On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:24:10 AM UTC-8, Robert Macy wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:58Â*am, jeff_wisnia wrote:
We have a well functioning microwave oven with a rusty circular track on
the bottom of the oven where the plastic wheels supporting the rotating
glass dish have rolled for several years.

The track looks awful and it's spread to about 3/4" in width now, much
wider than the wheel treads and I'm thinking it may soon rust right
through the oven floor.

I tried painting it with white automotive touchup paint a while back,
but that only lasted about a week before flaking off.

Can someone name a really tough white paint, maybe an epoxy based one,
that I can use to put a heavy durable coating over that rusty "track"?

Failing that, I guess I can take the time to cut a circular band out of
aluminum or stainless sheet metal and epoxy it over the rusted area with
conductive epoxy to avoid the possibility of it arcing to the oven
floor. But that's a bit of work and prolly guarantees that the microwave
will decide to die soon. G

Thanks guys,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

The stain may remain, but there are ways to mitigate without painting.

I do NOT recomend painting inside a microwave. Who knows what's
thepaint going to do.

There is a product called Wink that is mild HF acid with wll remove
almost anythign related to rusting. However, use gloves!

We use a quaternary compound called Unicide 256 from Brulins in
Indiana. That compound removes, reduces rust back to the original.
Not originally intended for that, but it does do it.

We spray it on, rinse off and the rust is always all gone, plus,
cleaned.

USELESS RESPONSE!!! The microwave IS PAINTED. WHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS USED AND IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? CRIKEY

On 12/26/2019 4:09 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:24:10 AM UTC-8, Robert Macy wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:58Â*am, jeff_wisnia wrote:
We have a well functioning microwave oven with a rusty circular track on
the bottom of the oven where the plastic wheels supporting the rotating
glass dish have rolled for several years.

The track looks awful and it's spread to about 3/4" in width now, much
wider than the wheel treads and I'm thinking it may soon rust right
through the oven floor.

I tried painting it with white automotive touchup paint a while back,
but that only lasted about a week before flaking off.

Can someone name a really tough white paint, maybe an epoxy based one,
that I can use to put a heavy durable coating over that rusty "track"?

Failing that, I guess I can take the time to cut a circular band out of
aluminum or stainless sheet metal and epoxy it over the rusted area with
conductive epoxy to avoid the possibility of it arcing to the oven
floor. But that's a bit of work and prolly guarantees that the microwave
will decide to die soon. G

Thanks guys,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

The stain may remain, but there are ways to mitigate without painting.

I do NOT recomend painting inside a microwave. Who knows what's
thepaint going to do.

There is a product called Wink that is mild HF acid with wll remove
almost anythign related to rusting. However, use gloves!

We use a quaternary compound called Unicide 256 from Brulins in
Indiana. That compound removes, reduces rust back to the original.
Not originally intended for that, but it does do it.

We spray it on, rinse off and the rust is always all gone, plus,
cleaned.

USELESS RESPONSE!!! The microwave IS PAINTED. WHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS USED AND IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? CRIKEY

And you added what to a post from 2012?

It has a baked on finish and no paint will work well and be durable.
You could have it done professionally for about twice the cost of a new
microwave. By now the OP bought a new one.

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:23:08 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

On 12/26/2019 4:09 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:24:10 AM UTC-8, Robert Macy wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:58*am, jeff_wisnia wrote:
We have a well functioning microwave oven with a rusty circular track on
the bottom of the oven where the plastic wheels supporting the rotating
glass dish have rolled for several years.

The track looks awful and it's spread to about 3/4" in width now, much
wider than the wheel treads and I'm thinking it may soon rust right
through the oven floor.

I tried painting it with white automotive touchup paint a while back,
but that only lasted about a week before flaking off.

Can someone name a really tough white paint, maybe an epoxy based one,
that I can use to put a heavy durable coating over that rusty "track"?

Failing that, I guess I can take the time to cut a circular band out of
aluminum or stainless sheet metal and epoxy it over the rusted area with
conductive epoxy to avoid the possibility of it arcing to the oven
floor. But that's a bit of work and prolly guarantees that the microwave
will decide to die soon. G

Thanks guys,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

The stain may remain, but there are ways to mitigate without painting.

I do NOT recomend painting inside a microwave. Who knows what's
thepaint going to do.

There is a product called Wink that is mild HF acid with wll remove
almost anythign related to rusting. However, use gloves!

We use a quaternary compound called Unicide 256 from Brulins in
Indiana. That compound removes, reduces rust back to the original.
Not originally intended for that, but it does do it.

We spray it on, rinse off and the rust is always all gone, plus,
cleaned.

USELESS RESPONSE!!! The microwave IS PAINTED. WHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS USED AND IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? CRIKEY

And you added what to a post from 2012?

It has a baked on finish and no paint will work well and be durable.
You could have it done professionally for about twice the cost of a new
microwave. By now the OP bought a new one.

About 35 years ago I got a washing machine off the street. It had a
couple small problems (intake filter clogged, lid switch broken) and
some damage to the cabinet.

I painted it with iirc E-POX-EE spray paint, White Appliance color.

Afterward, of course I didn't try to damage it but it sure looked and
felt just like the rest of the machine where the paint was good, and it
lasted without damage for 5 years until the main basket bearing rusted
shut and I couldn't get it apart to fix. (If I'd used the machine more
often, the main bearing might not have rusted into one piece.)

Despite the name, there was only one can and no mixing.

I now Jeff has moved on, but, after sanding of course, I would spray
some paint into a disposeable cup and paint it on the track. If only
to see how long it lasted.

On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:09:39 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:24:10 AM UTC-8, Robert Macy wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:58*am, jeff_wisnia wrote:
We have a well functioning microwave oven with a rusty circular track on
the bottom of the oven where the plastic wheels supporting the rotating
glass dish have rolled for several years.

The track looks awful and it's spread to about 3/4" in width now, much
wider than the wheel treads and I'm thinking it may soon rust right
through the oven floor.

I tried painting it with white automotive touchup paint a while back,
but that only lasted about a week before flaking off.

Can someone name a really tough white paint, maybe an epoxy based one,
that I can use to put a heavy durable coating over that rusty "track"?

Failing that, I guess I can take the time to cut a circular band out of
aluminum or stainless sheet metal and epoxy it over the rusted area with
conductive epoxy to avoid the possibility of it arcing to the oven
floor. But that's a bit of work and prolly guarantees that the microwave
will decide to die soon. G

Thanks guys,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

The stain may remain, but there are ways to mitigate without painting.

I do NOT recomend painting inside a microwave. Who knows what's
thepaint going to do.

There is a product called Wink that is mild HF acid with wll remove
almost anythign related to rusting. However, use gloves!

We use a quaternary compound called Unicide 256 from Brulins in
Indiana. That compound removes, reduces rust back to the original.
Not originally intended for that, but it does do it.

We spray it on, rinse off and the rust is always all gone, plus,
cleaned.

USELESS RESPONSE!!! The microwave IS PAINTED. WHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS USED AND IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? CRIKEY
The inside of a microwave is GENERALLY an enamel - a glaze, not a
paint. I would NOT paint the inside of a microwave.

On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:23:08 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 12/26/2019 4:09 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:24:10 AM UTC-8, Robert Macy wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:58*am, jeff_wisnia wrote:
We have a well functioning microwave oven with a rusty circular track on
the bottom of the oven where the plastic wheels supporting the rotating
glass dish have rolled for several years.

The track looks awful and it's spread to about 3/4" in width now, much
wider than the wheel treads and I'm thinking it may soon rust right
through the oven floor.

I tried painting it with white automotive touchup paint a while back,
but that only lasted about a week before flaking off.

Can someone name a really tough white paint, maybe an epoxy based one,
that I can use to put a heavy durable coating over that rusty "track"?

Failing that, I guess I can take the time to cut a circular band out of
aluminum or stainless sheet metal and epoxy it over the rusted area with
conductive epoxy to avoid the possibility of it arcing to the oven
floor. But that's a bit of work and prolly guarantees that the microwave
will decide to die soon. G

Thanks guys,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

The stain may remain, but there are ways to mitigate without painting.

I do NOT recomend painting inside a microwave. Who knows what's
thepaint going to do.

There is a product called Wink that is mild HF acid with wll remove
almost anythign related to rusting. However, use gloves!

We use a quaternary compound called Unicide 256 from Brulins in
Indiana. That compound removes, reduces rust back to the original.
Not originally intended for that, but it does do it.

We spray it on, rinse off and the rust is always all gone, plus,
cleaned.

USELESS RESPONSE!!! The microwave IS PAINTED. WHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS USED AND IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? CRIKEY

And you added what to a post from 2012?

It has a baked on finish and no paint will work well and be durable.
You could have it done professionally for about twice the cost of a new
microwave. By now the OP bought a new one.
More likely 4 times the cost of the microwave unless it's 1.3 cu ft
or larger from a leading brand.

wrote:
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:24:10 AM UTC-8, Robert Macy wrote:
On Dec 6, 10:58 am, jeff_wisnia wrote:
We have a well functioning microwave oven with a rusty circular track on
the bottom of the oven where the plastic wheels supporting the rotating
glass dish have rolled for several years.

The track looks awful and it's spread to about 3/4" in width now, much
wider than the wheel treads and I'm thinking it may soon rust right
through the oven floor.

I tried painting it with white automotive touchup paint a while back,
but that only lasted about a week before flaking off.

Can someone name a really tough white paint, maybe an epoxy based one,
that I can use to put a heavy durable coating over that rusty "track"?

Failing that, I guess I can take the time to cut a circular band out of
aluminum or stainless sheet metal and epoxy it over the rusted area with
conductive epoxy to avoid the possibility of it arcing to the oven
floor. But that's a bit of work and prolly guarantees that the microwave
will decide to die soon. G

Thanks guys,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

The stain may remain, but there are ways to mitigate without painting.

I do NOT recomend painting inside a microwave. Who knows what's
thepaint going to do.

There is a product called Wink that is mild HF acid with wll remove
almost anythign related to rusting. However, use gloves!

We use a quaternary compound called Unicide 256 from Brulins in
Indiana. That compound removes, reduces rust back to the original.
Not originally intended for that, but it does do it.

We spray it on, rinse off and the rust is always all gone, plus,
cleaned.

USELESS RESPONSE!!! The microwave IS PAINTED. WHAT TYPE OF PAINT IS USED
AND IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? CRIKEY

Removing rust or treating it first with converter. I would still use self
etching spray primer, then appliance epoxy. One of my microwaves is
stainless, no paint except outside door and cabinet.

Greg