Cav 871

[Lulu]

Brian,

What I found was that the control panel had a metal sheet glued to it with charcoal and silver horizontal lines on it.  I ended up taking a putty knife and removing it.  The lines were faded and worn.  The machine had the same metal sheet on the front at the bottom.  I pulled that off, too.  I painted the control panel hammertone and the front/bottom red.  I saved the metal in case I don't like the looks of the hammertone.

[sodaworks]

I buy all my stainless steel hardware from a place in Bakersfield call budget bolt. They are a fastener warehouse. I buy mine in 100 piece bags. I bought me a couple of the plastic bins with the pull drawers to keep everything seperated. These warehouses will sell you one or 100's and they are alot cheaper on the price than Lowe's and other dept. stores. Just look in your local yellow pages under fasteners and you should be able to locate a warehouse that's in your area. '>

[MoonDawg]

Further explanation on the drawers Terry mentioned. You can buy them pre-filled and labeled. Eg.#6, #8, #10 philips head sheet metal screws, each diameter comes in 6 different lengths.  Same with #6 #8 #10 machine screws, all lenghts also nuts.  Even a set of larger compressor bolts. and nuts.
      Then re-order only the sizes used most often.

   Also, #8 X 1/2" philips panhead sheet metal screw is so common I order 500 at a time. Probably use 50 on each machine, if also replacing door liner.