Dougcole
Guru
The teak veneer door panels on my Nova Cool fridge are looking really bad and have a couple of issues. Both the fridge panel and the freezer panel have big moldy stains on them. Also, because the fridge is right next to the main cabin door it gets wet and takes a bit of a beating (we have a 95lb dog who swims a lot).
I think the stains have some from condensation through the fridge door and from times when the door got really wet when the fridge defrosted. The water gets caught in the channel around the door that holds the panel which saturates the panel edges. Some wetness wicks up onto the panel as well.
Here are the options I'm considering:
1. Pull the panels off, clean them with an acid based teak cleaner, then stain both front and back with a dark oil based stain. I don't think I'll be able to get all of the mold stain off, but maybe the oil stain will cover it. Also, maybe the oil based stain will help keep it from getting saturated in the future?
2. Replace with a plastic panel from Nova Cool. The teak panel was an option with my fridge, they come standard with a black plastic panel. Seems like this would be easier to maintain. Probably pretty spendy for what it is.
3. Custom build some other sort of panel?
Anybody got any advice?
Thanks.
I think the stains have some from condensation through the fridge door and from times when the door got really wet when the fridge defrosted. The water gets caught in the channel around the door that holds the panel which saturates the panel edges. Some wetness wicks up onto the panel as well.
Here are the options I'm considering:
1. Pull the panels off, clean them with an acid based teak cleaner, then stain both front and back with a dark oil based stain. I don't think I'll be able to get all of the mold stain off, but maybe the oil stain will cover it. Also, maybe the oil based stain will help keep it from getting saturated in the future?
2. Replace with a plastic panel from Nova Cool. The teak panel was an option with my fridge, they come standard with a black plastic panel. Seems like this would be easier to maintain. Probably pretty spendy for what it is.
3. Custom build some other sort of panel?
Anybody got any advice?
Thanks.