Spouse bought one of those hang-up chrome plated basket things intended
for the shower to hold shampoos etc. It has only been in there a week
and is showing signs of brown rust starting to form in various places!
If we can find the receipt it will go back to the store, but failing
that can it be painted or sprayed with anything to stop it going rusty?

I suppose the obvious solution is a rub down with emery paper and a coat
of hammerite, but it won't look very nice in the bathroom. Any better
suggestions?

I get sick of buying stuff that turns out to badly designed, crap or not
fit for purpose. This wasn't cheap (£12) so I wouldn't expect it to go
rusty in a week!

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David in Normandy wibbled:

Spouse bought one of those hang-up chrome plated basket things intended
for the shower to hold shampoos etc. It has only been in there a week
and is showing signs of brown rust starting to form in various places!
If we can find the receipt it will go back to the store, but failing
that can it be painted or sprayed with anything to stop it going rusty?

I suppose the obvious solution is a rub down with emery paper and a coat
of hammerite, but it won't look very nice in the bathroom. Any better
suggestions?

I get sick of buying stuff that turns out to badly designed, crap or not
fit for purpose. This wasn't cheap (£12) so I wouldn't expect it to go
rusty in a week!


I think you have a clear case of "not fit for purpose". Take it back and
demand a refund citing those words.

Cheers

Tim

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:40:58 +0200, David in Normandy wrote:

Spouse bought one of those hang-up chrome plated basket things intended
for the shower to hold shampoos etc. It has only been in there a week
and is showing signs of brown rust starting to form in various places!
If we can find the receipt it will go back to the store, but failing
that can it be painted or sprayed with anything to stop it going rusty?

I suppose the obvious solution is a rub down with emery paper and a coat
of hammerite, but it won't look very nice in the bathroom. Any better
suggestions?

I get sick of buying stuff that turns out to badly designed, crap or not
fit for purpose. This wasn't cheap (£12) so I wouldn't expect it to go
rusty in a week!

Chrome's lobody crap in most situations; cheap decorative chrome is a waste
of everything.
Best to get stainless steel, if possible or, I hate to say, plastic. But
wimmin go for prettypenc rather than durability.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim S saying
something like:

I get sick of buying stuff that turns out to badly designed, crap or not
fit for purpose. This wasn't cheap (£12) so I wouldn't expect it to go
rusty in a week!


I think you have a clear case of "not fit for purpose". Take it back and
demand a refund citing those words.

He's in HawHeahaw Land. All he'll get is a Garlic Shrug.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim S saying
something like:

I get sick of buying stuff that turns out to badly designed, crap or not
fit for purpose. This wasn't cheap (£12) so I wouldn't expect it to go
rusty in a week!

I think you have a clear case of "not fit for purpose". Take it back and
demand a refund citing those words.

He's in HawHeahaw Land. All he'll get is a Garlic Shrug.

A Garlic Shrug? ITYM Gallic...;-)

Anyway, I paid 60 bloody quid for a stainless shower tidy, as She
wanted 'that shape' and I insisted on stainless...

The Natural Philosopher wrote:


He's in HawHeahaw Land. All he'll get is a Garlic Shrug.

A Garlic Shrug? ITYM Gallic...;-)

Anyway, I paid 60 bloody quid for a stainless shower tidy, as She
wanted 'that shape' and I insisted on stainless...

He was probably correct. After giving me the gallic shrug they pelt me
with garlic until I leave the shop! I don't know if there is a "fit for
purpose" principle in French consumer law. They have some weird laws
here (when compared to UK laws).

--
David in Normandy.
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subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
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David in Normandy wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:


He's in HawHeahaw Land. All he'll get is a Garlic Shrug.

A Garlic Shrug? ITYM Gallic...;-)

Anyway, I paid 60 bloody quid for a stainless shower tidy, as She
wanted 'that shape' and I insisted on stainless...

He was probably correct. After giving me the gallic shrug they pelt me
with garlic until I leave the shop! I don't know if there is a "fit for
purpose" principle in French consumer law. They have some weird laws
here (when compared to UK laws).

You say 'C'est Merde' ot 'Mille Fois Merde a vous' spit your own garlic
on teh floor,, and walk out. never to return..