social

Rust Spots on a Refrigerator?

Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!

 
February 13, 20110 found this helpful

I've recently saw "appliance" paint and it comes in fairly small containers, so you don't have to buy a gallon of it. Rust is oxidation, so to try and remove it will probably leave a "mark". Once you remove the rusty spot, which you "might" have to do if it's rough, or the area won't be smooth, you might benefit by painting the spot with the appliance repair paint.

If it's smooth already, you might even be able to paint right over the rust spot. I've never used this appliance paint, so I'm sorry I can't say if it works well or not.

 

Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!

 

January 15, 2012

How do I clean rust off the outside of the fridge door?

By Cindy

Advertisement

Answers

January 17, 20120 found this helpful

I would try one of the erasing sponges...should work. Then apply a bit of 'white out' or an auto paint pen paint! Good luck

 
Answer this Question

January 15, 2014

Stains on Refrigerator DoorsI have a Kenmore side-by-side refrigerator 15 years old. A couple of years ago I moved the fridge to the garage when we got a new one for the kitchen.

In the last month I noticed that there was an orange stain forming on the doors, primarily on the freezer side. I have tried cleaning the doors with an auto cleaner, bleach and water, and vinegar and water. The auto cleaner seems to work best, but even that didn't get all the stain out, and after a couple of days the stain was back as bad as ever. The finish is the pebbly kind designed to hide finger prints.

Advertisement

The home is in Florida where we spend the winter months. When we head north in the spring, we clean out the fridges and pull the plugs on them. The garage is not air conditioned, so it is probably pretty hot out there in the summer time when we are not here.

We didn't notice the stains when we first got here this fall (2013), but we first noticed them after we had been back here a month or two and the fridges were back running again. Could these be rust stains? Any suggestions on how to rid the fridge doors of the stains?

Thanks, HB

Answer this Question

February 13, 2011

I have a rust spot on the outside panel of my refrigerator. It is white. Is there anything I can use to remove it?

 
Read More...

September 5, 2010

How do I remove a "rusty" looking stain/mark on the exterior of my refrigerator? I have tried various over the counter cleaners, some help but the stain comes back. Any suggestions?

 
Read More...

April 6, 2009

My white refrigerator is rusting. It is coated with a textured plastic, something to make it no show finger prints and it is rusting through this coating. I tried to spray paint it with the new Rustoleoum product and now that is flaking off.

Advertisement

The holidays are approaching and I do not have it in my budget to replace this until after. Is there anything that I can do to make it temporarily presentable as I will be doing a lot of entertaining over the season?

 
Read More...

November 5, 2008
Click to read more ideas from older posts on ThriftyFun.
 
Read More...

January 14, 2014

I have a 15 year old Kenmore side-by-side refrigerator which I moved to the garage a couple of years ago when we got a new fridge for the kitchen. We live in Florida during the winter months and up north during the summer months.

When we go north, we empty and unplug the fridges. The one in the garage has come out with what looks like a rust stain covering most of the freezer door, and there is now some forming on the fridge door, but not as much.

Advertisement

I have tried cleaning the stain with an auto cleaner, some bleach and water, and some vinegar and water. The auto cleaner does the best job, but I can't quite get all the stain out, even with a lot of elbow grease. A couple of days later the stain is back as bad as ever. The finish is the pebbly kind where you don't leave fingerprints.

The garage has no AC and it gets pretty hot in there in the summer, although there were no stains on the doors when we returned this fall (2013), at least not that we noticed. The stains have developed since we returned. Does this sound like rust? Any suggestions for a product to clean it and protect it? Thanks.

By HB from Mount Dora, FL

Answers

January 19, 20140 found this helpful

Barkeepers Friend is a brand I use on rust, on any surface, even fabric. Should work well made into a paste, allow to sit a bit, then elbow grease. Barkeepers Friend is near comet, etc.

 
October 27, 20160 found this helpful

how to get rust off a freezer door

 
Answer this Question
<< First< Previous
In This Page
Next >︎
Categories
Home and Garden Cleaning RustFebruary 13, 2011
Pages
More
🐰
Easter Ideas!
👒
Mother's Day Ideas!
🌻
Gardening
Facebook
Pinterest
YouTube
Instagram
Categories
Better LivingBudget & FinanceBusiness and LegalComputersConsumer AdviceCoronavirusCraftsEducationEntertainmentFood and RecipesHealth & BeautyHolidays and PartiesHome and GardenMake Your OwnOrganizingParentingPetsPhotosTravel and RecreationWeddings
Published by ThriftyFun.
Desktop Page | View Mobile
Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
Generated 2024-03-29 05:37:57 in 2 secs. ⛅️️
© 1997-2024 by Cumuli, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/tf21992930.tip.html