RIP Casablanca Delta I & II

[Brian L.]

I think they replaced a lot of of them, and painted over those two.
and I don't get it, why do you not want to take a fan down if you are gonna paint it?!?
Its like, 3 wires, and you can take a picture before the fan is de-wired lol.
inmyownstyle.com/2016/06/the-easy-way-to-paint-a-ceiling-fan.html

[Andrew G.]

Meh, they're just antique brass. If they were brown or black or pewter, on the other hand...

[Jared H.]

Normally, they would've outright replaced the fans, so it's nice to see them given new life. Besides, the delta II looks like factory Snow White.
Also, before assuming they replaced all of them, read this passage from the article:

There are 10 ceiling fans in my house. 8 are made by Casablanca, the other two are made by Hunter. Both Ed and I agree that the Casablanca fans work better, they spin faster and really do cool the room off. I do not want to replace these, since as a few of you told me, they just don’t make the fans like they use to and that I should keep the good ones. A reader has told me that fans with angled blades do produce more air then fans with flat mounted blades. I think this is the case for the fans in my house. The 2 Hunter fans have flat blades.

[dw3]

We in the fan community need to protect innocent fans.

[Max C.]

Here are my two cents...

The positive:

They kept the fans.  This is actually far more impressive than many of us give credit for.

The negative:

As Brain mentioned, they failed take the motor off the ceiling (would that have honestly been impossible).

They simply painted over beautiful wood blades...why not re-stain them in an ultra-light maple finish, or even whitewash them?

On a side note, are "white" Deltas (or even Zephyrs for that matter) actually rare enough to justify this whole makeover?

[skateboardb617]

Nov 13, 2016 16:24:11 GMT -5 Max C. said:

Here are my two cents...

The positive:

They kept the fans.  This is actually far more impressive than many of us give credit for.

The negative:

As Brain mentioned, they failed take the motor off the ceiling (would that have honestly been impossible).

They simply painted over beautiful wood blades...why not re-stain them in an ultra-light maple finish, or even whitewash them?

On a side note, are "white" Deltas (or even Zephyrs for that matter) actually rare enough to justify this whole makeover?

Regular white Delta Is aren't that rare. but delta Is in general are hard to come by.
My two cents. They gave the fan a new life and I think they did a GREAT job with the paint itself. But like the delta I i got from spiffy, they failed to keep the tag. which sucks cuz you would need that in the future. White zephyrs are somewhat hard to come by. So far, Ive seen mine, mark castro's few and that's it

[Brian L.]

Thinking about it, the finish is not that bad on the fans, but for sure, they could have done a better job.
What annoys me is how people paint (particularly spray paint) their fans INSIDE of the house.
I don't care much about the Delta II being painted, since they are quite common.
But the Delta I on the other hand is slightly rare, which is kind of sad. Take note the Antique Brass looked minty too, which you do not see with most Casablanca.

[fancollector12]

They did a good job painting IMO, stripping the finish and all.

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brian mad at diane henkler(the fan owner)

[Deleted]

luckly there are no stencil nor cane blades on them

[Jordan U]

I don't think this is all that bad.. My preference of course would go to AB,, the installs were fantastic,, but I'd much rather these be painted than tossed and replaced with garbage.. Actually it looks like it was done quite nicely..

Nov 13, 2016 16:24:11 GMT -5 Max C. said:

The positive:

The negative:

Did Christmas come early for you? 

[andy]

I wonder if something similar was done to the NuTone in this house:

www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1517820/8726-Winton-Rd-Finneytown-OH-45231