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If you want to modernize a dated appliance or to coordinate the colors of your appliances with your kitchen's color scheme, why not paint it? Painting is much less expensive than buying new appliances and the process is relatively easy.

For a successful do-it-yourself appliance update project, your first step is to be sure to choose the right appliance paint. You'll need paint especially formulated for household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, microwaves, and dishwashers. You can purchase spray-on appliance paint, which is best if you are painting the entire surface, or touch-up appliance paint that can be brushed on to cover scratches and chips.

These appliance paints are not for use on or near surfaces that get hot, such as stove tops. For those surfaces, be sure to purchase a heat-resistant paint.

Also, if you want to resurface the inside of a microwave, you'll need a specialty appliance paint formulated for that purpose. You'll also need specialty paint if you want to recoat your dishwasher racks.

Here are five appliance paints for a variety of do-it-yourself appliance-refurbishment projects.

Whirlpool Appliance Spray Paint. Whirlpool knows appliances. Its brands include Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Magic Chef and others. In addition, it makes appliance models for Sears/Kenmore. Therefore, if you want to repaint your appliances, why not use Whirlpool's acrylic appliance paint. It comes in a 13-ounce spray can and can be purchases at www.appliancepartspros.com/Whirlpool spray paint.

Thurmolox Stove Paint. Thurmolox is a high-quality paint designed for use on surfaces that get hot, such as stoves, barbeques, gas grills, hibachis, wood stoves, stove pipes and andirons. It is fast drying and long lasting. Most importantly, it is heat resistant up to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit and resists blistering, peeling and flaking. For porcelain stoves, paint the surface with Thurmolox 290 paint and then cover it with Thurmolox 293 high-gloss paint for a porcelain-like finish. Order Thurmolox paints at www.alvinproducts.com.

Microwave Cavity Paint. To resurface the inside of your microwave oven, you need specialty appliance paint formulated for this purpose. This spray-on paint by QBP comes in a six-ounce canister in snow white (a bright white shade for newer microwaves) and pearly white (an off-white shade). Purchase it at www.appliancepartspros.com.

Appliance Touch-Up Paint. If you only need to touch-up scratches, chips, dents or worn areas on an appliance (other than a stove or other surface that gets hot), you'll need acrylic touch-up appliance paint that can be brushed on. Purchase touch-up paints made by Whirlpool in a variety of colors at www.appliancepartspros.com/Appliance Touch-Up Paint.

Vinyl Touch-Up Paint. While you are updating your appliances with paint, don't forget the inside of your dishwasher. If the racks need some recoating, use vinyl touch-up paint from Whirlpool. You can purchase it at www.appliancepartspros.com/Vinyl Touch Up Paint.

Sources:

www.appliancepartspros.com/Whirlpool spray paint, Whirlpool white spray paint

www.alvinproducts.com, Stove Paint, Wood Stove Paint, Antique Stove Paint - Alvin Products

www.appliancepartspros.com/Microwave Paint, Microwave Cavity Paint

www.appliancepartspros.com/Appliance Touch-Up Paint, Appliance Touch-Up Paint

www.appliancepartspros.com/Vinyl Touch Up Paint, Whirlpool Vinyl Touch-Up Paint

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Several years ago I bought a new refrigerator. I ended up with a Sears Kenmore with the freezer on the bottom. While I like the layout of the refrigerator, I have been less than happy with Sears and their way of doing business. Here is my list of top 10 reasons not to buy an appliance from Sears.

#10) They charge a $50 delivery fee. I think it is over the top to charge a delivery fee on a high-ticket item such as this. Amazon waives their shipping fee on any purchase over $25, why should Sears charge $50 when I live right around the corner from them?

#9) Limited service/delivery days. Once you make your purchase, you want to have it immediately. But Sears only delivers or makes service calls on certain days of the week, depending upon where you live. Forgive me, but if I live right around the corner from your store, I shouldn't have to wait more than a couple of hours to have my product delivered. And if you live in a rural area, you can easily wait a week or more.

#8) Nine-hour service window. For either delivery or a service call, all Sears will give you is an nine-hour service window - as in the product will be delivered between 8AM and 5 PM. Who gives a nine-hour window anymore? Even the cable company no longer does this. I've got better things to do with my time than sit around with my thumb inserted rectally waiting for the time period in which Sears will grace me with its presence.

#7) Unprofessional delivery drivers. When they finally decided to deliver my refrigerator, they sent a damaged model. Now, I know these things happen. I don't expect perfection. But, I think it's criminal (notice a trend here?) that the Sears delivery people tried to talk me into keeping my damaged refrigerator, claiming that since the dent was in the back of the unit, no one would see it! Meanwhile, the dent was right where the processor was, meaning chances were good I would run into problems later on.

#6) Poorly trained representatives. When I finally did get a refrigerator that wasn't damaged, I was unable to get the ice machine hooked up because the setup man did not know how to connect my model. This is really unforgivable.

#5) Overpriced appliances. I needed a refrigerator as soon as possible, so I chose Sears because of its name brand and the proximity to my house. If I had the luxury of price-comparison shopping, there's no way I would have picked this brand. And the proximity turned out to be no bargain, either.

#4) Scores poorly in consumer satisfaction. According to consumer ratings on Yahoo, Sears scored just 2.5 stars out of 5 from 137 people across the country. This included numerous consumers who rated it just one star. My guess is they would have rated it lower if that was an option.

#3)$59 Service Fee. Your Sears appliance is going to break down and require service. Chances are, quite often. Sears recognized an opportunity to make money off of this fact and decided to charge a $59 service fee. This is on top of parts and labor and does not guarantee that they will even be able to fix the problem. If you are into price-gouging, Sears is the company to do it to you.

#2 Limited parts in truck.. OK, you've agreed to the outrageous service fee, you've been waiting all day for the service truck to arrive, the technician has diagnosed the problem… but your appliance still isn't fixed. Why? Because the part is not in the truck. And if there's no part, you have to go back on the list and wait for the next time service comes to your area and hope that they remember to put the part in the truck this time

#1) Countless Web sites devoted to poor service. It can't be a good sign when your product and service are so bad that ordinary people go out of their way to start up Web sites with the sole purpose of trashing your product. Put in the phrase "Sears Sucks" into Google and you come up with 430,000 hits. That's a lot of dissatisfied customers.

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