The Wife and I took the time to install new seats and valves. Unfortunately the seats eventually wear, and no matter how tight you make the handle, it won't stop the leak. Our solution was to pull the unit, remove the seats, and refinish them by passing them over some 500 grit wet and dry atop an old piece of plate glass. This created a magical surface that the new stems love. Using the Dishmaster silicone lube on the threads made it so we can turn on or off the hot/cold faucets with two fingers on the base of the faucet handle! Amazing. Now, we have a dry sink every morning, and there is absolutely no drip, drip, drip.
I believe these faucets are the finest in America and will be purchasing new units in our next home.
These are serviceable and water tight.
Even a child can turn them on or off.
I starting using one of the Dishmaster units in the 1970's and was surprised at how quickly I could clean my dishes.
After living overseas for 10 years, I returned to America and longed for the top of the line kitchen appliances.
Dishmasters were available on Ebay used, so I picked one up and it did not disappoint.
However, now that we are financially stable, and have upgraded our used unit to factory specs I see what the manufacturer had in mind when these units shipped by the thousands in the 50's and 60's.
There are newer more common brands, but I don't see any advantage over the units sold by Dishmaster.
Again, if you are having issues with your rubber washers wearing out after a few months, it is probably the seats and not the seals.
If you replace or recondition your seals, then your sealing rubber washers will wear like iron!
That's my 2 cents.
Been in this house 26 years. Old farm house that had never been sold. Original family tha built it was the previous owner. As a side note, there are varmint drawers in the kitchen; steel lined with covers.
Replaced all but the brass fittings. Even the cold and hot water handle stops had broken off. Now, the faucet system works perfectly. Absotge best renewal kit I've ever installed and it proves the validity of the original engineering design that it works so we'll now.
so glad parts for this sweet baby are still avaialble!
Order shipped fast, worked like a charm. Cheers!
Easy install and perfect replacement. Do wish it would have included a new hose from soap reservoir to hose assembly.
Excellent instructions, easy fix and works perfectly. Couldn’t be happier! No more surprise showers LOL
Excellent service and the cartridge was just fine.
Thank you- Robert
Dishmasters have been utilized by my family for over 60 years. I completely remodeled my kitchen 10 years ago and invested in a modern faucet set. When it needed replacing, I went back to the Dishmaster Imperial 4 and I'm glad I did! Tried and true performer which saves a lot of time in the kitchen.
Great help. I received my dishmaster from my parents as a gift. I was excited to install it since I grew up using a dishmaster. It worked great for about a week then the brush would not stay on. I called and the first time didn't get much help. The second time I called they walked me through a few things then sent the part. Since putting the part in it has worked fine. A lot to go through for a brand new faucet but, glad I didn't just give up and get rid of it. Hope it holds up like my parents old one. They have had it for about 25 years and all they have done is change the brushes and o-rings.
Second replacement, so far is working really too soon to tell if it will be good. First replacement would return to center as it should but started leaking through wand all over sink, they sent me replacement have not used it long enough to test out.
What an elegant solution to taking showers in the kitchen! Diverter works like a charm! Easy to install, too.
We put the replacement cartridge in and it has performed 100%! Thank you also for your kind and prompt service! We are faithful second generation Dishmaster users for 40 years.
I have repaired the previous hose for minor problems and I was familiar putting the new hose in place. I did have a slight problem after installation since the soap connection disconnected and I had to partially disassemble the unit to secure the soap connection. No bid deal!
However, I would suggest a slight edit on your repair video. The actor said to turn the red and blue valve assemblies in different directions. He needs to state that you need to turn the valves in place off before turning the water lines on again. If youdon't turn off the faucets, the water continues to flow.
Thank you,
San Francisco, CA
Delivery was fast. Install was simple. New-style cartridge works well. No complaints.
Makes doing the dishes a Breeze, I highly recommend the Dishmaster product.
Works OK . Brushes not as thick as the GREEN brushes . BRING BACK GREEN
Not likely to happen. Green filiment is no longer available. To custom order the filiment would require a quantity of many years worth at an outrageous cost. Have you tried the orange brushes?
Directions were easy to follow and I appreciate that. Dealing with Dishmaster is always congenial and friendly. The parts I needed were delivered promptly. Thank you,
The faucet works fine however it has a problem that it has always had. The slector knob for faucet or wand does not return to the faucet position as it should when you turn off the water.
We wish we had a solution for you but, as we have discussed in the past, due to the large amount of lime and other minerals that build up on your faucet parts, the automatic function of the diverter will not be reliable.
The replacement diverted works great and the instructions were complete and easy to understand.