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Post by vaporvac on Feb 9, 2013 15:35:34 GMT -5
Anyone have any advice on removing the cloisonne nameplates from the lowback Cs? There's no screw in the back so I couldn't see what was holding it on. There appears to be a washer, but couldn't get a purchase on it to remove. I don't want to damage it when cleaning the back. Thanks.
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Post by sporko on Feb 11, 2013 9:36:34 GMT -5
I have never tried... but I think it may be a snap ring on the back.
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Post by pooka on Feb 12, 2013 1:22:33 GMT -5
Well it took me a while to even figure out what the proper name for these fasteners in order to search for a good answer. Starlocks® Push-on Fasteners is the term a company that makes them uses, but they are called many names. They list eighteen different terms used depending on where in the world you are. Ten of them listed are used in the USA. Push Nut seems to be the most common term I found. www.bakfin.com/terminology.htmlOK, enough on terminology. I looked around to see if there was ONE proper way to remove them, but apparently, there isn't. Some people use little wire-cutters to cut them off, & replace them with new one to reassemble. Others use needle-nose pliers to twist them off like a nut. I've wrestled with these before myself. The one thing you don't want to do is put too much pressure on the studs on the nameplate & risk breaking them off. The best answer I can give you is to as gently as possible, pry them up a little with a putty knife or some other bladed tool. Then grab them with a pair of needle-nose pliers & twist them off like a nut, but I'm open for any other better solutions that anyone has.
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Post by robere210 on Feb 15, 2013 21:51:47 GMT -5
I take a drill grinding wheel, similar to the pink one, but thinner, chuck it up in my electric drill, and just touch it to the push-on fastener until I've ground through it on one side. You only have to grind a little bit--just enough to break it apart. If you grind through you can then take a tiny screwdriver and pry it up on one side and then it will come off pretty easily. Just be careful not to grind too much out of the back, and don't touch the spinning wheel to the stud on the back of the badge. When both push-on fasteners are removed just push the studs gently back through the stove back. When you push the studs through BE SURE TO catch the badge before it falls!
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Post by vaporvac on Feb 16, 2013 0:45:47 GMT -5
Thank for those hints, you guys. I think I'll be getting to these this weekend.I plan to boil out the burners and clean the service floors and oven baffles tomorrow and maybe the service door latches. I'll see if I can get to it on Sunday. I'd like to get my kitchen cleaned so I need to finish this little stuff! Hopefully, once I clean th back I can actually see the washers. The one stove is pretty grotty.
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Post by pooka on Feb 16, 2013 2:55:21 GMT -5
robere210, that is one of the methods I found suggested a few places, but it requires a light touch, & a steady hand to prevent doing damage to the mounting pin or the backside of the back-splash. Those darn things aren't meant to ever be removed, so it's up to whatever method you're comfortable using.
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Post by vaporvac on Feb 16, 2013 9:16:23 GMT -5
I'm sure you're right, Pooka. If I can clean them well enough without removal I will. I just hate the dirt I can't see.
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Post by robere210 on Feb 17, 2013 13:07:05 GMT -5
True Pooka, but we obsessed Chambers fanatics just HAVE to mess with our stoves...
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