I have heard of people having auto-body shops paint large appliances. Rachel Ray just this AM had a tour of her own kitchen. Her blueberry blue refrig. was done this way. I also found a previous thread here on the subject. Here is a link that might be useful: painting appliances

I have several sisters who have lived in Canada for 5 or 10 years a time. They won't order packages by courrier. Only by USPS (Post Office). They tell me that UPS + Fedex are now taking serious advantage of their near-monopoly status. One way UPS + Fedex do this is by charging surprise fees that they demand from the receiving party in a letter sent about a month after the delivery. Calling customer service leads nowhere, and a threatening tone makes it clear that you might not receive any other deliveries if they are not satisfied with your payment history. I think they treat you as a business so you have less right to claim "human" service, and as a business you are "in arrears". I think in Canada people in general are more docile and there is no tradition of people rebelling against abuse. Apparently the postal service doesn't abuse its position. I find another abuse is when UPS and Fedex allow someone in China to send you something At Your Expense, without telling the Chinese party how much it will cost. They tell the person in China they will double their rates, and this leads him to believe it will cost double the rate displayed in his local currency. But this hides the fact that they will double the rate they would charge in dollars if someone tried to pay in advance (in dollars) to have something shipped prepaid from China -- and this information was not available beforehand -- and it turns out that the rate for an individual to prepay a shipment from China is about $100 for a package weighing a number of ounces. Double that to $200 and you get the picture. On top of all this is that somehow the courrier services seem to team up against you by sharing offices, drop-off services, and whatever, and claiming that the population density is not high enough for them to be competing against each other. Or something like that. But Canadian cities are just as densely populated as American cities, and Canadians actually mostly live in their big cities. This should be brought to the attention of the authorities. Anti-Trust, pre-Competition bureau, or whatever it's called. All of this tells me that UPS and Fedex stock price will fall once their squeezing is brought to a stop, worldwide. In the meantime, I am astounded how much money they make. It seems they also lose a lot of packages. I think the Post Office doesn't do this. The moral of the story is this: Whatever the postal service says they will charge, is all they will charge. The deliver what you give them to deliver. hth.

I bought a stainless side panel for my new KitchenAid refrigerator when after installation the gray panel (not stainless) really bothered me. I just received the panel today and it is better than I was even expecting! easy for me to install by myself, was packaged up really well and fit perfectly! I love it so much I’m considering doing the other side even though it doesn’t really show because it’s tje cabinet side....highly recommend!

Go to Automatic Washer.org. Someone there recently got one. Already a problem and they are sending it back. I think (not sure) there are also some videos there. I saw vids somewhere and it is a loud washer when washing. You will have to return to push the add water button until you get a full tub. It adds 6 gals when you push it, then for more another push the way I understand it. I would either go with a SQ or another FLor a different HE top load before this one. I believe the GE HE top load washer is much better than the one you are considering from what I have read. You Tube may have videos also.