum, as it's a midrange model which does not seem to have been talked about here much)....and when the old LVA480 was shifted out of the way to make room, it revealed a minor mystery!
I'd known for a while that something was off about the color of the cabinet. The model number is LVA4805W0, the W clearly indicating that this machine is white, but the cabinet is closer to an almond color, or perhaps off-white. I assumed that just the original cabinet had been switched out for a different one sometime prior to my ownership, as the top and lid were still colored pure white.
However, when it was moved away from the wall and the rear of the washer exposed to good light, I was intrigued to see that the almond or off-white color did NOT continue around the rear of the cabinet! That back cabinet was the same brighter white as the top and lid.
So now I ask you all: were other WP colors simply sprayed over a white base coat and just on the front and sides, leaving the back of the cabinet white? Or are we looking at someone maybe having repainted part of the cabinet at some juncture?
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When I wrote my introductory post a little over a month ago I related the tale of my venerable Whirlpool belt drive. (I've included a link to that thread if you want to revisit the whole thing (and see more pics), but in a nutshell: my 1970 WP BD finally gave up the ghost and I ordered a new Whirlpool front-loader as a replacement, but thanks to the inspiration of AW I decided to also keep and eventually restore my trusty old friend.)
Well, some changes have come to my laundry room since I wrote that first post. The new Duet has arrived (look for a review of it coming soon in the Deluxe forum, as it's a midrange model which does not seem to have been talked about here much)....and when the old LVA480 was shifted out of the way to make room, it revealed a minor mystery!
I'd known for a while that something was off about the color of the cabinet. The model number is LVA4805W0, the W clearly indicating that this machine is white, but the cabinet is closer to an almond color, or perhaps off-white. I assumed that just the original cabinet had been switched out for a different one sometime prior to my ownership, as the top and lid were still colored pure white.
However, when it was moved away from the wall and the rear of the washer exposed to good light, I was intrigued to see that the almond or off-white color did NOT continue around the rear of the cabinet! That back cabinet was the same brighter white as the top and lid.
So now I ask you all: were other WP colors simply sprayed over a white base coat and just on the front and sides, leaving the back of the cabinet white? Or are we looking at someone maybe having repainted part of the cabinet at some juncture?
First Post: A Story of Shame and Hope
Hello all, First off I must confess that I have never been an enthusiast as most of you are; for most of my life I have regarded washing machines with benign indifference, simply a tool for cleaning one's clothing. Part of me wonders if I am being presumptuous even to join a group like this...
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