On 1/31/2013 8:27 PM, Doug wrote:
My wife says that the disk rack that's basically plastic wrapped
around stiff metal wire is chipping off causing the metal to begin to
rust. She says that she replaces these racks like every 3 or 4
years. Any suggestions how to repair it or is there a disk rack
that won't rust and last much longer? I think she mentioned bamboo
but I prefer non-wood unless no choice.

Well, the alternatives of plastic and/or SS given, I'll throw out I just
used a paint-on "dishwasher rack repair" coating on the joints of the
(very) old DW rack and it seems to be holding up after a week or so
since. If it'll stand the DW cycle for a while, surely it would handle
the hand rack almost indefinitely I'd think.

I couldn't find it locally (this is a small market locale so that wasn't
surprising) but Ace Hdwe has it on the web site and will ship to a local
store for no charge. It was about $8 iirc -- of course for an
inexpensive counter rack that may be a wash (so to speak ); for a
$100+ replacement DW rack it seems worth a go...

BTW, the instructions say to remove rust to bare metal before recoating;
being's as that's essentially impossible in a welded joint area as is
where the rust generally starts I instead removed any loose rust, etc.,
cleaned w/ acetone to remove any grease and used a paint-on cold
galvanizing treatment first to stabilize the rust.

I didn't try it since it was for the DW but I'd also think one of the
tool handle dip or paint-on plastic coating products would work just
fine as a repair, too...

(This is a.h._r_ after all... )

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