Post by Jean Lemieux on Nov 4, 2012 15:42:41 GMT -5
Two weeks ago I went to get this Nadair five blade top mount spinner. Some of you probably remember it, I posted about it on the forum a long time ago. It's been on Kijiji since at least April 2009 and I finally decided to buy it.
It's the white five blade version of this in a smaller diameter:
www.vintageceilingfans.com/membergalleries/gallery/showimage.php?i=119&c=37
The lady who had it before said she bought it in 1995 but it's gotta be from the 1980s. It's possible that when she bought it, it was an older stock that stayed on the shelves for a while. There is an '89' on one of the stickers on the top of the motor and even a '91'' but 1991 is still too new for this style of fan IMO. By 1991, Nadair were into glossy modern fans with halogen light kits. The four blade polished brass version would be from 1986 according the the stickers. It's really built like that older 1986 four blade version except that it's got an additional blade. For the color and size they made the four blade version in this diameter and color too.
Here's one of the picture used on the AD:
This fan was the worst case of cigarette smoke that I've encountered for a ceiling fan. (Take note that I'm very vulnerable to cigarette smoke, almost allergic to it) It went through a deep cleaning with lavender Pine Sol and I even used a little of bleach mixed with water to clean certain parts. The canopy, top and side of the motor had a tick layer of yellow cigarette dust. Ewww! It's now very clean and it does not smell cigarette at all anymore.
The blades were in a horrible shape. I had to repaint them. The paint was not only yellowed but was also cracked and was starting to come off. Of course after the cleaning it made things worst for the paint. The cane was blackened in cigarette dust but this came off easily. The plain side of the blades had a thick layer of yellowing and cigarette dust which was very difficult to scrub so I did not scrub it fully since I was going to repaint the blades anyway.
Here's a closeup of one blade after cleaning. You can see the paint coming off at the tip of the blade and behind the cane too plus the cane that is still a little dirty.
This shows the plain side of the blades when I had three of them repainted and two unpainted to see the difference. You can see on the 2nd blade from the left a whiter spot where I started scrubbing that disgusting layer of incrusted cigarette dust:
A general view of the fan before the blades were repainted. As you can see it's missing one of the two original wood tear drop pull. It was also missing four screws for the brackets to the blades but theses were easy to replace.
Here's the end result:
I used regular semi-gloss white paint for the blades and to high lite the cane I made a sort of beige yellowish color.
I added theses two extra yellow tassels that I had to have two matching decorative pulls.
The video! Hear it's cool air noise.
It's the white five blade version of this in a smaller diameter:
www.vintageceilingfans.com/membergalleries/gallery/showimage.php?i=119&c=37
The lady who had it before said she bought it in 1995 but it's gotta be from the 1980s. It's possible that when she bought it, it was an older stock that stayed on the shelves for a while. There is an '89' on one of the stickers on the top of the motor and even a '91'' but 1991 is still too new for this style of fan IMO. By 1991, Nadair were into glossy modern fans with halogen light kits. The four blade polished brass version would be from 1986 according the the stickers. It's really built like that older 1986 four blade version except that it's got an additional blade. For the color and size they made the four blade version in this diameter and color too.
Here's one of the picture used on the AD:
This fan was the worst case of cigarette smoke that I've encountered for a ceiling fan. (Take note that I'm very vulnerable to cigarette smoke, almost allergic to it) It went through a deep cleaning with lavender Pine Sol and I even used a little of bleach mixed with water to clean certain parts. The canopy, top and side of the motor had a tick layer of yellow cigarette dust. Ewww! It's now very clean and it does not smell cigarette at all anymore.
The blades were in a horrible shape. I had to repaint them. The paint was not only yellowed but was also cracked and was starting to come off. Of course after the cleaning it made things worst for the paint. The cane was blackened in cigarette dust but this came off easily. The plain side of the blades had a thick layer of yellowing and cigarette dust which was very difficult to scrub so I did not scrub it fully since I was going to repaint the blades anyway.
Here's a closeup of one blade after cleaning. You can see the paint coming off at the tip of the blade and behind the cane too plus the cane that is still a little dirty.
This shows the plain side of the blades when I had three of them repainted and two unpainted to see the difference. You can see on the 2nd blade from the left a whiter spot where I started scrubbing that disgusting layer of incrusted cigarette dust:
A general view of the fan before the blades were repainted. As you can see it's missing one of the two original wood tear drop pull. It was also missing four screws for the brackets to the blades but theses were easy to replace.
Here's the end result:
I used regular semi-gloss white paint for the blades and to high lite the cane I made a sort of beige yellowish color.
I added theses two extra yellow tassels that I had to have two matching decorative pulls.
The video! Hear it's cool air noise.