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Pimp Your KitchenAid Mixer

Even the iconic KitchenAid mixer can't escape the personalization trend. While KitchenAid sells them in more than 25 colors -- from almond cream to "white on white" -- that isn't enough for some people.

"It turns out there's a whole mixer-customizing subculture that rejects the austere high-tech aesthetic, favoring instead the bright colors of custom paint jobs and lowrider-style decal ornament just for mixers," reports the LA Times.

• David Lebovitz tours the KitchenAid mixer factory

• KitchenAid's Color Coordinator

Comments (13)

Dear god, I want that one in the image.

posted by gretchenkjer on July 12th 2007 at 2:48pm
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Oh yes.

Oh very yes.

posted by wende in the twin cities on July 12th 2007 at 4:02pm
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vrooooooom!

posted by AMLitt on July 12th 2007 at 4:46pm
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That is fantastic

posted by designerny on July 13th 2007 at 8:50am
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The one above reminds me of the USS Torsk, a WWII-era submarine that is permanently docked in the Baltimore harbor: http://www.pbase.com/image/29963296

posted by Julie on July 13th 2007 at 8:53am
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oooooo, mama like

posted by kurz on July 13th 2007 at 11:33am
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This is one of the best things I've seen.
It would be so invigorating to cook with that.

posted by Sea on July 13th 2007 at 11:56am
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Cool!!!

posted by C Martins on July 13th 2007 at 1:05pm
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I am so finding some decals for my red KitchenAid!

posted by AmandaSD on July 14th 2007 at 6:56am
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I think Alton Brown's mixer has flames painted on it.

posted by orchidophile on July 14th 2007 at 9:41am
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Well I make as many as I think will cover the costs. It's all about the mixer love. I only have 3 mixer myself and looking for new product ideas and other's designs to post on my site all the time.

If you got one, send it to me from the www.flameKA.com site.
Thanks
-theman

posted by theman on July 17th 2007 at 8:53am
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WOW, I love it. It's much cheaper to buy car decals, though. Check out carstickers.com. Not all decals will work, but they do list measurements.

posted by ohjodi on March 30th 2008 at 8:09am
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I started with car stickers but they didn't last because of the glossy overlay thickness/lack thereof, so when I scrub them the color ink comes off. They also don't stick well to Imperial Grey Black since these have a textured finish. So yes, they are much cheaper.

Also have a shark plane done now.
-the biased man.

posted by theman on May 20th 2008 at 5:07am
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