What paint in fridge

[Hazelnut]

The shelves in the fridge look manky can we use any metal paint or does it need something special or should we change them ? Thanks

 

[pappajohn]

Could get them plastic coated.
Paint will chip over time.

 

[Lenny HB]

Those are chrome plated, paint isn't going to key on then very well. See if you can find a local plater and get them replated.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Cheap option would be clean with wire wool and paint with metal laquer. Did some copper with it recently and it looks good.

 

[Nasher]

Probably cheaper to buy replacements.....

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[Lenny HB]

Probably cheaper to buy replacements.....

I think that shelf is obsolete, if available I think they would be expensive, the newer plastic shelves are 40 quid.

 

[Mikey RV]

What fridge is it.

 

[Hazelnut]

Dometic

 

[Tombola]

Dometic

get the model number from the plate or sticker and google it, you will fond someone has old 2nd hand stocks hanging around hopefully

 

[kevenh]

JFF
Replace or replate but do something
I saved the pic and zoomed in to look at the label. Wish I hadn't - yuck
And after all that, the answer to the type query is obscured by the shelf metalwork

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[Hazelnut]

It's very yuck only bought in July only spent 4 night in it so far thanks to lockdown saw shelves when we bought it but thought we could paint them .

 

[Trevor Wbm]

I'd give them a good wire brush / sanding and then spray them with a metal paint. This stuff looks OK. You might have to do them again in a few years but it'll smarten the fridge up.

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[JnJ]

Plasti-kote spray paint available in b&q and Wilko only costs a few £s.

 

[Mikey RV]

I had a new fridge last year and still have the shelfs from the old one. They are not perfect because the fridge was ten years old but they look better than yours. The same sort of thing has happened to them as yours. If you can’t paint yours and want them let me know. No rush in these times they are just sat around. Will measure them tomorrow to see if they are the same as yours.

 

[MattR]

I would try rubbing an area down with scruched up aluminium foil and treating the surface with a light oil or similar. If that looks good after a few months, I'd do the rest of it. I think that foil is less likely to damage the intact chrome and the oil would reduce the damage from spreading. If it doesn't look good enough, I would investigate Plasti-kote

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[Janeyc]

Hi Hazelnut, I’ve just been scrolling through for ideas as our fridge shelves are the same as yours. Can I ask what you decided to do with yours?
Thanks, Jane

 

[I2C]

We used Plasti-kote (as mentioned by JnJ) when we did ours, one of the reasons being, it’s food safe. Still ok after 5 years of use.

 

[Janeyc]

Thanks I think we will give that a go, the price of new shelves is crazy

 

[Ian Bosman]

Could get them plastic coated.
Paint will chip over time.

To paint is not at the best option, plastic dip coat is the best but you need to be able to heat the whole shelf to the heat to melt the plastic and a special air bed to fluidise the powder which means the air bed has to be large enough to accommodate the shelf. Not the average DIY job. When i was teaching metal work up to 2002 (long since retired) we used to make our own air beds with a vacuum cleaner on blow to fluidise the powder prior to insuring the whatever, often the handle on a garden trowel or such like so not large. Worked a treat.
Seems that you need to find a local company who can do dip coating. Street lampposts are often dip coated so you get the size!

 

[busbuddy]

Pat3.0 on ebay usually has a load of older dometic bits, hes never cheap but worth asking

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[Hazelnut]

We sold the van to a dealer it’s his problem now thanks

 

[Janeyc]

Thanks for all your replies

 

[EuroTrotters]

Don't worry about it.

You cannot see it 99.99% of the time as the door is closed.
Its not unhygienic, so don't worry about it.
Save your money for something else.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Probably cheaper to buy replacements.....

Its a Dometic

 

[suavecarve]

We sold the van to a dealer it’s his problem now thanks

I would have gone round a few dealers and checked all their motorhomes out til I found the ones I needed !

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[TheBig1]

To clean up that sort of corrosion on cheaply chromed parts, you can immerse them in fizzy cola. Needs to be the full fat one and allow time for the acids to work, then polish it up with scrunched up aluminium baking foil. Parts come up looking way better and can be given a coat of clear laquer to resist further corrosion