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Hi I'm John at Fan Diego, the ceiling fan store. Today I want to talk a
little bit about decorating, decorating blades to be specific. And I have a couple of
examples here, of different kinds and qualities of blades. This is an example of a standard
blade, and every manufacturer will have a fan with this kind of blade, it's
basically a paper product. As you can see, I've sanded it here to reveal
that it's really other than painting this fan blade, it cannot be
refinished. Often times I get two types of questions about blades; number
one, can they be painted and two, can they be refinished? So your basic
paper product blade might be able to be painted but it cannot be
refinished. I say it might be able to be painted because fan blades are
weighed within a couple grams of one another and often times that will keep
the fan from wobbling. And it's very important that the blades weigh the
same amount, so it doesn't wobble.
So if you're going to paint a blade, it's very important that you get the
same amount of paint on all the blades and weigh them so you know that they
weight the same amount and the fan will operate properly.
Now there's a different caliber of blade, this is an Emerson blade, part of
their blade select series. One example I've sanded this down to reveal that
this is an actual real wood product, so although this blade does come in
teak, maple, cherry, walnut, mahogany, comes in quite a bit of colors.
And most colors I think would work for most homes, but a blade like this
can be refinished.
Same rules apply to painting, but this is actually a real, all wood blade.
Now most manufacturers, or quite a few of them anyways; Cassablanca,
Emerson, Fanimation, some of the better manufacturers have custom blades,
along the lines of something like this. Now I've sanded this piece down as
well, to reveal that this is an actual wood product as well. So something
like this could also be refinished. And you really want to be careful when
you're trying to decorate a blade because of the balance issue, but those
are the basics. We'll see you next time, this is John in San Diego and if
you need to contact us, we are available at fandiego.com