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  • October 31, 2006 at 2:39 pm #22151
    Martin
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    I was unfortunate enough today to come across a 13 month old Hoover HSC170 Condenser Dryer that was making a ‘orrible noise (like most Candy/Hoovers do anyway).

    I pointed out to the customer that most of the lettering was missing from the control panel and had she been using cleaning agents or something?

    “No she says, they just rub off with your finger!” and proceeded to demonstrate by rubbing her finger lightly on the timer dial numbers and they simply rubbed off! “It doesn’t matter much to me, she said, as long as I don’t rub off the numbering between 45 and 60 minutes ‘cos I always set my dryer on either one!”

    Unbelievable load of rubbish these dryers are and the control panel words and numbers are worse than the old Letraset kits used to be (remember them?) 😕

    October 31, 2006 at 2:47 pm #193793
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    Clear nail varnish. 😉

    K.

    October 31, 2006 at 2:51 pm #193794
    Martin
    Participant

    kwatt wrote:Clear nail varnish. 😉

    Clear nail varnish what? 😕

    October 31, 2006 at 3:39 pm #193795
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    Get the customer to put clear nail varnish over it and it forms a hard coating that won’t rub off and the letters won’t either.

    Doesn’t work on SS.

    K.

    October 31, 2006 at 3:59 pm #193796
    Martin
    Participant

    Re: It rubs off on me…

    Yet another useful tip….thanks! 🙂

    October 31, 2006 at 4:56 pm #193797
    Alex
    Participant

    kwatt wrote:Get the customer to put clear nail varnish over it and it forms a hard coating that won’t rub off and the letters won’t either.
    Doesn’t work on SS.
    K.

    Test in a small inconspicuous area 1st though. Nail varnish will melt some plastics.

    Alex

    October 31, 2006 at 5:22 pm #193798
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    Good point Alex, sorry I’d have assumed that that was only common sense. 😉

    K.

    October 31, 2006 at 6:02 pm #193799
    iadom
    Moderator

    kwatt wrote:Good point Alex, sorry I’d have assumed that that was only common sense. 😉

    K.

    Well I guess it is for someone who uses it regularly. 😛 😆

    Jim.

    October 31, 2006 at 6:33 pm #193800
    kwatt
    Keymaster

    😆

    Keep trying. 😉

    K.

    October 31, 2006 at 8:33 pm #193801
    superfix
    Participant

    Re: It rubs off on me…

    Martin

    Was there by any chance a boiler in the same room?.

    I’ve had the same problem on a few of our machines. And there has been a boiler in the same room. Dunno why it happens though 😕

    October 31, 2006 at 9:17 pm #193802
    Lawrence
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    Re: It rubs off on me…

    I get it a lot on Smeg cooker facias I wondered about laser printing the symbols on to an adhesive transparency and then cutting them out and sticking them on .
    Also used to happen on the Servis M3022 all the time

    Lawrence

    November 1, 2006 at 8:06 am #193803
    Martin
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    Re: It rubs off on me…

    boro wrote:Was there by any chance a boiler in the same room?

    Dunno? It was in a sort of utility room which may have had a boiler in it, but I honestly didn’t notice…sorry!

    November 1, 2006 at 11:17 pm #193804
    Gertrude
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    Re: It rubs off on me…

    Current Indesits as well!

    November 2, 2006 at 10:38 am #193805
    cornwell40
    Participant

    Re: It rubs off on me…

    boro wrote

    Was there by any chance a boiler in the same room?

    Only the one operating the dryer :rotfl:

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