Guppy Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 So I bought myself an old Kitchenaid stand food mixer from Trademe, and thought I may as well share on here. Winning bid was $84.50, which is pretty good value considering you can buy them new in Harvey Norman for $1000-$1100ish. It's an older model (a bit of researching says this model was made between 1944 & 1962) but fortunately many of the parts are interchangeable with the new ones, and they are pretty good quality and last well. It's covered in the residue of many a past cake, and the paint has worn thin in a few spots, there is a ding on the rear cover etc, but nothing that a basic refurbishment can't handle. The plan is to pull it apart, clean and repaint the outside, restore/replace some parts, repack with grease, then realise I forgot how to put it back together. Here's some photos of it so far: ^As it was when I bought it ^ The underside - the feet have squashed right down over time, as it's quite heavy ^ It's a bit gross and could do with a decent clean. Also the grease has separated/oozed out (which can be caused by sitting still too long). ^Planetary gear inside the mixer head. The grease is a bit old and hard. ^Grease inside the gearbox ^And after a clean up ^Case full of old grease before ^and after emptying out. More photos to come once I've done some more on it. Quote
Mr Vapour Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 I got the wife an old Kenwood for a couple of hundy. My plan was simillar to your. But I did not neeed to as the old girl only used it a few times before she storeed it. I look forward to seeing your updates Quote
Steelies Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 yes, wathcing with interest. i have a 50's kenwood chef that needs love. Quote
tortron Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 Man that grease held up pretty well if its original eh pinstripe it Quote
cubastreet Posted July 20, 2015 Posted July 20, 2015 I've got a whole parts machine if you need anything manu. Also a spare mincer attachment. Quote
Guppy Posted August 5, 2015 Author Posted August 5, 2015 Alrighty so I've got a wee bit of an update.So these shiny new parts arrived in the mail from the US of A. Clockwise from top left: gasket, dough hook, trim band, motor brushes, flat beater. Forgot to take a photo of them out of the packaging... Also got some food safe grease: End cap with the dent filled with poly filler and sanded down: Top sanded, masked and ready for priming: Base prepped for paint: Base primed: And painted. I went for a high gloss, bright red, which I think will suit it. Top painted. This was shortly before I ruined it...I left it 24 hours to dry, and went to pull the masking off to see what it looked like without it, and it noticed that the paint had bunched up a bit where I lifted it. I think the outside paint was dry, but the layer underneath was still a bit soft. This resulted in much swearing and meant the whole thing had to be sanded/paint stripped back down, then repainted. Worth it though to try and get a decent finish. End cap painted. I think for a rattle can job the paint finish turned out quite well: While I'm here, for anyone planning on doing some rattle can spray painting, do yourself a huge favour and get one of these. For those like me that hadn't seen one before, its a plastic gun grip that attaches to the top of a standard paint can. It cost $7.50 from Mitre 10 and it's one of the best tools I own...it makes it so much easier to control - no more tired trigger finger on larger jobs and better control of direction too. That's all for now. I finished painting the last bits tonight, so I'll give them a few days to cure and hopefully they will be good for assembly on the weekend. Quote
Chickity Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 This is awesome. I'll admit to scrolling down thinking "please dont let it be red, please dont let it be red", but then remembered that plenty of people like red kitchen things and can't fathom my choice (pale green) and we shouldn't judge each other. Put it all together, I want to see!!! Quote
Steelies Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 guppy that looks like a sweet paint job. candy drippin' how do you feel about krylon heavy flake green tara? Quote
Chickity Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 guppy that looks like a sweet paint job. candy drippin' how do you feel about krylon heavy flake green tara? ...I have a can of that. Not sold for kitchen appliance. That red would look pretty sweet with a gold flake though. Quote
Spencer Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Hmmm now I want to paint and restore some old appliances! so many sweet lowrider inspired paint options. Quote
Guppy Posted August 6, 2015 Author Posted August 6, 2015 Haha thanks! Yeah I guess the red isn't for everyone, but I'm quite happy with it. Second option was going to be a pastel blue, green or yellow, but red won in the end. I'll put it together on the weekend and show you how it turns out Quote
Guppy Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 OK, final post is here! Had some issues with uploading photos to Imgur for some reason, so I've linked to some facebook images.^ Parts painted and almost ready for reassembly ^ This is the old trim band...I liked the style of it, but the black was wearing off, exposing the brass underneath, so.... ^I bought a new one - the text is a bit different, but it looks much better being in good condition ^ Old gasket on the left, new one on the right ^I used blutack to mask the various small holes, worked really well! Oh and there must have been a gap in the masking, hence why the knob has got paint on it...came off easily with a little paint stripper on a rag though. ^Flatmates cat helping/getting in the way ^Planetary gear/mixer head thing reassambled ^ New grease in the gearbox. Put loads more in the top too...just about used the whole cartridge ^ Top on ^ Oooohhhhhhhh Yeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh ^Done! Except for putting some feet on it, hence the cardboard ^ Done All done - hope you enjoyed my wee project! Now I just need to do some baking... Quote
xsspeed Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Shit yeah nice work. Just compared it to our new one and its looking sharp! Few subtle differences in details definately a more 50s feel to your OG one. im guessing mechanically theyre pretty similar Quote
Guppy Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 Thanks, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Yeah there are a few small differences, but to be honest you'd hardly know without a close look. I think one of the main differences is how the bowl connects to the base, which is something I need to investigate further - if they are the same I might get a new bowl too, as some of the newer attachments seem to be slightly too wide for this one. I actually really like how the new ones are almost indistinguishable from the old ones - nearly every other product in existence gets revamped every few years, and designed not to have interchangeable parts etc, so it makes a nice change. I read somewhere that the newer ones have plastic gears, which sounds like a bad thing, but apparently it is so that if the mixer jams it acts as a 'fuse' and breaks a $10 gear instead of a $200 motor. Quote
Sambo Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 I'll have you know, that thanks to you my missus has been scoping all second hand sources for one of these for me to fix. Quote
Snoozin Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Yeah Bex wants one to the max. But tbh she has an old Kenwood that does exactly the same jam. Maybe I'll jazz that up while she's away and paint it to match her other appliances. Quote
Guppy Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 I'll have you know, that thanks to you my missus has been scoping all second hand sources for one of these for me to fix. Haha you're welcome! They are quite hard to come by for a reasonable price in NZ, I suspect the only reason mine was as cheap as it was is because it was listed under the 'antiques and collectibles' section - had it been in the actual kitchen appliances section (where the $700+ kitchenaid mixers are) it probably would have gone for a much higher price. Keep an eye out here - you might be in luck: http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/appliances/v-gallery Similar sort of thing like this may be worth a shot: http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/appliances/auction-930843375.htm but it's a gamble seeing as it isn't working...plus it's far, far away... Quote
kyteler Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Haha you're welcome! They are quite hard to come by for a reasonable price in NZ, I suspect the only reason mine was as cheap as it was is because it was listed under the 'antiques and collectibles' section - had it been in the actual kitchen appliances section (where the $700+ kitchenaid mixers are) it probably would have gone for a much higher price. Keep an eye out here - you might be in luck: http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/appliances/v-gallery Similar sort of thing like this may be worth a shot: http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/appliances/auction-930843375.htm but it's a gamble seeing as it isn't working...plus it's far, far away... Get this to go with the mixer: http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/appliances/auction-930763868.htm Quote
flyingbrick Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I think you should put thin rubber feet in the bowl cradle so that it doesn't rub off a big red ring Quote
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